For some reason, all ! want to watch during Coronavirus isolation are films about wild animals.... This one is a quietly compelling. A story of inter and co-dependancy among species (who knew bullfrogs could be so gruesome) gives way to an intimate but epic, beautiful but harrowing journey. Death seems closer than ever for animals in the wild.
The narrative text is a bit OTT at ties, but you only really notice because, when you consider the starkness and the grandeur of what you're looking at (the cinematography is a glory), words are either not enough or not necessary. By the end, you're left with an awful 'how long can they go on?' (climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, poachers - y'know, the 'side effects' of that human virus infecting the planet...) sort of feeling.
David Attenborough's comment came to mind! "The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?" or film.
The narrative text is a bit OTT at ties, but you only really notice because, when you consider the starkness and the grandeur of what you're looking at (the cinematography is a glory), words are either not enough or not necessary. By the end, you're left with an awful 'how long can they go on?' (climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, poachers - y'know, the 'side effects' of that human virus infecting the planet...) sort of feeling.
David Attenborough's comment came to mind! "The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?" or film.