PhilmGuru

This has to be one of the greatest nature series I have ever seen. The production values are absolutely astounding - stunning, vibrant, sumptuous rich 4K HDR with incredibly well mastered Atmos audio. When we put this on our 87" OLED it feels like we are transported into the environment. The picture in places almost looks and feels 3D. What are good production values though with the content to back it up? It absolutely shines here as well - I guarantee you will see magical elements of nature you never knew about and find out new things about animals that sound like something out of a sci-fi story. You will not be bored and Hiddleston is a fantastic choice for the narration.

I have no idea why Apple aren't marketing this more. It's absolutely blown me away on every level and I desperately hope they make another season.

The only negative I will highlight is that the bitrate in some high motion scenes is just too low and the illusion is occasionally broken. This is hopefully easily fixable with a better encode, but it's really screaming out for an UltraHD Blu-ray, but sadly I don't see any chance of that ever happening.

At the end of each episode there is also a short making of, showing the crew recording on location. This is a lovely little treat at the end of each episode and I'm so glad they included it!

The clear winner in 2022 TV is easily the Bear (thus far). Even three episodes in, you probably still won't quite grasp what you're watching but you'll be absolutely hooked. The first two episodes are some of the highest intensity, and visceral TV ever made. Just relentless, well made, non-stop, intense entertainment. Cinematography, acting, script writing, all center stage. No billion dollar budgets - just families arguing and fighting over a struggling business and dealing with what life throws at them through every hour of everyday. It's honest, it's absolutely original and the type of production we need to be created more frequently. Where it will go, I have no idea, but I'm already hooked and hoping we see much more originality in TV production like this after the last few years absolute total mass media woke dross.

It really is shockingly good. It should fail on paper, but everything comes together in glorious fashion. Perfect mix of throw backs to the original while never over stepping the historic line, the right amount of cheese, amazing cinematography, brilliant sound mixing (there's some mega, mega deep bass in places, the likes of which I've not heard my sub pump out before) and a soundtrack totally honouring the original while still standing on its own. Feel good vibes in abundance, excellent casting, it never feels too long or too short. Simply one of the best "simple" movies Hollywood has put out in many, many years - if you want to be thoroughly entertained from start to finish and not preached to, this is the movie for you. The credits will roll and you'll have a big old smile on your face like the old days.