Thanks to god's gift, Netflix, I am able to watch any assortment of random movies that I feel necessary. This past week, I received Earth in the mail... the documentary about the planet that was released a few years ago on Earth Day.
When it came to theaters, I really wanted to see it but never got around to it (story of my film-viewing life). When I slid the DVD into the television, I was slightly nervous. I had built this documentary up so much that I feared it would fall way below expectations. I mean a documentary about the Earth... how exciting could it be?
I loved it! I want to watch it everyday for the rest of my life. Okay, that's a stretch but it was really good. And informative. And gorgeous! The scenery made me want to run outside and hike up the nearest mountain and then jump down a waterfall.
Not to mention, the narrator may be the best voice I have heard (besides Morgan Freeman and the Allstate guy, of course).
It was sad at some points. The caribou getting hunted didn't exactly put a smile on my face. Neither did the baby elephant that was lost from it's herd. Still, it did have the funny and happy and interesting parts.
Random fact that I learned, mother polar bears hibernate and do not eat for 5 months; at the end of the five months, they have lost half of their body weight.
All I'm saying is that if I don't eat for five months, I better lose more than half of my body weight.
The next to come in the mail is
The September Issue, a documentary about the making of the September Vogue.
Click the title of this post to watch Earth trailer.
