Morgan Freeman's narration, the cinematography and the music are all absolutely wonderful.
What isn't wonderful is the script and story. Like so many other nature documentaries, it focuses on survival and therefore, finding food and death. That may be reality but if I wanted to be reminded of our struggle for survival I may as well turn on the news.
I'd really love for this to have focused on teaching me something new and exciting - how nature has adapted, to "zoom in" on the biology, how it is unique within each species and how it all works at the biological level.
Nature documentaries have become stuck on this one story - the difficulty of survival and it's boring. There are so many other stories about life and survival that might inspire, connect, and ignite wonder in us. This one didn't do it for me.
What isn't wonderful is the script and story. Like so many other nature documentaries, it focuses on survival and therefore, finding food and death. That may be reality but if I wanted to be reminded of our struggle for survival I may as well turn on the news.
I'd really love for this to have focused on teaching me something new and exciting - how nature has adapted, to "zoom in" on the biology, how it is unique within each species and how it all works at the biological level.
Nature documentaries have become stuck on this one story - the difficulty of survival and it's boring. There are so many other stories about life and survival that might inspire, connect, and ignite wonder in us. This one didn't do it for me.