AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

bellino-angelo2014 I saw this movie for the first time in April 2009, when it came out in theaters in Italy, and I loved it . After some month I bought it in DVD and I re-saw it multiple times until now.The first time I saw it I was literally blown away because I never saw such wonderful images about our planet Earth (I was 18 years old at the time), and I am a great animal lover (of all types of animals). And the music is just wonderful, in every single scene, from the North Pole scenes to the ending sequence, and the narration of James Earl Jones is just awesome.Here the central roles are of three animal families; Polar bears, Humpback whales and African elephants. It follows in particular a mother polar bear that stays always close to their cubs while battling the harsh elements of the Arctic, a Humpback whale migrating with her baby in the search of warmer waters, and an African elephant with her baby that search, with her elephant group, the Okavango delta, full of fresh water and grass.And there are some spectacular scenes of various environments, and clips of various animals in their daily routines, like New-Zealand's birds of Paradise attracting females, or great white sharks attacking (in slow-motion) sea lions, and even dolphins and sail-fin fish attacking tiny fish.My favorite scene was the one with the male polar bear (the cub's dad) fighting with a walrus, eventually being wounded and scratched by the other walruses's tusks, and I also loved the baby mandarin duck sequence.This movie is also a summary of BBC's ''Planet Earth'', of the previous year, and that was narrated by David Attenborough. I also saw the featurette about the making of Earth, with the cameramen narrating the behind-the-scenes fatigue of getting perfect shots of our planet, and they made it.It's perfect for everybody to see and I never get tired of re-watching it almost once a year because, for me, it's one of the greatest documentary movies I ever seen in my life!

Peter Grunbaum I just saw this tonight at the cinema in my hometown. I thought it was a 2009 release but now I realize it is from 2007. Anyway, it's a very nature film but no different from what one might see on television in an average show from National Geographic or Animal Planet. Nevertheless it is awesome to see it on the big screen, and I guess this movie is out because there is a climate conference in Copenhagen this year. Some attempts at a narrative is attempted in the story with the passing of the year but nevertheless there is no real plot. The narrator sounds like David Attenbourough but it is someone else by the name of Patrick Stewart. Anyway, this film has some splendid images and the background music is very good. Honestly, it is hard to understand that someone would rate this lower than a 10. I must say it is very refreshing to see a wonderful and beautiful movie like this one with all the superfluous garbage which is out nowadays. I cannot recommend this title highly enough. It is an extremely beautiful and wonderful experience to watch something like this in the cinema.

meeza Why on earth should you explore the mesmerizing nature documentary "Earth"? How much time do you have on earth so I can explain this to you? OK, I will not elongate my review exploration on "Earth" to infinity, but I must stand my ground on why this is a "must see". The documentary takes a nature round trip on the migration paths on three animal families: a female polar bear and her cubs with the real life subplot of the father bear daring it out to hunt for food in his isolated path, a mama of a whale with her baby whale taking a whale of a migration tour for prey, and an elephant mama with her small (maybe not so small, they are elephants) offspring migrating in Africa. Directors Alastair Forthegill & Mark Linfield did an "out of this earth" job in also capturing the survival skills of many other animal species besides the magnetic shots of our three animal family protagonists. The cinematographically skilled team of Richard Brooks Burton, Mike Holding, Adam Ravetch, and Andrew Shillabeer were animales in camera shooting the wondrous nature sites and animal instinctive behaviors; not to mention, the slo-mo animal prey shots were u n b e l i e a v a b l e. "Earth" is also a lesson learner on the global warming effect on the animals; the papa polar bear in the doc is the poster animal boy on that consequence. So fellow earthlings, it is time to take the documentary voyage to visit "Earth" today! **** Good

David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Stunning photography highlights this Disney documentary and provides a glimpse into some of the harshness of animals that live in the wilderness. For anyone over 40, Disney and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom provided much of our insight into wild animals since our childhood ... back when there was no channel dedicated to National Geographic or Nature or Animal Planet.What always fascinates is just how difficult the circumstances are for many of these majestic creatures. Watching the elephants trudge for days, nearly delirious from lack of water, is oh so painful. But their nighttime battle against the lions is thrilling.Some of the underwater shots are breathless. The mama and baby humpbacks are beautiful and watching the great white shark attack its prey is every bit as chilling as "Jaws". The most amazing scenery for me was the breathtaking views of the Himalayas. I had never seen such detail of the vastness of the range.Don't think most young kids today will be too excited by this one, but it surely is one of the most beautifully photographed documentaries I have ever seen.