Life

2009

Documentary / Family

4
IMDb Rating 9.1/10 10 49529 49.5K

Plot summary

David Attenborough 's legendary BBC crew explains and shows wildlife all over planet earth in 10 episodes. The first is an overview of the challenges facing life, the others are dedicated to hunting, the deep sea and various major evolutionary groups of creatures: plants, primates and other large sections of other vertebrates and invertebrates.—KGF Vissers

Director

Martha Holmes Photo
Martha Holmes

Top cast

David Attenborough Photo
David Attenborough as Self - Narrator 10 episodes, 2009
Justine Evans Photo
Justine Evans as Self 2 episodes, 2009
Oprah Winfrey Photo
Oprah Winfrey as Self - Narrator
Heather Rose Photo
Heather Rose as Republican BG
720p.BluRay
445.68 MB
1280*722
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
12 hr 48 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mymtproject 10 / 10

A fascinating look at the wide range of lifeforms on Earth

Reviewed by whynot2 9 / 10

Absolutely Amazing, But Not Perfect

I certainly take no issue with the overwhelming positive reviews that preceded mine: the series provided amazingly photographed and dramatically presented insight into the diversity of life on the planet. We watched the entire series, and wish we had kept track of the number of times that we said "Oh. My. God." or "That is so bizarre..." Very much like "Planet Earth", "Life" demands a renewed sense of wonder of all that surrounds us.Having said that, and to take nothing away from the indisputable positive attributes, I thought that the series fell something just short of 'absolutley perfect'.At the highest level, information, and video images (albeit amazing ones) are presented quickly and are short. I'd liken the effect to flipping through a NGM, as opposed to reading the articles. The effect is strong, but I was left thirsting for a little more hard information. I realize that one could probably do a 10 part series on any one of the many lifeforms that are touched on in any single episode. But I still felt somehow shorted...like I was being shown shots to maximize the 'wow!' factor and emotional response, rather than present information.which leads to the more specific criticism: over and over again, my wife wondered...where the heck is that, and what is the scale of that thing??? With respect to the former, general place names are given, but many aren't that familiar to me...some sort of mapping segue would have been nice. I fully acknowledge that such would need a really artistic touch in order to avoid a 'cheapening' effect, but would satisfy our curiosity. Perhaps even part of the 'special features' on a DVD set? With respect to the latter, many times, we were shown amazing pictures of bizarre creatures, but often with no sense of scale. Size or mass range was sometimes mentioned, often times it wasn't. Often times, especially with the amazing photography, one couldn't really tell of the subject was 1 inch, 1 foot or 1 yard in size.Notwithstanding these comments, I'm looking forward to buying the set when they come out, and look are hoping that they contain the sorts of 'making of' features that were included on the "Planet Earth" set.
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