The Colorado

This movie focuses on the human context of the Colorado. As with a lot of challenging films, the average Jimmy Fallon or Adam Sandler fan will lack the patience. Or empathy to watch. The camera work, music, and human stories are great.

I was looking forward to watching this, but had to turn it off after 20 minutes. The issue isn't the great scenery or the historical narration, it is the 'what the music' that is so loud and horrifyingly obnoxious, it takes away from what could have been a great show to watch. If you are going to watch it, don't, wait for a version without the god awful music, this movie is NOT the place to showcase this "music". A real shame, would have liked to watch it.

The documentary was great but the music is so bad...almost ruins the documentary.

This is a really special film. It is as informative as any standard documentary, but it is structured such that music plays a prominent role - music written specifically for the film by 5 different composers whose voices are unique. Nine different chapters tell the story and half of each chapter has narration - Mark Rylance is phenomenal! - followed by a second half of music accompanying images. And how glorious those images and the cinematography are! If you watch this with an open mind to its unique presentation of music paired with history up to the present-day challenges of climate change, I promise you will be both educated and edified!

This is truly a tale of 2 Cities: The best of times are looking at the images and film of the various canyons, etc., including some now lost to Lakes Powell and Mead. The worst of times - is the narration and soundtrack. Others have complained about the music (justifiable), but I found that minutes of silence between many images was worse! Worth it if you can put up with these things.