Vashirdfel
Simply A Masterpiece
Glucedee
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Dirtylogy
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Anoushka Slater
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Prismark10
Made by the BBC Earth using footage from the nature series Planet Earth II, this film focuses on a single day across the continents as we drop in on the natural world.Narrated by Robert Redford we get to see that famous sequence of writhing snakes chasing newborn iguanas on the beaches of the Galapagos Islands, the baby iguanas get away just in time. There are a family of sperm whales giving birth and feeding milk to its young, the milk has to have the consistency of cottage cheese.We have penguins taking a dangerous trek in order to feed its family and hoping to find the right nest. Two giraffes fight for love but the older one has enough knowledge to know when to duck and return with a knockout blow. Zebras cross crocodile infested rivers and a bear trying to scratch that itch.The photography is wonderful but it is a case of we have seen it all before if you have watched the television shows.
stuartgartland
Why not just watch 'Planet Earth'?This is basically a mash-up of the series.Plus it's ruined by having an American narrating... nature programmes NEED Sir Dave.I turned off after 30 minutes.
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blondgod_1999
The same old formula for this type of film is trotted out with a "why bother?" result. Various life forms on planet Earth are shown in various stages of peril/battle/life threatening situations. Between these dark, lovingly photographed segments are scenes of "cute" animals performing silly antics with jolly music. Really? We all know animals must hunt to live, may freeze/starve to death, etc but why dwell on it? With the budget and resources these filmmakers had, why not throw caution to the wind and make a celebratory, joyous TRULY amazing film? Robert Redford delivers uninspiring narration with some real cringe-worthy lines at times. Avoid! Rated a 2 for the scenery/photography.
2001ASOfan
Decided to get out of the house and pay to see this on a "Giant Screen" (as advertised by the one theater multiplex playing it here in Folsom, California) and Dolby Atmos sound, as the few reviews that were out on rottentomatoes.com opening weekend were raves, mentioning its filmmakers' new camera techniques able to get amazing shots and close-ups of the animals featured, and the overall scope of its "one day on Earth" theme. Sounded like a good film to get out and see on a big screen, rather than wait for a home-theater viewing. As it turned out, even the credits were a bit fuzzy on that big of a screen, and some of its shots of the Earth were, too (it was definitely not the theater's projection being out of focus, by the way, as some shots were sharply-focused). The film feels scattershot and uneven, as the "day on Earth" theme is loosely portrayed (Robert Redford being the primary narrator--he does an O.K. job, but nothing special, and he doesn't even sound that interested in the subject matter or the animals) as an excuse to jump all over the planet without much logic or thought, apparently to cobble together the animal footage they did successfully get on film. While there are some humorous and amazing shots of pandas munching on bamboo and bears scratching their backs vigorously on trees, the filmmakers seem most fascinated by the crueler moments of the "circle of life" that go on in nature. Here's where I need to mention that I'm not someone who is unaware of, or has my head buried in the sand about, how cruel and downbeat nature can be, but I'm also aware of just how incredible and miraculous it can be, too. I didn't need to see (as only two vivid examples) too-lengthy scenes and close-ups of dozens of snakes chasing down and munching on baby iguanas over and over just as they emerge from the sand after birth and struggle to get to rocks the snakes can't climb, and two male giraffes beating the crap out of each other to see who gets to be dominant. I see enough of that kind of cruelty, free, on TV and in online news daily, especially in the human world. The filmmaking was decent, but frankly not as spectacular as I expected from the reviews I'd read, and the film's structure was, for me, truly lacking, so the bad overcame the good and I left completely depressed and unsatisfied, wishing I could've gotten a refund.
