Earth: One Amazing Day

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.

This is why I pay a TV licence. Beautifully filmed and wonderfully edited.

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.

Made by the BBC Earth using footage from the nature series Planet Earth II, this film focuses on a single day across the continents as we drop in on the natural world.

Narrated by Robert Redford we get to see that famous sequence of writhing snakes chasing newborn iguanas on the beaches of the Galapagos Islands, the baby iguanas get away just in time. There are a family of sperm whales giving birth and feeding milk to its young, the milk has to have the consistency of cottage cheese.

We have penguins taking a dangerous trek in order to feed its family and hoping to find the right nest. Two giraffes fight for love but the older one has enough knowledge to know when to duck and return with a knockout blow. Zebras cross crocodile infested rivers and a bear trying to scratch that itch.

The photography is wonderful but it is a case of we have seen it all before if you have watched the television shows.

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.