Un nouveau jour sur Terre

Robert Redford narrates this BBC Earth documentary. It follows the natural world from daybreak to night for one full day. It's the same people who produced Earth and the picture is as beautiful as expected. There are lots of epic life and death struggles. It's also got the simple natural beauty. They did promote this movie by giving away the juiciest snippet. I remember the iguana chase clip in a few ESPN shows. Mostly, this is a familiar lazy Sunday afternoon watch. It's beautiful. It's easy. It's soothing. It's family friendly.

Relentless background music, nursery style dialogue. Why not just have the glorious sights and sounds of nature? Have just given up after half an hour. Could have been spectacular.

Robert Redford says early on to listen to the sounds of the animals to the rising sun, but who can hear with the loud music. Only lasted 10 minutes in and had to turn it off because it was so frustrating. This seems to be a common issue that many have complained about but no one is doing anything about it. The few scenes that I did see in the movie were beautiful, but the music ruined it. Redford did speak clearly, however the music sometimes drowned him out. I think it would be a nice option, like subtitles, to be able to turn off background music. I believe voice and music are on different tracks, so it should be possible. More viewers need to complain about it.

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.

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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.