Die geheimnisvolle Welt der Pinguine

Beautiful footage of many different types of penguins. Yes, some scenes are difficult to watch but it's nature and honest. The section on Rockaronis was pretty interesting, a new species. Once I watch a penguin show, I go down the penguin rabbit hole and need to find more as they're just so fascinating and adorable.

Bertie does a fabulous job and it would have been great to have Bertie narrate the whole thing rather than just bits of him here and there. Blake Lively's reading is oddly paced and bland. Very disappointing as we're subjected to it across the shows. I'd love to watch this again in a bit as it's beautiful and so educational but . . . Her voice. Do better NatGeo!

I love national geographic and films where I am able to become more knowledgeable about nature and animals. Unfortunately, I was forced to move on and select something else. I actually turned it off. The low narration quality adversely impacted my enjoyment level. I didn't trust the actor selected to promote the dialogue in this film. I love penguins, and was looking forward to watching this film. Then I found out who was narrating it and became very hesitant. I decided to go ahead and try it, but was not able to enjoy it. The producer could have been more careful in the selection of the narrator.

The penguins are beautiful. Blake Lively's voice is not. She sounds like someone's coworker would when you show them a picture of your baby and they think the baby is demonically ugly but can't say it. So bored. So boring. It was like having to clean your ears in a world where all Q-tips are replaced with sandpaper. I don't care about what she does but I hate her for disgracing these innocent penguin's lives with her horrendous vocals.

Anyways I ended up putting it in a Hungarian dub. I don't speak Hungarian but it's better than Blake Lively's stupid voice. No idea what the Hungarian lady is saying but it's great.

Beautifully filmed account of these amazong birds, while also at times giving some insight into how these programmes are filmed.

Narrating anything, but especially wildlife documentaries, is a skill. This one is let down by a narrator you can hear is trying so hard to be quiet and soft, almost whispering. It doesn't sound natural. Unlike Tom Hanks, for example, in the recent Americas series.

Also, to the reviewers upset at seeing the reality of nature, maybe nature documentaries aren't for you. Stick to cartoons. The camera crew absolutely should NOT interfere in nature. They should just film and observe. The whole point is showing nature in its full, and sometimes heartbreaking, glory. It's not a zoo.

Stopped watching because of the awful narration. I don't recommend this doc. The editing turns simple penguin squabbles into slow-motion "epic showdowns" complete with thunderous drums-because nothing says "life and death struggle" like a flipper slap over a chunk of ice.

They clearly blew the budget on drone shots of Antarctica, because the "plot" (if you can call it that) has all the depth of a snowflake. Or, they had to pay the narrator too much to do much else. By the third act, the repetitive shots of penguins slipping on ice start to feel like unintentional slapstick, and not in a good way.

In summary: If you came for scientific insight or or emotional storytelling, keep waddling. If you want to hear a choir swell while penguins stare at each other... well, even then, you might be disappointed.