Old thread is dead. Saw this on Friday and thought it was great. Good documentary style movie covering a lot of different animals, but specifically a Polar Bear family, Elephant family and Whale family.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/earth/

Definitely recommend seeing it. Also there is an "Oceans" movie coming out by BBC/Disney next year on Earth Day.

4/26/2009 8:39:16 PM

it looks like clips from planet earth to me with different narration?

how is this going to be successful?

4/26/2009 8:40:22 PM

yeah, looks cool, and i hope it helps get people interested in science and conservation and stuff, but it seems strange to me to make a movie out of what is basically shown all day on Discovery HD, Nat Geo, TLC, etc

4/26/2009 8:42:17 PM

james earl jones does have a pretty kickass voice

4/26/2009 8:48:49 PM

that's true.

..... but i'm pretty sure this was narrated by Morgan Freeman.

apparently he is the new Old Black Man with an Authoritative Voice

4/26/2009 8:50:06 PM

yeah this is planet earth footage repackaged. no thanks.

4/26/2009 8:52:31 PM

It was narrated by James Earl Jones.

4/26/2009 8:56:06 PM

How is Vader going to narrate a movie about conservation?

4/26/2009 8:58:50 PM

hilarious great point.

4/26/2009 11:13:42 PM

it really is simply planet earth redubbed? or just very very similar?

4/26/2009 11:25:23 PM

^ it's the exact same video - just recut and renarrated

4/26/2009 11:26:53 PM

I went last night. It was okay I guess even if you've seen Planet Earth. Some awesome shots and James Earl Jones narrating was great.

4/26/2009 11:34:49 PM

^ lame

I'm not paying for something I've already seen

4/27/2009 8:25:14 AM

Quote :

"Also there is an "Oceans" movie coming out by BBC/Disney next year on Earth Day."

That will probably be the footage from Blue Planet.

aaronian, I'm assuming you've seen Planet Earth from your comment. Was it worth the $8 to see Earth considering you've already seen the footage?


Since Blue Planet is older and perhaps not as widely known as Planet Earth, Ocean may actually be "new" for a lot more people. If you've not seen Blue Planet and liked Planet Earth, definitely check it out. It comes on a good bit as well and you can rent them from netflix and blockbuster online.

4/27/2009 3:10:04 PM

I've seen Planet Earth, Blue Planet (IMAX) and I think about every other nature show on Discovery, NGC, etc.

I still enjoyed watching this movie and don't think you can beat watching it on a big screen rather than your tv.

4/28/2009 11:13:45 AM