David Attenborough is so awe-inspiring. Even at 95 he's still working and making brilliant documentaries. From start to finish I was hooked. It was so fascinating to watch. It's so important to look after our rainforests. I look forward to watching the rest of the series.
19 Reviews
The Beautiful Planet Earth
farshidkarimi23 January 2022
I am so pleased to see the legend back on location, creating yet another stunning, eye candy documentary series. The amazing footages shot using cutting edge filming technology display the wonderful world of plants, their beauty and their majesty. These documentaries stand much taller than all the violence packed, gratuitous-sex-scenes junk being churned out by Hollywood. I hope Sir David Attenborough will live for many years to come to bring the beauty of the Planet Earth before our eyes.
The legend that is David Attenborough
unyan30 January 2022
Not withstanding the amazing research and photography in this series, at 95 years of age, David Attenborough has to be the greatest presenter who ever lived. His enthusiasm and sense of joy in nature never cease to amaze.
It made me cry!!!
superhack1827 January 2022
Truely remarkable
rogelioramirez-1086928 April 2022
After hearing about this show and watching the trailer I was extremely excited to start watching, and when I started doing so I quickly realized this was even above my expectations.
I honestly had not felt this way about a documentary since Planet Earth and Planet Earth 2, two documentaries that really went above and beyond compared to anything else from their time, pioneering and taking documentary making to the next level.
Such is the case with "The Green Planet" which presents itself as a legitimate heir, able to withstand the weight of the crown.
The most impressive and revolutionary aspect of the show is without a doubt the way in which they managed to capture the dynamism of plant life , greatly thanks to revolutionary camera and filmmaking technology and know-how, produced by a team of veterans, toped with the well-polished narrative style of David Attenborough and backed by what I can only imagine were hours upon hours of extensive and well-directed work.
This is an absolute gem of a documentary series and I would greatly recommend it to anyone.
I honestly had not felt this way about a documentary since Planet Earth and Planet Earth 2, two documentaries that really went above and beyond compared to anything else from their time, pioneering and taking documentary making to the next level.
Such is the case with "The Green Planet" which presents itself as a legitimate heir, able to withstand the weight of the crown.
The most impressive and revolutionary aspect of the show is without a doubt the way in which they managed to capture the dynamism of plant life , greatly thanks to revolutionary camera and filmmaking technology and know-how, produced by a team of veterans, toped with the well-polished narrative style of David Attenborough and backed by what I can only imagine were hours upon hours of extensive and well-directed work.
This is an absolute gem of a documentary series and I would greatly recommend it to anyone.
The Life of Plants
whiterose-5482820 January 2022
The Green Planet gives us an insight into the world of plants, using groundbreaking timelapse footage to film them in motion as if they were animals. Like the rest of the "Planet" series it's extremely well made and is both educational and engaging.
It goes without saying that Sir David Attenborough is an excellent narrator and it's nice to also see him on location once again for the first time in ages. The series seems to be something of a spiritual successor to his two previous plant focused documentaries "Kingdom of Plants" and "The Private Life of Plants". If like me you are fascinated by plant life and their secret world then this documentary series is definitely for you.
It goes without saying that Sir David Attenborough is an excellent narrator and it's nice to also see him on location once again for the first time in ages. The series seems to be something of a spiritual successor to his two previous plant focused documentaries "Kingdom of Plants" and "The Private Life of Plants". If like me you are fascinated by plant life and their secret world then this documentary series is definitely for you.
Incredible
abdallhaazmi14 February 2022
The effort that is put into this documentary is unbelievable. Many shots have been taken in a way that is just jaw dropping!! You witness and feel plants like never before! And you start to appreciate the beauty, the harmony, the greatness and the complexity of one of God's masterpieces; The Plants.
An amazing world
DanielOliver148 February 2022
Absolutely Amazing.
kumarashutosh-960803 February 2022
A new perspective
mehedyhasan12 February 2022
So far so good. Almost feels like a hidden world. Even plant's can move just the time lapse is different from us. Nature world is truly amazing. I hope we human don't destroy it anymore. Yes I know the nature of mother nature is change. But we human don't give enough chance to adapt. Even we perish earth will remain. .
