Life in the Undergrowth
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Movie Reviews of Life in the Undergrowth
Movie Review: Astonishing even if you know a lot about biology
Summary: 5 Stars
Apart from being exquisitely filmed and packed with fascinating content, this series amazed me with its ability to bring to light bizarre and unusual species and their behaviors. For instance, the third episode is on silk spinners, but it doesn't even mention the silk moths because it has so much to say about cave-dwelling silk spinning fluorescent predatory invertebrates and unusual spiders that hunt in highly specialized ways or even poach prey from other spiders. Seeing nature's complexity and beauty revealed in such detail filled me with such awe it was literally a spiritual experience.Movie Review: what beauty!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so happy with this purchase.It is a feast for the eyes,I loved micro cosmos,another film about insects.
I got 5 hours of veiwing enjoyment,and will watch it again this winter.
I learned alot about cicadas,and spiders....yeeks!My sister in law lives in Australia,and told me about certain spiders,this series describes her stories to a "T".
Mr.Attenborough is a terrific host,his enthusiasm shows in this series.
If you like insects,great photography,and learning interesting facts about symbiotic relationships,you will be happy with this set of 2 cd's.
Movie Review: Attenborough in the Undergrowth
Summary: 5 Stars
A wide-ranging work about nature can easily morph into a series of unrelated vignettes, the narrative equivalent of a family album. D.A. avoids this trap by chosing five major topics: adaptation from water to land, flight, silk spinning, relations between species, and supersocieties. The examples within each of these topics are arranged to tell a fascinating story of development.
The overall effect, in both the DVD series of five programs and
the companion book of five chapters, is that you become aware of an interrelated system of mind-boggling complexity.
Movie Review: One of the most amazing movie about natural history
Summary: 5 Stars
This is certainly the best and most exciting movie on invertebrates (and indeed life on Earth) with stunning shots, details on the biology of many species and macrophotography which even I as a specialist haven't seen, and I could not see with my usual equipment. Indeed, almost any sequence has its unprecedented merit from an esthetical point of view, as well as from a scientific.
Rarely in my live, I would be watching movies during my precious business hours. It makes you addicted to invertebrates and their private lives.
Movie Review: A new appreciation for bugs and other tiny critters
Summary: 5 Stars
This will be brief, as the previous reviewer did such a wonderful job of describing the contents. Suffice to say, as a teacher struggling to teach life science in an engaging way to sixth graders for the first time, this series was a godsend. All of us, myself included, were immediately drawn into this brilliantly filmed, delightfully narrated, and fact-filled journey into the world of tiny invertebrates. This DVD is highly recommended for students of all ages. Thank you Sir Attenborough.