The Blue Planet - Seas of Life Collector's Set (Parts 1-4)
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DVD Cover Information Director: Alastair Fothergill DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 392 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-08-27 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: BBC Video |
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Movie Reviews of The Blue Planet - Seas of Life Collector's Set (Parts 1-4)
Movie Review: must see documentary series
Summary: 4 Stars
I just received my copy of the collector's set today, so this review is just based on my impressions after having seen the first two episodes (Part 1). Maybe I'm biased from having grown up watching documentaries with him as narrator, but David Attenborough has to be the best narrator I've heard (with Avery Brooks coming in a close second). He does an excellent job in this series, and if you watch the "Making of" videos included on the discs you will even get to see him as he appears in the "Making Of" extras and is responsible for the narration in them as well. My only complaint related to the audio is that the narration is often separated by loud, overdramatic music. At times the score overlaps the narration and is sometimes loud enough that it is difficult to hear the Attenborough's voice. Also, the mix is slightly off and I often found myself turning the volume down during the dramatic music and back up when the narration continued. It did seem to get better as I got further into the disc, which may have been because I was so enthralled with the visuals...
...which have to be some of the best I've ever seen. The DVDs were excellently produced and are filled with the most vivid colors and sharpest images which are very comparable to those seen in the movie Baraka, which I also highly recommend. The excellent cinematography is evident throughout both episodes I have watched so far, although I did notice a speck or two of dirt on the waterproof camera casing in a few shots. There were also a few less saturated shots that didn't fit in as well with the rest of the footage. However, those are *very* minor flaws that will probably go unnoticed by the majority of viewers (I had to start looking for them to notice them at all).
The first disc contains two "Making Of" videos which describe some of the issues that the film teams had in filming the subjects in the first two episodes. I found these to be highly entertaining, and well produced. As I mention above, Attenborough does the narration for these videos as well. The only problem I had with the "Making of" videos was that I wanted them to be much longer.
The only 'gripe' I have with the DVDs (and the reason they get 4 stars instead of 5) would be the overall flow of the shows. They seem to jump from scene to scene with little to connect them. The overly dramatic music added to the feeling that I was being jerked around from animal to animal. Just as I would begin to be enthralled by the scene before my eyes, the score would rise to a crescendo and I was pulled on to the next scene. It's very similar to the start-stop feeling I had while being pulled from scene to scene in the recent Lord of the Rings DVD.
If you couldn't already tell, I don't hesitate to recommend these DVDs very highly.