Words from the Ancient Tree Spirit
owen-watts8 February 2022
The closest we get in the UK to a Miyazaki-style nature spirit is the kindly and ancient Attenborough, and finally he ushers the "Planet" franchise into the weeds of the plant world. I've been waiting for this series excitedly for about three or so years and it doesn't disappoint - any worries that non-animals would make for dry television are allayed the moment you see the seamless almost stop-motionlike presentation of plants in ultra-speed going about their business. It's mesmerising stuff like a tremendously serene lost Jan Svankmajer film and drifts through each biome revealing startling new things in each one. Here's hoping there are infinitely more planets to be revealed, even long after the tree spirit has departed this realm.
Beautiful but boring
michiel_correwijn2 April 2022
A David Attenborough serie is always beautiful. It's all amazangly sharp and crazy what they get on camera. But... it's just a little boring... It's a bit slow and time lapse videos, insane to see but not my kind of thing.
Our beautiful planet
emackeown7 February 2022
As with another reviewer, this series made me cry when Sir David Attenborough made his closing remarks. He has brought so much of Earth's beauty to us during his life. Thank you Sir David. And now a wonderful team of young film makers is continuing his passionate advocacy for our beautiful Planet. Thank you in turn, for showing us so much with your courage and tenacity!
This is a very well plan and executed.
surfisfun4 March 2022
I agree that the presenter is absolutly amazing and charming at 95, well articulate for listening , probably the best ever.
The shots are fantastic and real. Watch in the best video quality.
It is really a must see for anyone of any types from anywhere and of any age!
The shots are fantastic and real. Watch in the best video quality.
It is really a must see for anyone of any types from anywhere and of any age!
Speechless - audio and visuals brought tears to my eyes
fabianstreaming11 March 2022
From the very beginning, the audio and visuals brought tears to my eyes. The time lapses are beyond everything that I have ever seen up to this point - so flawless that I expect them to be animated, but then you realize how realistic it looks and become just speechless. BBC keeps raising the bar and surprises me every time.
Thank you very much BBC for making us viewers realize how precious, beautiful and impressive our environment is and that we must not take it for granted, as we are destroying it to a degree that threatens the continued existence of mankind.
Thank you very much BBC for making us viewers realize how precious, beautiful and impressive our environment is and that we must not take it for granted, as we are destroying it to a degree that threatens the continued existence of mankind.
Utterly Remarkable - Again !
crimeagainstcreation12 January 2023
Just when you thought you had seen the amazing film makers working with and for BBC Earth somehow reach their limits, with yet another spell from groundbreaking new tecnology, they manage to surpass themselves - again.
If you think you've seen stunning drone flights and all there is of timelapse filming, think again and watch The Green Planet. Ever since the first truly revolutionary BBC documentaries about Nature such as The Trails of Life or The Private Life of Plants, and as these and further on The Life of Birds and Life in the Undergrowth were breaking most normal people's imagination of how the natural world actually works, these world leading film teams just won't stop to amaze us. And as ever, to write and present it, the icon of modern nature documentary himself, David Attenborough, still in action.
May he live forever.
If you think you've seen stunning drone flights and all there is of timelapse filming, think again and watch The Green Planet. Ever since the first truly revolutionary BBC documentaries about Nature such as The Trails of Life or The Private Life of Plants, and as these and further on The Life of Birds and Life in the Undergrowth were breaking most normal people's imagination of how the natural world actually works, these world leading film teams just won't stop to amaze us. And as ever, to write and present it, the icon of modern nature documentary himself, David Attenborough, still in action.
