We took Avery to see Disneynature's Earth movie on Saturday, and I have to say that I was rather disappointed. That's not to say that it was bad, in fact the footage was stunning, and was amazing to see on the big screen.
In our household we are big fans of nature shows, which I think I may have mentioned before. We regularly watch Nature on pbs on Sunday nights, and love to see and learn about this amazing planet we live on. For this reason, we fell in love with and purchased Planet Earth
when it was released on DVD a couple of years ago. It is Amazing!! Truly it is. We don't even own an HDTV - just a regular, though admittedly quite large, tube tv, but even so, it is still quite breathtaking to watch. The footage is spectacular, and makes me want to go out an buy an HDTV just to see what it looks like in HD! Also, each episode has a little mini feature at the end showing you what adventures they went through to film that particular episode, and those are rather fascinating to watch! Makes me wish I could go out an do stuff like that too :) Also, if, like my husband, you don't like nature shows that seem bent on making you feel guilty for all the terrible things we're doing to our planet, Planet Earth is still an excellent choice, because it lets you enjoy all these amazing things without guilt-tripping you until the last couple of episodes on the final disk. And even those, if I remember correctly, seemed to be quite open-minded and interesting to watch regardless of whether you're a tree-hugger or not :)
Now, you might be asking yourself - What does my love of Planet Earth have to do with my dislike of Earth?
Let me tell you.
It is a complete rip-off.
I knew that it was made by the same people who brought us Planet Earth, but what I didn't realise was that they just took highlights from Planet Earth, threw them together with a new narrator and new supposedly more "entertaining" script, along with some "new" footage which was probably just the stuff that didn't make it into Planet Earth, and packaged it all together and called it new.
I also thought it was going to be aimed at a younger audience, since it is Disney, and the marketing made me think that it was going to be following the three animal families in a fun, child-friendly sort of way, but it wasn't really any different from any other nature show in that way. Avery got bored and spent the second half of the show wanting to walk up and down the stairs, and I don't really blame her, I would have got bored at her age too.
If you are trying to decide whether to spend the money to go and watch this movie in the theatre, here's what I would tell you: If you haven't seen Planet Earth, or if you'd like to see some of it on the big screen, go and see it. If you have young children, get a babysitter. If you've seen it and were blown away by the majestic beauty of our planet, buy Planet Earth. You won't regret it :)
In our household we are big fans of nature shows, which I think I may have mentioned before. We regularly watch Nature on pbs on Sunday nights, and love to see and learn about this amazing planet we live on. For this reason, we fell in love with and purchased Planet Earth
when it was released on DVD a couple of years ago. It is Amazing!! Truly it is. We don't even own an HDTV - just a regular, though admittedly quite large, tube tv, but even so, it is still quite breathtaking to watch. The footage is spectacular, and makes me want to go out an buy an HDTV just to see what it looks like in HD! Also, each episode has a little mini feature at the end showing you what adventures they went through to film that particular episode, and those are rather fascinating to watch! Makes me wish I could go out an do stuff like that too :) Also, if, like my husband, you don't like nature shows that seem bent on making you feel guilty for all the terrible things we're doing to our planet, Planet Earth is still an excellent choice, because it lets you enjoy all these amazing things without guilt-tripping you until the last couple of episodes on the final disk. And even those, if I remember correctly, seemed to be quite open-minded and interesting to watch regardless of whether you're a tree-hugger or not :)Now, you might be asking yourself - What does my love of Planet Earth have to do with my dislike of Earth?
Let me tell you.
It is a complete rip-off.
I knew that it was made by the same people who brought us Planet Earth, but what I didn't realise was that they just took highlights from Planet Earth, threw them together with a new narrator and new supposedly more "entertaining" script, along with some "new" footage which was probably just the stuff that didn't make it into Planet Earth, and packaged it all together and called it new.
I also thought it was going to be aimed at a younger audience, since it is Disney, and the marketing made me think that it was going to be following the three animal families in a fun, child-friendly sort of way, but it wasn't really any different from any other nature show in that way. Avery got bored and spent the second half of the show wanting to walk up and down the stairs, and I don't really blame her, I would have got bored at her age too.
If you are trying to decide whether to spend the money to go and watch this movie in the theatre, here's what I would tell you: If you haven't seen Planet Earth, or if you'd like to see some of it on the big screen, go and see it. If you have young children, get a babysitter. If you've seen it and were blown away by the majestic beauty of our planet, buy Planet Earth. You won't regret it :)
by Charles Dickens. I am 
