It's a crying shame that the best reviewed 3D movie to date is a movie that very few people will actually see. It doesn't have Johnny Depp or the magical animation of Pixar. It's the Werner Herzog documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

Herzog isn't exactly a household name. Also, the last time we got a movie about caves, it was "Sanctum." Throw in the fact that the film has been delayed and didn't get much of a distribution, and it's obvious that this movie was destined for doom.

While the majority of people in and outside of the movie industry still sit and pooh-pooh 3D effects, this film has garnered a 95 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That's a whole lot of accolades for any movie, let alone a 3D movie -- and more than "Avatar," actually.

It's not just that "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" is a good movie; it's a good 3D movie. It's meant to be viewed in 3D, and relies on those effects to deliver its message. If you have the means to see it in your area, it should not disappoint.

Here is what Creative Differences says:

"Following his previous documentary 'Encounters at the End of the World,' iconic director Werner Herzog once again takes us deep behind the frontier of an extraordinary place. Having gained unprecedented access through the tightest of restrictions and overcome considerable technical challenges, he has captured on film, with specially designed 3D cameras, the interior of the Chauvet Cave in southern France. This is where the world’s oldest cave paintings – hundreds in number - were discovered in 1994. In the mesmerising 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams,' he reveals to us a breathtaking subterranean world and leads us to the 32,000-year-old artworks. In that deeply moving moment of encounter, we come face to face with pristine and astonishingly realistic drawings of horses, cattle and lions, which for the briefest second come alive in the torchlight. In true Herzogian fashion, his hypnotically engaging narration weaves in wider metaphysical contemplations as we learn more about the Paleolithic art and its creators. Through his understated and gently humorous voiceover, we are invited to reflect on our primal desire to communicate and represent the world around us, evolution and our place within it, and ultimately what it means to be human."

Here is what reviewers say:

"More wonderful still: Herzog shot in 3D. This may be the first absolutely essential 3D movie, one that you must see in 3D to appreciate its full potency, and the full impact of what Herzog deems a 'frozen flash of a moment in time' brought back to living, breathing life." - MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher

"In close-up, the 3D ceases to have much effect. But for those long shots of the cave's limestone rooms and hibernation wallows, this represents one of the best uses ever of 3D." - Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

"To call 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' a great movie isn't just an understatement, it's a wildly inaccurate way to describe an experience that, in its immersive sensory pleasures and climactic journey of discovery, more closely resembles an ecstatic trance." - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post