The Blue Planet - Seas of Life (Part 1)
by Alastair Fothergill
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Actor: David AttenboroughDirector: Alastair Fothergill
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Alastair Fothergill
Producer: Andrew Byatt
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-02-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Reviews of The Blue Planet - Seas of Life (Part 1)
DVD Review: A Wonderful Documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one the greatest explorations of the marine world ever made for television. David Attenborough takes you on a journey through the oceans to see the animals and much more in their natural surroundings. If like many of us you don't have a big screen TV, get this version so that the picture will be as large as possible and look the most impressive. You won't be disappointed!DVD Review: As good as it gets
Summary: 5 Stars
If movies are the director's medium and television series the writer's, nature programs belong to the photographers. Good moving pictures, deftly edited, can make a good nature show great. The first two episodes of the BBC program THE BLUE PLANET, `Ocean World' and `Frozen Seas,' have some of the best nature photography I believe I've ever seen.
I'm not usually a great fan of nature shows. Most seem heavily loaded with warnings about global warming, human encroachment, lose of the rain forest, etc. All important issues, but usually more depressing than enlightening. Not too keen on the ones where the host adopts a grizzly cub or peels a poisonous snake off a mambo tree, either. Thankfully THE BLUE PLANET doesn't have an agenda to push or a host's ego to stroke. If you want to see a program that simply celebrates nature, this is the one for you.
Richard Attenborough hosts these programs, adding his considerable credibility to the proceedings. Highlights in the first program include the dolphins herding of the migrating sardines and the arrival of the creatures of the night from the ocean depths. There's some footage of blue whales, but because they swim alone - we don't see a human being in either episode - it's hard to get a sense of their size from the footage. Second episode highlights include a polar bear with cub on the hunt and herds of penguin huddling against the biting wind and bitter cold. Simply amazing footage in both episodes. Also included are a couple of short (9 minutes or so) featurettes profiling the film crews for the two episodes. Highest recommendation for this dvd.
DVD Review: If you are unsure my advice is go for it
Summary: 5 Stars
If one is interested in marine biology then the Blue Planet series is the absolute best on the subject. Produced by the BBC, these videos are uncomparable in quality of production and sheer visual impressivness to any other documentary about sea life I have ever seen. If you decide to purchase any of this series of documentaries prepare to spend a lot of time watching and rewatching them and who knows maybea youll learn something in the process. I know I sure did.DVD Review: 'Awe and wonder' at its best
Summary: 5 Stars
I was somewhat apprehensive about viewing yet another BBC natural history documentary, however, I need not have been concerned. 'Blue Planet' proved to be an awe-inspiring journey across the oceans of the world which left me both amazed and scared in equal measures about the creatures of our mysterious underwater world.
While the opening image of the series - a 'must be seen to be believed' blue whale at least the size of a double decker bus - is astonishing, I have to go with 'Frozen Seas' as the greatest episode of the series. In this episode the camera work and photgraphy is stunning, capturing both the physical beauty of the barren Arctic and the complexities of survival faced by the smattering of creatures who inhabit the area. The production team are similarly successful in revealing to us, the viewers, the distinctive personalities of these creatures, including the unforgettable sequence about the penguins trying in vain to make shore.
A 'must-see' for anyone who has ever been for a swim in the sea and wondered what lurks beneath them.
DVD Review: Beautiful images and narrative
Summary: 5 Stars
I have all 4 DVDs (8 films) of the series; all are outstanding productions, and clearly the best of the marine documentaries I have seen (which is a lot).Two aspects of the films stand out the most: the unbelievable image quality and visual narratives. The films capture aspects of animal behavior which have never before been seen on film (polar bears hunting beluga whales; orcas playing soccer with a baby seal, baitball feeding with marlin, dolphins and a sei whale; orca pods attacking a baby gray whale, and so on). And they capture this behavior with extremely moving beauty.
Unlike many nature documentaries, there are no talking heads, only background narration. You get a non-stop flow of images creatively matched to orginal music. But for those who do enjoy the talking heads, each film has great bonus tracks with interviews of the camerafolk, producers, scientists, etc.
Description of The Blue Planet - Seas of Life (Part 1)
See over 120 minutes of some of the most startling wildlife photography ever to have been shown on television! The Blue Planet: Seas of Life features amazing new discoveries and photographic breakthroughs in two episodes: "Ocean World" and "Frozen Seas." 135 minutes.Extraordinary footage and eloquent narration by David Attenborough highlight these two segments of the BBC's remarkable wildlife series, The Blue Planet: Seas of Life. "Ocean World" begins with astonishing views of a gigantic blue whale--the elusive Holy Grail of undersea photography--and the marvels continue to demonstrate the power, diversity, and profound ecological influence of Earth's oceans. From the surface feedings of dolphins to the pitch- black environs of deep-sea predators rarely glimpsed by humans, the oceans are seen as living entities teeming with nutrients and rejuvenating currents essential to all life on earth. This marvelous portrait of the food chain--from plankton to sharks to killer whales--continues in "Frozen Seas," examining whales, walruses, penguins, and other creatures under the extreme conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. The Blue Planet: Seas of Life is one of the finest wildlife programs you're ever likely to see. --Jeff Shannon
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