May he live forever.
plant life
SnoopyStyle27 January 2023
David Attenborough presents this five-episodes BBC nature limited documentary series. It centers on the plant world. It uses a lot of time-lapse photography to show the growth of plants and it's wonderful. It's almost otherworldly and it is fascinating. It's Attenborough. It's BBC nature. It really can't go wrong with any of that. It's only a five episodes limited series. The last episode deals with the human world and some pressing issues such as mono-culture and mass extinction. It's stays informative without being too preachy. That is the sweet spot. This is a good addition to anybody's library.
Another triumph by Mr Attenborough
catnapbc9 January 2024
Having watched every Attenborough/BBC nature show I've managed to get my hands on in my 70 years of existence (so far), I can honestly say that each new documentary David Attenborough makes is a revelation. Yes, some things have been seen or discussed in his previous series, but the addition of time-lapse photography, extreme close-ups and the participation of young crew members in this latest series had added new perspectives and understanding, especially to previously unseen wonders. In these critical times, for all living things, the more information and new details we can be given, the more we can try to mitigate the destruction we've caused by our greed, arrogance and ignorance. Although I have always found the background music to be a bit much and the fast-paced camera work a little too frantic at times, these are just minor quibbles in an otherwise superb new series by a true champion of all things wild. Although we know this still-enthusiastic and intelligent man will not live forever, his legacy and films will endure. Nature is resilient, but it's also very clear by now that it is fragile and vulnerable to our impact on it, in all its forms and manifestations. There is no one to compare to this 'hero' and nothing better than watching and learning (for all ages and societies) any one of his nature shows. If this latest series doesn't make you feel anxious, awe-inspired and/or worried about the future, nothing will.
Typical of recent other BBC nature series.
LW-0885428 December 2023
Green Planet could been seen as a sequel to the 1994 Private Life of Plants. The series if packed full of timelapse footage, the whole point is too speed up the action to show you plants in competition, speed things up fast enough and you'll see plants do move and compete in some of the many ways which animals do. David Attenborough is also back and in this he actually spends a bit more time in front of the camera. He's fantastic as ever and these sequences are actually some of my favourites, the pace is a bit more relaxed and he's such a good presenter. The series takes us around the world, including both North and South America. The footage as ever now is super smooth, with clear picture and sound quality. I bought the blu ray and as very happy with the results. Where the series doesn't quite work for me is some of the super-fast choppy editing during the "action sequences" I suppose you'd call them. The pacing sometimes is a bit frenetic and the focus is less on educating the viewer than trying to wow and entertain you. The series occasionally also likes to try and invoke a popular trend currently in cinema of having long takes without any cuts, unbroken tracking shots lasting for 1-2 minutes sometimes. Even though we are now focussing mostly on plants, they still seem to want to have the "good guys" and the "bad guys" sometimes in a sequence. Scary music is played when a certain plants appears were clearly not supposed to be routing for. Surely these plants are just doing what nature is making them do? Do they not have a right to exist too? Can plants be moral? This good v bad aspect just doesn't work for plants I'm afraid. There is also going to be some repetition in here, if you've seen the 2009 BBC David Attenborough series Life then that covers quite a bit of what we get in this series. Where the Green Planet is at it's strongest though is in delivering to the viewer new discoveries such as the information highway now believed to exist within forests. There's still some beautiful photography, such as bats flying down in the night to drink the nectar from flowers. Things also take a weird turn when we get into the Deserts episode. The music oddly switches to a much more an electronic synthesizer sound. You can imagine a group of BBC producers sat round a table saying hey, young people all like that Stranger Things right? Because it had cool 80s inspired music right? So let's put that in our nature documentary programme and they'll all love it right? At other times too the BBC is just afraid now of using a single locked down tripod shot, no the camera constantly has to be moving, swirling, zooming, panning, often for no reason. It doesn't reveal any new information or add anything. They clearly think audiences will get bored if the camera isn't constantly on the move. You don't need to do this in a documentary though, this is not a Sam Mendes action film. The behind the scenes features are always interesting, and the final episode which basically looks at farming is also very informative. The deserts episode was perhaps the most interesting in that it's just incredible that some plants can survive in those conditions, I think the seasonal episode though perhaps has the most range.
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