They showcase the uncanny buoyancy, and sometimes eerie mystery, of an often solitary swimmer in a great expanse, moving past a shipwreck or the rush hour of a school of fish. Notwithstanding a couple of humorous sound effects, the directors don’t go overboard with the cute factor or force a cartoon personality upon their lead turtle.
The narration is factoid-rich and generally straightforward, and delivered in a mellifluous baritone by Russell Crowe (a definite change of tune from his channeling of Roger Ailes in The Loudest Voice). The odds are against them, with predator gulls circling overhead and ghost crabs lying in wait. After ultra-close footage of Bunji bursting out of her egg, they capture a spectacle that’s heart-stopping no matter how many times you’ve seen it: the tiny hatchlings’ instinct-driven scramble across the sand to the relative safety of the ocean. The underwater footage is extraordinary, but some of the most remarkable camerawork in Paul Phelan and Caspar Mazzotti’s film zeros in on the beachside nests of an animal whose usual habitat is the water. The reptile whose story the film follows is Bunji, a fictional composite of turtles of different ages. Through the mildly anthropomorphized life story of a member of the species, the Aussie production - which has been making the rounds of Imax venues and takes its latest bow at the California Science Center in Los Angeles - shows why the continued survival of this ancient creature matters. The green sea turtle receives its giant-screen close-up in the strikingly photographed Turtle Odyssey 3D, which follows a well-traveled educational/inspirational template for Imax nature films.
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