This afternoon Masako and I made a our way to Odawara from my in-laws place to see Deep Blue. Not to be confused with Deep Blue Sea, this Deep Blue, Deep Throat staring Linda Lovelace or another film by the name "Deep Blue Sea, The" from 1955 which I never heard of, just found on imdb when researching this paragraph.

Deep Blue (the one we saw) is a beautifully filmed documentary from the BBC series The Blue Planet fit for the big screen. A wide IMAX screen would have done more for the film but who am I to judge. Directed by Andy Byatt and Alastair Fothergill with all accompanying music by the Berlin Philharmonic, it's like watching the discovery channel on a really big TV.

Narrated by Michael Gambon, I can't help but notice that a british narrator always seems to raise the educational content of what you're watching. If Michael Cane was to narrate COPS it would be described as an educational look into the American inner city and trailer park criminal justice system, then promptly droped from FOX.

Some of the footage was a little grainy and may have felt more comfortable on the cutting room floor, or rather in the cutting room garbage can. All was forgiven after the impressive arial feeding frenzy, a swim though a school of jelly fish and unbelievable shots of creatures that thrive beyond the range of natural light in the depths of the marianas trench. The film's website has a wealth of information in the form of behind the scenes videos and interviews but unfortunately because of the Flash I'm unable to link to anything specific so you'll just have to explore the depths of that one on your own.

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