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In this unique feature documentary, titled David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, the celebrated naturalist reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime and the devastating changes he has seen. The film addresses some of the biggest challenges facing life on our planet, providing a snapshot of global nature loss in a single lifetime. With it comes a powerful message of hope for future generations as Attenborough reveals the solutions to help save our planet from disaster. His message comes at a critical time, when nature is sounding its alarm for united action. (Altitude Film Distribution)
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Is there any other documentary that everyone should watch in the XXI century? A strong statement by a wise gentleman that will sadden you, but which holds the necessary life-giving positivism of the appealing ecologist. Most of the praise is addressed not only at the “contents”, but also at the very execution of the documentary, it’s graceful connection of objective facts with a subjective appeal, the dramaturgical coherence, its intelligibility and the “minor details” like the gorgeous music and the breathtaking images. A great job and a very important message, which may have arrived late but it can also be a beginning.
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David Attenborough puts an exclamation mark on the amazing series A Life on Our Planet. At the age of 94, it is a very personal confession of someone who was lucky enough to see a lot of beautiful things, and at the same time unlucky to have also seen them disappear. And you may wonder, who else but this admirable man should be explaining to humanity how stupid humans are and what can be done about it? If you only have to watch one documentary in your life, let it be this one.
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"...to continue we require more than inteligence – we require wisdom." David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is a breathtaking homage to a man who, even at such an advanced age, is brimming with incredible determination to tell us humans what stage Mother Earth is in, and how we might modify our relationship with the omnipresent nature we have so selfishly appropriated. David Attenborough has had a long life, and when he looks back, he certainly has a lot to look back on, both the good experiences and the sad realities that have occurred over the last century through our collective fault. From a technical point of view, this is a classically excellent experience that offers, alongside beautiful shots from different parts of the world, some frightening scenes of the possible future that may befall us. The film has many interesting ideas and much wisdom from the mouth of the king of animal documentaries that should be set in stone. "If we take care of nature, nature will take care of us."
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David Attenborough on the threshold of his life summarized what he has experienced and, given his experience and valuable life as an adventurer, can say how screwed we are and what needs to change in order to dig ourselves out of this. I completely resonate with him and wish for the whole world to be inspired by the best, those who are working to reduce the carbon footprint. Yes, we should start with ourselves, which is true, but I still believe that Europe is doing what it can, unlike America or especially Asia. May humanity once unite as one entity and work together on it. Otherwise, we are doomed... A beautiful, unforced, factual documentary with the hope that each of us needs in order to start working on ourselves.
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I was originally going to write that this is a breathtaking moral appeal from a wise man, but this isn't so much about morality as it is about actual survival and preserving whatever we have left (for now). I felt that David Attenborough wasn't really telling me anything new, but I still had a strong urge to listen to him carefully and look at a number of things from a broader perspective. Plus, you'd be hard pressed to find someone more vocal and well-travelled who has seen truly and literally first-hand how humanity has been ravaging plant and animal species across the planet over the past few decades. One of the few examples of a film where its very mission made an isolated impression on me. I've heard a lot of objections that this has all been said before and that David Attenborough is really just repeating himself. Sadly, I still don't feel that his years of appeals for environmental protection have produced the desired results, so two thumbs (and toes) up for any similar eco-documentary that will spread these ideas. [85%]
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