We know only a small part of our planet, because most of it is under the thickness of the oceans. The famous director James Cameron, together with the crew of the research vessel “Akademik Mstislav Keldysh” go to the depths to search for answers. The researchers themselves dream that the technique they use is the prototype of devices that in the future will study the oceans of other planets. From scene to scene, you can see with what childish enthusiasm scientists, and Cameron himself, explore the underwater world. How they rejoice when they meet an octopus on the ocean floor who decided to play with a manipulator. It is interesting that James’ brother Michael is also taking part in the expedition. And not just as a relative, but as a creator of deep-sea bots to explore the bottom. He is directly involved in working with living organisms and even takes samples with the help of all the same devices, the designer of which is. A truly talented family. I was amazed by the high quality of photography under water. Probably a great merit in this people who worked on the creation of equipment capable of recording at such depths. It's a little incomprehensible why cameras on moving robots shoot much worse than the basic equipment, well, that's trivia. And, of course, one of the greatest directors of our time made his invaluable contribution - he brought his experience and vision of the topic.
The expedition participants themselves speak with admiration about microorganisms and larger representatives of deep flora and fauna. Indeed, these creatures lived hundreds of millions of years before us, and will exist when we are no longer. As I watched it, some amazing things came to mind — the duration of human existence is a tiny part of the history of this underwater world. While we were at war, creating great works of art and exploring the moon, nothing has changed here at a depth of more than two kilometers. Life always finds its way, even under incredible pressure, extreme temperatures and in an environment poisoned by chemical emissions. Very impressive is the study of underwater geysers, which spew a hot mixture, heating the water to incredible temperatures.
An independent part of the story are scenes from space. As a rule, these are graphically created excerpts of travel to other planets in our solar system. Scientists together with the eminent director now and then draw parallels between inaccessible, and seemingly uninhabitable sea depths and possible similar conditions outside the planet Earth. Where there is water, there will be life. Therefore, the exciting journey is still actively diversified with such inserts. I was very impressed by the computer model of a possible trip to Jupiter’s moon Europa. In their spirit and even musical accompaniment, these scenes represent something between two works by Cameron: The Abyss and Avatar. In the first case, it is the beauty of the underwater world, which harbors an almost infinite number of secrets. The second is the intrigue of the existence of life in distant worlds. These scenes, in general, gave my imagination a boost for violent activity after watching. Add to that the interest that the film as a whole generates. This is, first of all, the desire to study the material available on the Internet, read articles about the places where the expedition visited, about the creatures that it captured.
A sample of a fascinating and very high-quality documentary. It's not every day that you get the opportunity to do this kind of journey sitting in front of a screen.
8 out of 10