David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

An epitaph of humanity with room for a potentially successful future happy ending that is shrouded in uncertainty and question marks. Attenborough communicates it simply, engagingly and clearly. The idea is evident. An absolutely essential documentary that should not be missed by anyone. (10/31/2020)

David Attenborough puts an exclamation mark on the amazing series A Life on Our Planet. At the age of 94, it is a very personal confession of someone who was lucky enough to see a lot of beautiful things, and at the same time unlucky to have also seen them disappear. And you may wonder, who else but this admirable man should be explaining to humanity how stupid humans are and what can be done about it? If you only have to watch one documentary in your life, let it be this one. (10/05/2020)

David Attenborough on the threshold of his life summarized what he has experienced and, given his experience and valuable life as an adventurer, can say how screwed we are and what needs to change in order to dig ourselves out of this. I completely resonate with him and wish for the whole world to be inspired by the best, those who are working to reduce the carbon footprint. Yes, we should start with ourselves, which is true, but I still believe that Europe is doing what it can, unlike America or especially Asia. May humanity once unite as one entity and work together on it. Otherwise, we are doomed... A beautiful, unforced, factual documentary with the hope that each of us needs in order to start working on ourselves. (01/11/2021)

David Attenborough talks about his life and provides, against the background of the changes that have taken place on Earth in recent decades, a clear and plainly understandable appeal about environmental topics. The film thus serves not only as a perfect recapitulation of the career of this famous documentary filmmaker, but also as an important message about the state of the environment. However, instead of looking for culprits, the film provides constructive proposals and visions. (01/04/2021)

Is there any other documentary that everyone should watch in the XXI century? A strong statement by a wise gentleman that will sadden you, but which holds the necessary life-giving positivism of the appealing ecologist. Most of the praise is addressed not only at the “contents”, but also at the very execution of the documentary, it’s graceful connection of objective facts with a subjective appeal, the dramaturgical coherence, its intelligibility and the “minor details” like the gorgeous music and the breathtaking images. A great job and a very important message, which may have arrived late but it can also be a beginning. (10/15/2020)