See EARTH

Hey-- Just a quick one, here.

I watched Earth yesterday, and it's, by far, the best movie I've seen yet this year (I hope to have my 1st Qtr reviews up in a few days). Normally I'm slow on saying "Watch this movie" (mainly because I rarely seen them in theatres or just after the DVD release), but this is worth seeing-- and it helps to watch in a theatre, where one can see the planet on a big screen.

Sure, there are lots of documentaries you can watch on Discovery or History or many other channels, but this is in the theatres, and DisneyNature (with the BBC) pulled out the stops on this one.

There were brilliantly distant shots showing the massive amounts of animals migrating together, and there were also many moments where a single family of animals were all alone for miles around. We got to see how large-- and how small-- the world truly is.

I'm glad Disney decided to start doing their nature documentaries again. I remember watching Wonderful World of Disney when I was a kid (in the '70s) and seeing similar pieces. This film is very much in that vein.

And while the film was edited for younger eyes (no lions tearing apart elephants), it made it clear that those things do (and must) happen in the wild.

Good stuff. Absolutely beautiful camera work. It was a bit simplistic (designed for kids and all), but it is the only "A" movie I've seen yet this year.