Did you people see the same film I saw?

Brilliant and touching

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

I am a professional dive instructor (PADI IDC Staff Instructor #233440)) who, for years, taught at Santa Catalina Island, just off the California coast. One of my favorite remembrances as a dive instructor was to enter the Casino Point Dive Park in Avalon. Just a few feet off the entry point was a kelp forest. I enjoyed hovering weightlessly in the waves, swaying with the kelp, watching fish move in and out.The human eye sees so much more than the camera can pick up. I was mesmerized by the light that filtered through the kelp forest. The Garibaldi, the California state fish, would wait for us and circle us as we entered the water. Many of my peers took small bags of frozen peas to feed them. Schools of them would circle us and watch us... just in case we brought munchies. In the afternoon around 2pm, fish would "park" for what looked like nap time in the kelp. Night dives was truly another world. I watched sun stars move along he sandy bottom off of Monterey, CA. I played (cautiously) with the jelly fish that "invaded" one of my open water classes there. How in the world can they actually be alive? Beats me. How do brittle stars know to run in panic? How can they panic if their brains are so small? I've been diving with sharks, and they didn't bother me, but the Moray eel, who opens his mouth to breathe can look fearsome and caused me give them a respectful, wide berth.No, this movie doesn't have shipwrecks or chase scenes. It's real. It approaches things gently,answering the curious questions of a wide-eyed child. I enjoy it because it's real. It brings back memories. This is what it's really like. It's quiet... and incredibly beautiful. It's peaceful. Breathe deeply and slowly... and feel the waves. Imagine yourself weightless. It'll change you.

I know this review will not get submitted because it's not long enough. But it is all I had to say/comment on for this film, and I want to say that your rule of 10 lines minimum really sucks! I think my comment is valuable, but unless its 10 lines long it seems you don't. my review:When I saw Into the Deep, it was my first IMAX 3-D film. I remember I was not real thrilled to see a documentary for my first one, and on top of that, it was only 35 minutes long. "What a ripoff!" I thought. But as soon as the film started, I was enthralled. The Narrator along with the beauty of the ocean life and especially 3-D aspect was so good it made me cry! No kidding. This film moved me. It gave me a greater desire and passion for nature. One that I never had. I still think of this film often and wish I could see it again.

When my Father was alive, a year ago, I worked at a radio station where Allison, who works at Cinemark had sent my Mother & Father to an opening, in 2001, to this Film of "Into The Deep". I guess they said it was the most real and fascinating film they ever saw. Now that my Father has passed on, my Mother has a Birthday on the 9th of October, she will be 80 and she wants my sister and I to take her to see this movie again. Is it possible to send it back to Colorado Springs 3D Imax, and "Journey of Man" also? I have only seen one of your 3D's recently with her, and I was absolutely in shock at how beautiful it was, I actually reached out to touch the fish, I could not and still cannot believe how you did that! It was my first 3D and I'm 53. It just took my breath away at how real it was. Allison is the one that sent us Complimentary Tickets for free lunch and a 3D every month for 6 months. That got us hooked on them. At least the slower one's like the underwater and the Grand Canyon. Thank You, Theresa & Dean

This is the first imax film I have ever seen. I saw it with my aunt and my sister while vacationing in Chicago at a theater in Navy Pier. It told us about the animals that inhabit the kelp beds of the Pacific Ocean. The people who worked at the theater gave us each a mask to wear while watching it so it would look like we were really down there. It did somewhat feel like we were.