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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Leisurely paced BBC nature documentary, narrated by Robert Redford, which travels across the globe, in one day, to discover some wondrous goings on in the animal kingdom. I've seen many nature films but this one had numerous scenes that I had never witnessed before, like a sloth crossing a river trying to answer the call of a potential mate.Often shot in close-ups, slo-mo, or time lapse photography the movie offers some truly amazing insight into wildlife and our natural habitat. There is one sequence involving snakes lying in wait to attack young iguanas as they emerge from their nesting place that may be too much for young children, but otherwise I would think the entire family could enjoy and learn from this documentary.Overall, I found this film to be exceptional.

So, I completely disagree with other comments. I found this documentary amazingly beautiful!! I didn't know what to expect after the first movie Earth which was amazing but Iwas stunned by the images they filmed..the high quality footage of Earth is just wonderful. I never had the chance to watch the serie Planet Earth so I can't compare it. One amazing day on earth tells differents stories at different time of the day with different kind of animals or plants. The music is going great with the film and I can't even imagine how many hours they've had to wait to get that kind of beautiful images. There is also a strong message trough the movie, we have to protect our planet, the future is in our hands. It is so sad too see what we've done with this planet. Watch it if you can ;)

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. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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.