Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo Anyone going to see this? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/disearthmov" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/disearthmov</a> I am thinking that Uncle Walt would truly be very very proud of this movie as much as he loved animals and nature. He is probably smiling somewhere.
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo >>>A gorgeously shot continuation of the big-screen nature movies started by the studio in the 1940s, this new film — the debut feature of the DisneyNature division, which plans to release a green-friendly title every year — is perfect for families, especially those with young movie fans who want to help avoid a "Wall-E" type of future.<<< WOW!
Originally Posted By mele I really want to go see it. I love the planet earth series. It would have been fun to see it today but I'll be on a train all afternoon/evening.
Originally Posted By bAmboo1 I was lucky enough to get a ticket to an advanced screening last night. I really enjoyed the movie. The scenes were absolutely beautiful (in case you didn't know it is all rebundled Planet Earth footage) and the musical score great. James Earl Jones did a pretty good job as narrator. The film did have a "we must be concerned about man made climate change" but wasn't too preachy about it. Families will certainly love this film. Take note, however: there are a decent number of very sad scenes. None of them are graphic, and the way it is presented many will go above a child's head, but the film really wants to show the harsh reality of life in the wild.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I am taking my Brownies this afternoon. i am really looking forward to it.
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo >>>but I'll be on a train all afternoon/evening.<<< And just where do you think you are going?
Originally Posted By mickeymeg What a great movie. I really really enjoyed it. The kids did too. The 'sad' scenes were handled in a way that the younger kids didn't realize exactly what just happened (graphically anyway) and the ones that were old enough to get what happened also understood the circle of life. I Disney did a really fabulous job with this one.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan I saw the movie tonight with my brother and loved it. It was beautiful and i loved all the scenes especailly the ones with the exotic looking birds in the rainforest and the score was beautiful as well and you couldn't get a better narrorator then james early jones.
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo Ok that does it. We are going, the whole famdamily this weekend. Thanks for the reviews!
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I'll have to wait for the second weekend, so dang it, there won't be a tree planted in my honor. Maybe I'll put an avocado seed in the ground and call it even.
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo >>>Maybe I'll put an avocado seed in the ground and call it even.<<< I didn't know about the tree thing. That is neat!
Originally Posted By alexbook Sorry, but I just had to say that even if it was a typo, "narrorator" is a great description of James Earl Jones.
Originally Posted By mele <<And just where do you think you are going? >> LOL! I took the train to see the Symphony in Spokane, WA. My life is 24 hour glamour. ;-)
Originally Posted By DAR I loved the song in the trailer. It's called Hopopolla(sp) it's by an Icelandic band called Sigur Ros. If you ever want to see the song put to awesome use go to YouTube and look up 2008: The Cinescape.
Originally Posted By Kira My dad & I went together to see it opening day. I have seen SOME of the Planet Earth features, but not all of them. I really enjoyed that series (what I saw of it at least), but EARTH really did it for me. I teared up in several scenes. Even though I understand and accept the circle of life, some of the scenes just really got to me. I did find myself questioning whether these scenes were really nessacery in a "Family-Fun Disney" film and thought they might be pushing the edge a little bit. But in the end of it all they did portray these scenes in a much cleaner, family friendly light than I've seen in some other nature documentaries. Here in town we only have an old run down, poorly kept Regal theatre. The screen is small and the less than stellar audio system only has half of it's speakers working when I go in to see a movie. For Earth, I went to a better kept Regal in Temecula, and the screen and sound system made ALL the difference. The cinematography was stunning & the soundtrack was moving. So if you have a terrible theatre I REALLY recommend driving an extra distance (if possible) to see this film in it's actual glory.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead It is incredible on the big screen. That whole scene with the ducks flying over the Himalayas was breath taking. I have a question - how much of this movie was previously shown on the Planet: Earth series? I know I've seen the elephant water hole scene and some of the bird stuff before. Oh my god, the bird mating ritual scene might be the funniest scene in any film. It says more about the male gender than 12 Matthew McConaughey films.
Originally Posted By poohbear14 I think I read that close to 70% of the footage is duplicated from the Planet earth series.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I saw it last night at the El Capitan, and it was amazing. When we got there (around 5:30), the 7:00 show was sold out so we ended up going to a later one than we were planning, at 9:30. It was at the end of two very long days with just a couple hours of sleep the night before, so I definately dozed off a couple times (though I don't think it was ever for more than 10 sec), but I still think it was amazing. Some of the stuff that they showed was just so extreme that I had a tough time comprehending exactly what it was. The enormous flocks of birds is a great example of how you see what it is at first, and then it just keeps going and going to a size that is just so rediculous that I don't even know what's going on. It was really neat how they combined certain things together to make interesting contrasts (dry elephants vs whales) and show great expanses (the one young elephant headed the wrong way). I have to second the comment about seeing it in a good theater. When they started showing the previews and they had that generic green screen that says "The following feature has been rated..." we all noticed how amazingly clear it was. We didn't notice the previews being particularly clear, but once the movie started, I probably had my mouth open in awe for at least half of it. Seeing it in a great theater definately made it work on a much grander scale. The music was also very good. There were a couple different themes that were stuck in my head on the way out of the theater, and they all fit with the visuals very well. I'm definately considering getting the soundtrack (assuming they release it). Before the feature, they also had a little show and tell with a couple different animals, which was really fun. They had a porcupine, arctic fox, an african cat closely related to a cheetah whose name I can't remember, and an aligator. There was one person talking about the animals and taking questions from the audience, and another bringing them on and off the stage and showing them off. It was really well done, and you could tell that they really enjoyed sharing information about the animals with people. The handler was particularly graceful at times when it was clear that the animals didn't really want to cooperate. It's little things like that that really make spending $12 on a movie ticket seem very reasonable, and I really appreciate the extra effort they put into screening their films.
Originally Posted By Kira I happened to miss the previews that came before Earth, so I don't know if this was included but did anyone else see or hear about the next disneynature film their releasing next earth day? Disney just KILLED me with releasing the trailer a year early for "Oceans". I'm a big fan of the ocean and all of its creatures just fascinate me. Anyone else want to count down the days for this one with me? Here is the trailer... <a href="http://disney.go.com/disneynature/oceans/" target="_blank">http://disney.go.com/disneynat.../oceans/</a>
