Also, according to this film, all dolphin scientists are totally hot. In this movie, the male scientist is a buff bodybuilder, and the female is a bikini babe. It's a good thing no unattractive people are trying to learn about aquatic life. That would just be silly.

The music by Sting sets the tone of the flowing ocean and tropical settings, but after hearing that stupid "Elay elay elay elay" song on the radio all the time, even his original music feels overplayed. Pierce Brosnan is a boring narrator. He sounds more like an old schoolteacher than the man we know as James Bond. He must get some sort of tax deduction for contributing to an educational film, or maybe it impresses women that he's so sensitive about nature. He'd earn more respect for that reasoning than if he actually supports this propaganda.

But mainly there's just too little dolphin footage. IMAX is about experiencing. This film shows it can put us under the ocean or up in the air with the stunt dolphins, but it keeps taking us away for more documentary footage. It's the opposite of Godfather III. Just when we thought we were in, they pull us back out. It's such a shame because the pure dolphin footage is beautiful.

Sega Genesis fans hoping for a nostalgic look back at Ecco beware: This is not a movie about dolphins. It's a movie about scientists whose life work has produced too few results. If you want to experience IMAX at its best, go see Cyberworld 3D.