Coral Reef Adventure (2003)
Blake and Associates

Description

Take a once-in-a-lifetime journey across the South Pacific for a spectacular IMAX adventure. Joy, ecstasy, a spiritual high: these words describe the exhilaration of diving a pristine coral reef, and ocean explorers Howard and Michele Hall bring their love of the ocean into action. With Jean-Michael Cousteau, deep reef scientist Richard Pyle and Fijian diver Rusi Vulakoro, they explore and capture on film the dazzling underwater world of coral reefs, magical places here on Earth. This tropical excursion through the South Pacific will surprise and delight you as you fall in love with the reefs, and your heart will ache at the tragic, irretrievable loss of these fragile worlds.

Tags

Coral reef, South Pacific

Collected reviews and ratings

9.2 digitallyobsessed.com | Dan Heaton

Coral Reef Adventure follows the typical MacGillivray Freeman model of combining entertaining natural footage with educational materials. The pictures become more interesting due to the involvement of scientists who describe their own reactions to the experience. This film may lack the joyous excitement of Dolphins or the intriguing material of Journey Into Amazing Caves, but it still provides an enjoyable experience.
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8.0 Urban Cinefile | Louise Keller

Educational, entertaining and visually fantastic, Coral Reef Adventure may only touch the surface, but leaves a lasting impression of the extraordinary beauty of the reefs and nature’s creatures.
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8.0 Amazon user reviews

Fantastic underwater photography will have you in awe. If you're into this sort of thing, this is a must have for your Blu-ray collection.
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7.0 Variety | Ronnie Scheib

Contrasting the vivid multicolor diversity of healthy, thriving reefs with the bleached desolation of dying coral ecosystems, "Coral Reef Adventure" makes its case with stunning imagery.
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5.0 Boxoffice Magazine | Jordan Reed

As beautiful as it often is to watch, "Coral Reef Adventure" ultimately comes off as a bit too kid-friendly and faux-inspirational, which is kind of a drag. There's nothing wrong with trying to get the youngsters curious about our ever-threatened environment, but don't do so at the expense of the grown-ups.
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