IMAX: The Ultimate Wave - Tahiti [Blu-ray 3D]

Works well and quick ship !!

I ordered this 3D Blu-ray from Amazon for about $11 a few weeks ago. It's still sitting unopened since I found this 3D film on XFinity's On Demand under "Free Movies". There are a handful of 3D films available there including "Safari 3D" and "Mummies 3D". This was an overall enjoyable film with some less than exciting narrated parts, but my favorite parts were the underwater scenes of fish swimming in the coral reefs. This is where 3D is a must. You virtually swim through schools of fish and come face to face with sharks, barracudas and stingrays. My daughter and I were in awe. I felt like I was snorkeling through the coral reefs - what an amazing experience to be able to relive some of the most memorable times in my life! I am going to add to our collection of 3D movies with underwater filming because I was so moved by the beauty of these scenes. The visuals of Tahiti and the surfers in the waves are also exciting. This is a good bargain intro to 3D movies especially if you can view it for free. This worked really well on our Samsung D490 51 inch plasma HDTV with 3D with 3100 series Samsung active shutter 3D glasses.

Wow, all that is needed to be said. But I shall say more. Simply breath taking 3D and at some parts I found myself ducking out of the way of the oncoming surf board I kid you not. Maybe I should not have been sitting so close to the big screen.All kidding aside the views are breathtaking. The underwater shots were amazing. There were however some scenes where people were sitting so close to the screen that when trying to look at the background it made my eyes crossed some what. It could have been the weird multicolored surf board directly behind them in the distance that caused the most strain. It has to be one of the better things I seen in 3D yet, and for less than 12 dollars is hard to beat. There was a point where my friends 6 year old was trying to catch the fish that seemed to be floating just out of his arm reach. The detail was so apparent for the canoe scenes where you can visualize the depths of the canoe and the man rowing it. After watching this, if i could pack up and visit Tahiti tomorrow I would. I simply had no idea of the beauty. There was way to much eye candy to remain focused at just any one thing on the screen making this 3D movie worthy of watching a few times because it is impossible to catch all the detail in just one sitting.

Like most short IMAX movies, this one is a demonstration of 3D technology combined with some educational content. It is not only about surfing and surfers. Rather, it is a sequence of beautiful visuals mixed with short stories about Tahiti and its underwater world, with a snapshot of geological history of Tahiti, it tells you how such huge waves are formed and why it may be so risky to surf them, and finally shows you amazing video footage of surfing, taken from a surfing board, from underwater, and right from the water surface between the waves. Those who shot this movie must have been quite daring to shoot this film as it was shot! It does not have a consistent plot, but it offers 40 mins of relaxation. This is a kind of movie which has to be watched in 3D and not in 2D. It works nicely to show 3D to someone who has not seen it, but it is not too likely that you will watch it more than once - unless you are dreaming of surfing in Tahiti, of course....

This was the 3rd 3D DVD I obtained after getting my 3D TV. The picture is stunning. The sound is also a treat for the senses.This is the story of a former champion surfer from the USA invited to Tahiti to surf and enjoy the good times. There are also lots of local shots from helicopters of the surf and the islands lush greenery. One of my favorite characters in this film is the little guy, appears to be about 7 years old, learning to surf and also has fun in the water with the local surf instructor. He's a real scream to watch. I am not in the least bit into surfing but this movie is treat to watch again and again. And like I said, the picture quality is nothing less than stunning on my passive 3D TV.My only complaint is I was curious to see what the cameras they used to make this film that were mounted on surf boards looked like, this was not shown in the supplemental material.

The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D follows pro surfer Kelly Slater as he travels to the island nation for their near mytho-like wave season. The film has more meat to it than I first expected and actually goes through the history of the island and goes to show some of the customs of the culture.I found one scene in particular pretty amazing,which showed the dangers of the Tahiti waves by showing a layout of a church with surfboard tombstones. That in a nut shell shows how serious these people take their surfing.The 3D is exceptional. I had to rewind one scene several times because I actually thought water flicked up in my eye from a wave. I was perplexed by this strange phenomenon and came to the conclusion that my (left) eye must have thought water was really splashing in it and a nerve must have twitched or reacted to the fake projectile. Pretty amazing if you ask me.Pros: Amazing landscape. Awesome 3D.Cons: I thought it was just a tad too short.Bottom line: If you own a 3D TV I would venture to say this film is a must have.

Well, I was hoping this was going to be a surf movie. I don't have a 3D TV, but it said you could watch 2D. So my review has nothing to do with the 3D effect.While even in 2D this is a great looking film, I was disappointed that this was billed as a video about an incredible surf break. That being said, most of the movie was about the island of Tahiti, and had minimal video of monster waves being surfed. I gave the video four stars, because as a 2D movie it looked awesome, and there was some surf footage. The actual footage of the surfing is just like any other surf video about the spot (minus length of course). I was hoping for some different POVs.If you want a vague documentary about Tahiti, with a little surfing at the end, then you will like this.

What a wonderful documentary this is. I would recommend it to anybody, young or old, man or woman, boy or girl, not only because I am a huge fan of surfing, but because it's a lovely light documentary on the power of nature and how the waves form and how the moon cycle affects us and nature and ever-powerful water in the ocean creating the most amazing Teahupo'o waves.I watched this film in cinema in Germany (sadly, it was not released in the cinemas across the UK) and even though the film was dubbed in German I still thoroughly enjoyed it. The scenery is amazingly beautiful and the whole 45-minutes affair with one of the world's greatest nature wonders (Tahiti and surrounding area of other Polynesian islands) leaves you elated and full of positivity.Even if you don't have 3D-player, I am more than sure that you will enjoy this film on any given day.

very good quality and good way to show case your 3d tv. I prefer to buy something like this than a movie. I could watch this over and over and not have to finish. with movies, once or twice seen, I don't think I will ever want to watch again.

Really great movie I loved the great surfing scenes in 3D How they ever got these terrific waves Scenes terrific

Not that much to say about this 3D bluray except that it has one of the best 3D ever seen (I own many other 3D bluray movies to compare).The 3D is mainly based on depth effects but is really excellent.I strongly recommend this video to everyone who wants to fully enjoy his 3D display :)

A lot of in fill shots and sequences.I was a bit disappointed.Definitely think a surfing blu ray, which was not that cheap, should have more surfing and less talking.