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Very best movie i ever watch

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Blistering performances.

At first I was kind of surprised! What was that? Mermaids!???Well, may be because I have a scientific background, from the beginning I thought that something was very wrong with this "documentary". The story made little sense, and the "scientists" that appeared looked kinda of "suspicious", in special the South African forensic scientist (too beautiful to be true! :)! Logic tell us that almost any animal or creature that lived on this planet left behind lot of footprints and evidence in terms of fossils, etc. Could that be an absurd and unique exception to this rule? The problem was that the thing was live on Animal Planet, not in 3rd class fictional network. And that was how I followed the story to the end. :)Anyways. It was a good joke! I just still do not get the point the Animal Planet was trying to make with this documentary. One obvious consequence that I see is that they thrown away a relevant portion of their credibility as "scientific" network.My two cents... Claudiano

This film is along the lines of Animal Planet's earlier mockumentary "Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real." Those who enjoyed the Dragons film will enjoy this one most likely.Animal planet utilizes actors to tell a hypothetical story on a possible path of human evolution, centering around the aquatic ape theory. They throw in bits of unsolved history, such as the Bloop, with hypothetical theory that is still studied in some scientific circles today. One only needs to watch Elaine Morgan's TED talk on aquatic ape theory to see that it is still something talked about, all be it in small numbers, today.The "average" viewer will most likely not enjoy this film, for they're most likely to take it far more literal than what was intended. Watching it with an open mind is also not strongly advised, but rather watch it for what it is: a fun mockumentary that plays with the most fundamental of scientific and philosophical principals: Question everything.

I do agree with everyone that Animal Planet and Discovery Channel has, for the most part, lost their factual take on shows and specials, and after watching this, I've lost my respect with both. The fact is, is that we're not here for 'What If' documentaries that claim to be true when they aren't! Not only was it stupid but also very dramatized and hard to sit through all of it. If most people are curious to watch it because of the horrible reviews its getting, to have their own opinions... There are better things to do with this time, such as: biting all your fingernails completely off, giving yourself 1000 paper cuts on your face, take a nap on shards of broken glass, or to even have all your blood sucked out by leeches... All in which would be more productive and entertaining/informative....All in all, fake (duh), stupid, waste of time and widely advertised as a documentary that only belongs on the sci fy Chanel, not either one that people are supposed to have any respect for factual documentaries on! Animal Planet, Discovery.. You disgust me...

The only value to this film is as a teaching aid.It should be shown to beginning documentary film classes, then assign students a two page critical analysis paper. This film is a good example of how conspiracy theories are started. A comparison paper to "Nanook of the North" may prove helping explaining staged scenes may be used as a demonstrative tool depicting real events compared to those designed to support a weak premise.I have discussed "Mermaids" with students fresh out of high school who were convinced the film proved the existence of mermaids. A class discussion would also help students in critical news analysis. Unfortunately, many students cannot separate commentary from hard news.