Disneynature: Earth

This movie was great, I loved everything about it, like how they put the entire circle of life into it, and showed just how harsh nature really is. I also liked the narration, it was a voice you didn’t get annoyed with, 3 minutes into the movie. The time lapses were crazy! As well as the super slow motion scenes. I also liked how they followed the families of animals through each of their journeys. From the elephants, to the cranes, and the polar bears, to the whales. Another thing about this film was the amazing music they used. The only thing I can really complain about is the fact that they didn’t go into further explanation on some things that I wished they had, like when the narrator is talking about the penguins and says “You may not know this, but they are one of the few animals with a built in toboggan” I just wish he would have expounded on that. But that is my only complaint about this amazing movie.. J.C.H.

I own several nature and wildlife dvd's. I find them informative and enjoyable. Earth by Disneynature is going to be one of my favorites because it is filled with lots of nature and narrated by James Earl Jones and with lovely scenery, amazing animals and a voice like his how could they not have a wonderful DVD. Loved it.

Standing ovation for an amazing photographic achievement. Of course, see the whole Planet Earth, but see this too! Or, if the kids lack patience, see Earth instead. How wonderful that we have the technology and to create a film of this magnitude and beauty. What a wonderful testament to our earth. And watch the special feature on the making of earth. This was a challenging film to make with photographers waiting for days, weeks, to get just the right shot for the film. And many of these shots are simply breath taking. Few of us will ever have an opportunity to see the polar bear in its vast, arctic habitat. Fewer still will ever see a Great White Shark hunting seal or see whales in Antarctica bubble netting for krill. What an extraordinary earth we have and if we are wise we'll take action now to protect earth for future generations. This five star documentary is certainly motivation.

I love nature videos, and DisneyNature produces some of the best I've ever seen.The "plot" of Earth is decent. It is well narrated by James Earl Jones.But what makes these movies so amazing is the imagery and soundscapes.Unfortunately the Amazon Instant Video version does NOT do this movie justice. I was expecting HD quality, what I got was worse than DVD. In some scenes particularly with a LOT of moving things (i.e. a huge flock of birds, a giant herd of caribou) the compression Amazon adds to their video becomes unacceptably blocky.The HD version I see they've added probably helps this considerably, but for whatever reason is not available for purchase.If you want to see this movie in it's full glory, (the glory it deserves) purchase the blu-ray edition, rent the HD version here - OR - wait for amazon to sell a true HD experience.** The movie itself deserves 5 stars absolutely. The missing star is for the drastic visual distortions from Amazon's video compression.

Take the BBC Planet Earth series, condense it, add a nice storyline to make a single movie, add some cheeky commentary/narration by "Lord Vader" and you have this. Oh, don't forget to take out ALL animal deaths, SLIGHT SPOILER – the big cats chase its prey and as soon as the cat "tags" the prey, before the claws snag and teeth chomp to make the kill, the movie moves onto the next scene. Another SLIGHT SPOILER – the one part where an attack and teeth actually make contact is in the Great White Shark and Seal scene which is nicely filmed in super-fast shutter speed, which means super Slow-Motion.This is great to get children interested in nature. and hopefully one day into "big boy" and "big girl" documentaries like the BBC & Discovery ones.

I already own the full length version of Planet earth and bought this version aware that it is a "reduced" version of the much longer Planet Earth. My children (aged 2 and 4) do not yet have the attention span to sit through the "grown up version" and this is a good alternative. I believe it is an excellent way to get children interested in the natural world on their level. There are some "scary" parts, as predators do what predators do, but we have always been honest with our girls about how the natural world works. Wolves get to eat, too. I find the dialogue to be informative and at a level my children can understand - and they like the orchestral musical track.

I know some people say this isn't for kids, and, sure, I'm not going to show it to my 2 year old, but I did show it in the classroom for my 5th graders and I think it was a great experience for them. Some of the boys were cheering for the cheetah and the girls were angry so we stopped and talked about it. Was the cheetah bad? Did he have to eat to survive? It really made them think. The picture is so beautiful and the scenes may have come from another source, but packaged this way as a 90 min movie was a great move and makes for a great movie.

I used this video to expand on our science standards with my 5th grade class. There are great, free teacher materials available on line. The students were very engaged and enjoyed making connections between what we learned previously and what we saw in the video. The video was very high quality. I like getting the Blu-ray/DVD combo at a great price so I have both options available.

5 Sterne.

Amazing images and my kids learn so much!

Il documentario è basato sulla vita (ciclo naturale di vita) degli animali in varie zone del nostro pianeta.Adatto alla visione in famiglia anche se in natura tutto a un inizio e una fine.Lo consiglio.

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Un aspecto que no se comenta en la descripción del producto (y que debería para avisar a aquellos compradores que como yo no lo sabían), es que en España, el DVD no se puede reproducir. Sólo en el ordenador después de cambiar en la configuración la región, (y que sólo se puede hacer un número limitado de veces).