Galapagos [Blu-ray]
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Actor: GalapagosBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 150 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Reviews of Galapagos [Blu-ray]
DVD Review: Excellent documentary!
Summary: 5 Stars
This documentary is very entertaining. The narrator is really good too. Her voice fit over the film harmoniously. I wish they would show more different kind of lizards. Seems like they only showed 2 kind.DVD Review: Visually stunning!
Summary: 4 Stars
I can understand why electronics stores use this as a visual to sell their TVs. The transfer on blu-ray is fantastic! The contrasts are very sharp. The clarity of pictures is vivid. It truly feels like you're actually seeing these things in person. Of all of the nature documentaries I've seen on blu-ray, THIS is the one I use to demo my blu-ray player/TV to my friends and family.
As for the video, it's in 2.0, so I wouldn't expect mind-blowing sound. However, I do really enjoy Tilda Swinton as narrator.
Very, very good.
DVD Review: Spetacular
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent documentary. The picture quality on blu-ray is stunning. It was very enjoyable. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoy nature documentaries. DVD Review: Stunning Beauty
Summary: 5 Stars
Absolutely amazing!! I have watched this probably more than 50 times. My children (ages 5 and 7) love watching it at the end of the evening to wind down. Tilda Swinton's voice is silky and soothing. Every single frame of video is worth framing and hanging on your walls. This is an amazing Blu-ray. This is what Blu-ray players and plasma TV's are made for. Highly, highly recommended! DVD Review: Good - But Not Planet Earth
Summary: 3 Stars
Planet Earth has set the standard by which all nature documentaries will be judged for years to come. Although the Galapagos offers up some stunning scenes and footage of creatures not found in the Planet Earth series, it falls short of that high bar for a few reasons:
1) The content is not very rich: there is a lot repeated footage and narrative which makes everything feel stretched. Recreations of Darwin walking the islands as well as of whaling ships and pirates detract from the overall experience in my opinion.
2) Attention to detail and quality: There is some spectacular footage on the DVD, however, in comparison to Planet Earth there is a lot more mediocre content. I'm not sure whether the used different camera equipment or if it's just a poor transfer, but the image quality does not compare as well.
3) Lack of focus: The DVD is divided into three parts, yet I found myself wanting more detail at every stage. For example, the first part which starts by focusing on the formation of the islands geology seems to fizzle away from that and leaves it open and incomplete. For a documentary about the Galapagos I was disappointed I did not get more focused information about the Galapagos.
Despite it's short comings this is a great DVD for someone interested in seeing more of their home planet from an arm chair. But if you're only going to own one then buy Planet Earth - and if you're expecting the same level of detail and quality as Planet Earth - don't.
Description of Galapagos [Blu-ray]
The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galapagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals. As the western islands rise up from the sea offering a chance of life, the eastern islands sink back beneath the waves guaranteeing only death. Between the two are the middle islands; fertile, lush land in its prime that contains an incredible diversity of life. Nowhere else on the Earth are the twin processes of creation and extinction of species so starkly apparent... see it all unfold before your eyes in this stunning series filmed entirely in high definition from the BBC and the National Geographic Channel.While its title may be superfluous, Galapagos: The Islands That Changed the World is a beautifully filmed journey into "the islands of the tortoise." Located due west of Ecuador, the Galapagos islands are full of gorgeous scenery and exotic wildlife. And this 150-minute documentary shows it all, thanks to stunning cinematography shot from all viewpoints--the air, sea and, of course, land. The collection is both soothing and exhilarating as it allows viewers to peek in on mating albatrosses (which are monogamous), penguins fishing, and surprisingly graceful giant tortoises swimming in the ocean. The filmmakers also manage to capture a ferocious volcanic eruption that is amazing in its clarity. The problem with many documentaries lies in the narration. A documentary filmmaker hits the jackpot when he is able to get someone like Sigourney Weaver, whose crisp narration fits in beautifully with the sweeping footage in Planet Earth. While Tilda Swanton lends a relaxing quality to Galapagos, her voice at times is a bit too lulling to hold the viewer's interest. The writing also borders on melodramatic, with talk of the simmering sea and such. With visuals as stunning as this, hyperbole is unnecessary. Charles Darwin has described the Galapagos as a world within itself, and it is said that the islands were one of his inspirations for his book The Origin of Species. While the film doesn't clearly explain why the Galapagos are unlike any other place on earth, it does showcase a destination that is unlike what most of us know. --Jae-Ha Kim
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