Big Blue Oceans
Documentary superior surveying the seabed, “Oceans” thrills the senses with its images of great beauty and its exceptional soundtrack. A snorkeling but that does not forget his faults of taste … at least the version for North America.
Through its branch Nature, Disney is seeking to put forward documentary projects on ecological issues of humanity. Last year, “Earth” was to discover the beauty of the land, its fauna and flora. For Earth Day 2010, the father of Mickey Mouse distributes “Oceans”, the environmental testing of Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud that broke the French box office last January.
With a large budget, both Jacques Cousteau 21e century literally throw themselves in the various oceans of the world, exploring the poetic scene, reviving its many inhabitants, recalling the challenges they may encounter. An extraordinary adventure in these cemeteries water and dust places where silence ironically leaves room for a variety of species that must live together.
The documentaries on the subject are legion, both those of the BBC that those who took the poster in the cinema (one of the best remains “The Blue Planet”). What is “Oceans” leads again? It focuses first on animals rarely shown on the screen, revealing in their natural element. He does a particularly impressive fashion with a stunning photography and shooting breathtaking. A picture is worth 1000 words and this saying has never been truer than here, with these fish and the bubbles that swirl of water that come in symbiosis within dance.
Both designers use fully the possibilities of their medium, which contrasts with the competition, including their often exciting presentations could not be found directly on television. The installation is both flexible and active port or invigorate the pace, creating a ripple effect, drawing the viewer’s attention quickly. Everything is rocked by a very interesting soundtrack Bruno Coulais using the strings of his orchestra to achieve grace, evoking space travel taking place instead on the seabed.
The exercise is not perfect, and its few shortcomings could tickle the lover of the genre. Alert and seductive, narration by Jean Lemire (Pierce Brosnan in the English version) seems redundant sometimes, breaking the balance somewhat heavenly, bringing both feet on the ground (or sea) with its information to be conveyed. Environmental messages are meant also supported, especially at the conclusion that spoils some gravy. In this chapter, the English song that opens the end titles seems indigestible, drowning the message in the syrup as sticky and sweet. Why do so replenishing when everything happens on this side of the Atlantic? For the original version was much longer and there were only about five minutes of blah …
Difficult to create something new with a theme also tested. “Oceans” as it surprisingly well, using images of exquisite and memorable melodies. The tandem of filmmakers was dreaming about their previous “The Winged Migration” and here recur in a brilliant way. Hopefully the next is not suitable at all, reducing words to a minimum, trusting his material without always remember how this paradise may be hell, if the global population does nothing to change that.
