Africa: The Serengeti (IMAX) [Blu-ray]

Africa: The Serengeti (IMAX) [Blu-ray]
by George Cassey

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Actor: Narrated by James Earl Jones
Director: George Cassey
Brand: Razor
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Unknown); Spanish (Unknown); English (Unknown); French (Unknown); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: IMAX, 1.66:1
Running Time: 40 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Razor Digital Entertainment

DVD Reviews of Africa: The Serengeti (IMAX) [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: Decent
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a decent documentary but didn't stand out as one of the better ones. It's only 40 minutes long.
Recommended: Animals are Beautiful People

DVD Review: Nice viewing
Summary: 5 Stars

A lovely spectacular work of a natural beauty Kenya and Tanzania offer a world.
Nice music, interesting technical stuff, not so long.

DVD Review: Fair
Summary: 3 Stars

This is not anything to get excited about. Just a run of the mill disk.

DVD Review: Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars

I watched this movie right before booking a trip to the Serengeti. This film confirmed my decision to go there for a summer holiday. The blu-ray quality is wonderful, and the film covers the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, the Masai Mara, and Lake Nakuru. It'll give you a great idea of the wonders of East Africa.

DVD Review: Good pictures, no depth, some sloppy mistakes
Summary: 3 Stars

The good first; this has amazing image and sound quality. At first production values seem high, and the camerwork is pretty good.

But, there are some sloppy mistakes both in the documentary and in the supplemental stuff; the documentary states that adult elephants have no predators, when in fact lion pride do sometimes take them down (the Planet Earth series documents this).
Also, as far as the subtitles go...did they proof those at all? There seems to be a typo every other line, at least. This was the case on the other IMAX films I bought too, so I imagine it's something they have consistent problems with. Words were missing, misspelled, mangled...for a person with so/so hearing it was a real PITA. There also weren't really any extras if that sort of thing is important to (it's not to me, but fair warning).

Also, the documentary itself was pretty shallow. It was just another wildebeest/lion/crocodile/elephant show; there's so much more the Serengeti than the wildebeest migration and the elephants. It's a huge tract of land, with diverse wildlife, but watching this you'd think it was all those four species. Sort of a letdown really.

Description of Africa: The Serengeti (IMAX) [Blu-ray]

Studio: Razor Digital Ent Release Date: 11/13/2007

This spectacular IMAX documentary has been meticulously transferred to provide one of the most stunning DVDs available, with image quality so vivid that it seems almost three-dimensional. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the images themselves are amazing, consisting of some of the finest nature cinematography you're ever likely to see, following a year of seasonal change in the "circle of life" of East Africa's Serengeti plain. Photographed entirely on location in Kenya and Tanzania, the 40-minute film chronicles a natural phenomenon that few humans are privileged to witness in their lifetime: the annual great migration, during which over two million wildebeests, zebras, and antelope travel 500 miles across the plain to ensure their survival. It's an awesome display of natural wonders, and of course there's danger as well as beauty, with lions, crocodiles, and cheetahs among the predators of migrating wildlife. The images range from wondrous to horrifying to hilarious, forming a portrait of life and death that remains powerful even after repeated viewings. The DVD is truly intended for a global audience, with eight optional audio tracks in English (narrated by James Earl Jones), Bavarian, French, Castilian, Catalan, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin. --Jeff Shannon

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