Galapagos [Blu-ray]
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Tom Hewitt, Tom Hiddleston Director: Andrew Murray, Produced by: Patrick Morris Brand: Warner Brothers Blu-ray: Region Code 0 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: Unknown Running Time: 150 minutes Blu-ray Release Date: 2007-10-02 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: BBC Worldwide |
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Movie Reviews of Galapagos [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: passable, but not extraordinary
Summary: 3 Stars
This was the first blu-ray DVD I bought. I bought it to wow myself, to see if I should buy a blu-ray machine. I was not very impressed, but I later learned that not all of this was shot in high definition. Some scenes clearly were, but most of this production seems like an ordinary DVD. See, it can't just be a blu-ray disc for the wow factor to set in: the thing has to have originally been shot in high definition.
On the plus side, the contents of this program should give no cause for complaint. The series consists of three episodes, each 50 minutes long. The first is merely a melange of the lives of various inhabitants of the Galapagos, such as the sea lion and the blue-footed booby. The second talks about the importance of the Galapagos islands to natural history. This part struck me as a bit odd since it seemed, unbelievably, to skirt around the issue of evolution, contenting itself with such statements as "the islands had profoundly changed Darwin's views." The third part looks, at least partially, at the human settlements now permanent on the Galapagos and discusses the implications of these.
Wonder why they never mentioned Melville, though.