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Aliens of the Deep

  • 2005
  • G
  • 1h 40m
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Aliens of the Deep (2005)
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James Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet's most unique life forms.James Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet's most unique life forms.James Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet's most unique life forms.

  • Directors
    • James Cameron
    • Steven Quale
  • Stars
    • James Cameron
    • Anatoly M. Sagalevitch
    • Genya Chernaiev
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    • Directors
      • James Cameron
      • Steven Quale
    • Stars
      • James Cameron
      • Anatoly M. Sagalevitch
      • Genya Chernaiev
    • 41User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
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    In this conceptual rendering, NASA's "melt probe" is about to begin its journey deep through the ice of Europa, the 2nd moon of Jupiter, on a quest to penetrate through to the hidden ocean.
    Conceptual footage:  An imaginary futuristic mission to an as yet undiscovered world encounters alien life.  In crew sphere; Dijanna Figueroa (Marine Animal Physiologist - University of California at Santa Barbara, left), Kevin Peter Hand (Planetary Scientist, Sanford University/SETI Institute, right)
    Conceptual footage:  On an imaginary futuristic mission to an as yet undiscovered world, Dijanna Figueroa makes contact with an alien intelligence.  In crew sphere; Dijanna Figueroa (Marine Animal Physiologist - University of California at Santa Barbara, left)
    Conceptual footage: On an imaginary futuristic mission to an as yet undiscovered world, human explorers come into contact with an alien civilization.
    James Cameron in Aliens of the Deep (2005)
    L-R:  Mike Cameron (ROV Creator & Pilot), Loretta Hidalgo (Space Generation Foundation President)
    Center Row (L-R):  Genya Chernaiev (MIR 1 Pilot), Victor Nischeta (MIR 2 Pilot), James Cameron (Director/Producer) - Top Row (L-R):  Dr. Maya Tolstoy (Marine Seismologist - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University), Mike Cameron (ROV Creator & Pilot), Loretta Hidalgo (Space Generation Foundation President), Dr. Pamela "Pan" Conrad (Astrobiologist - Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Dr. Arthur "Lonne" Lane (Astronomer / Planetary Scientist - Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
    L-R: Kevin Peter Hand (Planetary Scientist, Sanford University/SETI Institute), Ed W. Marsh (Creative Producer / Editor)
    Conceptual Art:  Europa, the 2nd Moon of Jupiter
    Conceptual Art:  NASA's Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Mission.  The spacecraft is on approach to Callisto, one of three moons thought to contain liquid water somewhere beneath the surface.
    Dijanna Figueroa (Marine Animal Physiologist - University of California at Santa Barbara) in Deep Rover 2 submersible during descent.
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    James Cameron
    James Cameron
    • Self
    Anatoly M. Sagalevitch
    • Self - MIR Chief Pilot and Keldysh Expedition Leader
    • (as Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch)
    Genya Chernaiev
    • Self - MIR Pilot
    Victor Nischeta
    • Self - MIR Pilot
    Pamela Conrad
    • Self - Astrobiologist: JPL
    Arthur 'Lonne' Lane
    • Self - Astronomer and Planetary Scientist
    • (as Dr. Arthur 'Lonne' Lane)
    Jim Childress
    • Self - Marine Animal Physiologist: UC Santa Barbara
    • (as Dr. Jim Childress)
    Dijanna Figueroa
    Dijanna Figueroa
    • Self - Marine Animal Physiologist: UC Santa Barbara
    Michael Henry
    • Self - Marine Animal Physiologist: UC Santa Barbara
    Kevin Hand
    • Self - Planetary Scientist: Stanford University and SETI Institute
    Maya Tolstoy
    • Self - Marine Seismologist: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
    Loretta Hidalgo
    Loretta Hidalgo
    • Self - President: Space Generation Foundation
    Kelly Snook
    • Self - Planetary Scientist: NASA
    Megan McArthur
    Megan McArthur
    • Self - NOAMA Astronaut: NASA
    • (as Dr. Megan McArthur)
    Tori Hoehler
    • Self - Astrobiologist, AMES
    • (as Dr. Tori Hoehler)
    Charles Pellegrino
    • Self - Science Observer
    Michael Atkins
    • Self - Science Observer
    • (as Dr. Michael Atkins)
    Christina Reed
    • Self - Science Coordinator and Science Observer
    • Directors
      • James Cameron
      • Steven Quale
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    • Quotes

      Loretta Hidalgo: You can learn a lot from a rock, if you know how to ask.

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    User reviews41

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    4/10
    Big Disappointment
    When it comes to action movies, James Cameron is one of my favorite directors. In particular, "The Abyss" and "Terminator 2" are two of my all-time favorite movies. Like others, I'm disappointed to see that since "Titanic" Cameron is only making documentaries and I'm looking forward to see his "Battle Angel" (currently scheduled for a 2007 release), which will be his first feature in 10(!) years.

    I didn't really like "Expedition: Bismarck" and "Ghosts of the Abyss", so my expectations from "Aliens of the Deep" weren't that high. Still, I got disappointed. I watched the 95-min DVD version and felt like I was watching a "behind the scenes" featurette of the real movie.

    The movie promises to show us "aliens" from the bottom of the sea. It surprised me that during the entire duration, you don't get to see more than 10 minutes of that - most of them are the same creatures. TV shows like the excellent "The Blue Planet (2001)" by the BBC already gave us all these creatures (and many others not shown here) in a MUCH clearer view and better photography.

    Instead, this movie focuses on showing all the people and equipment involved in making the dives. It was interesting in the first 10 minutes and it would have been alright if I wanted to know more about the making of the movie. But it's not interesting to see Cameron and crew for 95 minutes discussing how things should be made.

    Except for the few short computer animations in the movie, I got a feeling that I was watching an unedited material. Cameron puts himself and lots of people with Ph.D. in front of the camera, but he is more interested in showing us them playing, making faces, modeling to the cameras and having really shallow discussions instead of giving some in-depth analysis of the subject.

    Most of the underwater dialog consists of "Wow" and "That is amazing". The narration is horrible right from the beginning and the lowest point - for me - was during the explanation how these creatures were first discovered, which actually used the phrase: "These scientists went like 'Wow!'".

    Most of the underwater material shows the submarines and the people instead of the creatures. Is it because they didn't find what they wanted and didn't have enough material to shows us? When you finally get to see some creatures, you have absolutely no explanations about them. So many educated scientists around and you don't even get to know the names of the creatures! You just watch it like you would if you dived yourself. Cameron himself sums it pretty well in one scene, when a beautiful jelly-like creature passes and he says "I have no idea what that is". I don't blame you - you're not a scientist, but what are all the people around for?

    Summing it all up - this movie was a big disappointment and boring enough for me to fast-forward parts of it. If you want to see the creatures promised here, see another documentary; if you want to see a good Cameron project - go and watch any of his brilliant action movies. But save yourself from watching this.
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    • Release date
      • August 25, 2005 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sualtı Yaratıkları
    • Production companies
      • Buena Vista Pictures
      • Earthship Productions
      • Walden Media
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,968,684
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $479,368
      • Jan 30, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,775,590
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Sonics-DDP
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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