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Earth (2007)

Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield

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Next time you visit the fridge, spare a thought for the polar bear. With the northern ice cap approaching meltdown, polar bears are having to traverse waterlogged ice flows in search of seals. Apart from the distressing sight of one male trying futilely to secure a meal from a herd of thick-skinned walruses, this majestic BBC film – a big-screen offshoot of the ‘Planet Earth’ television series with Patrick Stewart narrating – is vaguely optimistic in its depiction of our fellow species and their habitats. Yet it’s a stark reminder that much of what we take for granted may soon be gone.

As you might expect of the BBC’s Naural History Unit, the high-definition imagery is simply matchless. Whether it’s a crisp aerial shot of a wolf taking down a caribou, night footage of lions tackling an elephant, or slow-mo film of a great white shark leaping out of the water, there isn’t a moment that doesn’t fill one with awe. True, the structure is a mite disorderly and George Fenton’s score is overbearing, but these are mere incidentals to what is essentially a splendid portfolio of the planet as we know it.

Author: Derek Adams

Time Out London Issue 1943: November 14-20 2007

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Simple Truth said...

Posted on May 07 2010 03:59 Ice caps are melting on Mars too guys...Its the sun thats heating up. True we are having a drastic effect on the environment, but to the extent that it is portrays through the news? The propoganga it is part of, and considering the billions of dollars gained by Carbon credits which only a fraction of which actually goes to solving the problem, we all need to widen our understanding of the world situation.

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truth seeker said...

Posted on Apr 26 2009 13:15 I can only hope that all of you doubters should die a long slow death in front of your big screen tvs stuffing your faces with processed crap and watching fox news in your air conditioned tract houses.

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uguyzrdum said...

Posted on Apr 21 2009 03:47 You should spend some time researching Global Warming to understand what it actually means before saying it doesn't exist, especially when using examples of unusually cold weather as your only evidence.

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Jay said...

Posted on Dec 14 2008 18:13 It was foolish to think that the classic movie could be improved upon by contemporary Hollywood. The film actually demonstrates the folly of using special effects to entertain rather than good storytelling. The original is still entertaining over 50 years later while this is one of the most forgettable films I have ever experienced.

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GlobalWarmingHoax said...

Posted on Dec 14 2008 13:23 More Global Warming drivel, just like The Day after Tomorrow. All BS. The polar ice cap has 12 million square miles of ice. Some how, the data was screwed up just like the temperature data fraud. It's all BS designed to take away our freed and tax us into submission while making AlGore richer.

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thisisstupid said...

Posted on Dec 13 2008 23:33 We just received 6 inches of snow in in College Station, Texas. And in case you Yanks are wonderin, yes that is very unusual. 'Global Warming' my ass.

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svan71 said...

Posted on Dec 05 2008 17:16 And don't let the fact the coldest November in 10 years just occurred here in NJ. God you people will say anything to promote your agenda. Stick with the polar bears a story NOW ONE will confirm. I guess we should ignore the coldest November in 10 years and trust you wack jobs. It's c02s fault that the temp mars was rising too.

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