Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

TheLittleSongbird I like nature documentaries just as much as the next person, likewise with my sister, and I found Oceans to be visually stunning and fascinating to watch. Oceans contains the best underwater photography I have seen in a long time and the colours are so sharp and vivid. The animals are a joy, ranging to cute to menacing it was fascinating learning about them. The narration while occasionally having the odd overly-sentimental pang, is intelligently written, with a strong emotional impact with me either biting my nails or being moved by some of the events, and Pierce Brosnan's delivery of it is both inspired and understated.Overall, fascinating and a feast visually. 9/10 Bethany Cox

MovieGuy109 Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud direct this documentary about marine life with beautiful images of underwater life. You may see something like this on the National Geographic channel, which downgrades the originality of the picture but Brosnan provides excellent narration and these kind of images never die in our minds and it is always lovely to see them again. The nature curious will certainly find something to love and others should to. It's a relaxing meditation and is perfect for kids or adults. The best part is that the film remains a humble length and resists growing ploys for self-indulgence. Only the unnecessary prologue narrative is a bit annoying. Other than that, a bulls eye.

hfan77 I just watched Oceans on Starz On Demand and to me it had the best underwater photography i have seen in years. As a long-time fan of the TV series Sea Hunt, I have enjoyed watching underwater shows for many years. But Oceans is far way superior than the Lloyd Bridges show, since it's filmed in sharp color and the shots of the ocean floor are very outstanding. Not to be overlooked are the shots of sea lions, sea otters and whales.Another aspect that I enjoyed is Pierce Brosnan's narration. He adds a lot to the documentary, explaining to viewers what is happening. The producers did an outstanding job in going all over the globe to capture the view of the oceans. I plan on watching it again in HD to get the full screen effect that was missing in the normal on demand viewing that looks like a large postage stamp. Go down deep with Oceans, it's so beautifully photographed.

Lawson Oceans, though a documentary, is also quite a typical French movie in that it is confounding, since the French seem to celebrate the abstract. My reaction at the end of a few French movies has been "WTF."I initially expected this to be an ecological "save our oceans" movies, but the first half of the movie played more like a "mysteries of the ocean" visual extravaganza in which they showed many creatures and sights I'd never seen before. Gorgeous. All of a sudden it switches to highlighting the cruelty of man, with many bloody scenes such as live sharks having their fins cut off and being tossed back into the ocean to starve to death. And then it concludes with the expected "save our oceans" spiel, which I have to say is a whole lot less interesting than the rest of the movie. And not very motivating either. At the end of An Inconvenient Truth, I felt like I had to go out to do something to help save the world (I didn't but still), whereas Oceans left me mostly apathetic. What this movie feels like is a string of visually spectacular clips of marine life, tied together as best they could by its directors into a barely-cohesive documentary. Its messages come across as incidental and unavoidable: "Well since we have these gory/sad clips anyway and since all documentaries about nature have to chastise humans."It's not a bad watch if you're into nature documentaries but you're ambivalent, you might as well stay home and watch The Discovery Channel.