Earth - Un giorno straordinario

Astonishingly breathtaking! Gorgeous sceneries and scenes can't resist the eye to sparkle and the mind to be blown away by all the beautiful stuff, yet unknown, by most of us, that happens in a single day. It may seem like creatures of all sizes rule the world, chasing prey for survival, but in reality, the ugly truth is that we humans are the ones that make no room for "others" to coexist with us. It's sad and funny at the same time. We blindly run at full speed like animals, we take no mercy like them, we act without properly thinking like them, leaving only consequences behind. Sooner or later, we will also be chased. By who? God knows.

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.

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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This is one of the best documentaries I have seen, Great views, all images are of excellent quality, great moments, I am sure a great job was done to collect this video material, everything is amazing. Perhaps for people who had been searching for more fun (this concept should be specified in details), as for me drama is not something I would expect from a nature documentary. I imagine this movie has a great rapport with people who understand nature, I meant it's silent powerful beauty what nurtures our life. As for the sound, I wish it would be milder (i.e. less dramatic), just a few moments it felt like an exaggeration. In my opinion it is a wonderful movie, I am glad I spent this time watching 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.