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Cinematography, graphics and sound are impeccable as always, but this film was disappointing to me. The operative word in the title is "Adventure." There's a bit of national parks, and a whole lot of three people climbing, biking, rafting, hooting and hollering, fist pumping and taking photos of each other doing goofy poses on top of rock formations. The underlying message seems to be: the national parks only have value if you conduct some REI-sponsored activities in them. I'm sure the film's three on-camera 'guides' are nice people who obviously appreciate the great outdoors, but I, for one, didn't need them. I would rather see more of the parks themselves, and learn something about their history, biology, geology, etc. I don't need to see a place through a character, which is what these IMAX films so often seem to think I need. There was an occasional contemplative or heartfelt moment which I appreciated. The score's notable use of pop songs also did not speak to me. The show seems to be aimed squarely at groups of school kids rotating through the IMAX theatre. I'm 55. If you're planning on showing it to kids, they will probably enjoy it more than I did. The 4K HDR version looks great. The 3D version has some nice shots, but many of the visuals are expansive wide shots so you won't get much sense of 3D from those. But even many of the closer shots did not seem to be 3D at all. They were completely flat, and I don't think they were shot 3D. The Special Features are also a bit of a disappointment. They are mostly bite-sized pieces that replay a lot of the footage you've already seen in the movie, with an occasional insight into how it was shot. Most of them start with the same 15 second title sequence, so you're forced to watch the same opening again and again. There is also no Play All feature, so you keep having to go back to the Main Menu in order to move on to the next very short featurette. This is lame. Sorry, guys. Our national parks deserve better.