Adeel Hail
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
Marva
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de)
As the title "Journey Into Amazing Caves" already tells you, this is a documentary about caves. Unfortunately the focus is not on the interesting world in terms in there in terms of flora and fauna, but instead shows us what kind of leisure activities we can have in there. I am generally not a friend of the idea that we should step into and discover territories that nature obviously created with the intent to stay untouched, but this is just my approach. If you have another one, you will maybe enjoy this documentary a lot more than I did. Oh yeah, this is IMAX you know, so it is as always a movie that runs for roughly 40 minutes and got made by a duo of filmmakers who have quite some experience in the field. Instead, I suggest you to check out Werner Herzog's full feature take on the subject. That one is more rewarding and it has Werner Herzog. Enough said. As for this one here, i do not really recommend the watch unless you're an IMAX completionist.
TxMike
This apparently is an IMAX film but I saw it via Netflix streaming video. It looked Hi-Def and the sound is very good also.The two main "charecters" are real women scientists, explorers of caves, all kinds of caves. Each time they got to a new one the narration took the time to mention that they were looking of unknown microbes, "extremeophiles", that might provide some new leads to some new medicines to cure all sorts of things. I definitely got the impression that the film used funding for medical research and there was an obligation to continue mentioning it.Still, it is a fascinating film. Exploring caves in such places as the Grand canyon, ice caves in Greenland, and underwater caves on the Yucatan peninsula.Fine film, fine time diversion, for anyone who enjoys learning about new and interesting parts of our world.
jbiehler
I loved this film! It was beautiful and interesting and lasted just long enough to keep me satisfied and never, ever bored. The scenery and cave footage certainly did not disappoint. This film takes the average viewer to incredible places they would never experience first-hand. Quite amazing and I recommend it. It is only 40 minutes long but worth every minute in my humble opinion. I didn't feel cheated by the shorter length- it felt just right. This film also gave me a deeper appreciation for the people who embark on these missions to collect samples that otherwise would not make it to the research lab. Wow! Amazing that they can get the footage of these places. I did enjoy the music too. I hope to see more shows like this one!
guymcarthur
I'm a big fan of IMAX, and this is the best I've seen. Stunning photography, the best shots, the movie is better than "Everest." The "making of" addition is also very compelling, and gives you a good understanding of how dedicated the people who made this movie are.
