The follow-up to the second highest-grossing Imax 3-D movie of all time introduces children to cross-dressing “sneaker” fish and gilled parents who eat their children.
» Narrator: Jim Carrey
» Director: Howard Hall
» Running time: 40 minutes
» Rated: G
An even harsher reality than cannibalistic moms and dads in “Under the Sea 3D” is the heavy-handed warning of climate change from narrator Jim Carrey, who reminds us rising temperatures and levels of carbon dioxide threaten coral reefs’ ecosystems and will kill the cuddly sea lions staring at us through their shiny, black, inquisitive eyes and poking us through 3D technology with their adorable noses.
Inspiring future generations of marine biologists, world-renowned underwater documentary filmmaker Howard Hall brings us face-to-face with leafy dragons and other sea creatures from Indonesia, Australia and Papua New Guinea’s waters you wouldn’t believe exist until you see them in their vulnerable, vivid habitats.
Great Whites, a sea turtle munching on a jelly fish, a massive stingray, stone fish and group of fish cascading like a wave across the ocean floor are among the many highlights projected in phenomenal clarity on IMAX screens slightly curved and 25 percent larger than typical screens.
Parents would probably enjoy a narrator with a deeper timbre such as the resounding voice James Earl Jones commands rather than Carrey’s nasal takes. But as the crab needs the jellyfish hovering over him for protection, we need these types of films in front of us.
