"Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" is an American IMAX documentary from almost 15 years ago and even if director and writer Stephen Low (co-wrote it with his brother(?) Alex) is fairly experience in terms of documentary filmmaking, the star here is clearly producer James Cameron. And maybe to a lesser extent narrator Ed Harris. Well, the topic is already in the title, but I cannot say I was well-entertained really. I don't have the biggest interest in the subject, but I still felt that this documentary was too dry (no pun intended) and too scientific for the most part. There were certainly some interesting sequences, for example about shrimps burning off their extremities on the hot rocks in order to eat, but it really wasn't enough, not even for such a short film of only 40 minutes, as usual for IMAX. The ending was also kinda nice with a more personal approach to the protagonist (and his marriage) but it could not save everything before that. Quite a shame as I usually like nature documentaries and I also like Ed Harris, but this is certainly among the weaker IMAX stuff I have seen. Sadly, Cameron is often style over substance and not a great story-teller and this is another example. Not recommended.
