Condensed and simplified. The magnificent (re-cut) imagery can only go so far to maintain the viewer's interest, given the paucity of scientific content. This can safely be skipped in favour of the original Attenborough series.

Planet Earth is terrific but this doesn't live up to its roots. The narration is damn near soporific most of the time and feels very neutered in content, clearly aimed at children. The editing of the various footage lacks cohesion as well going halfway around the world without any cues. The footage itself is still fantastic, though, fantastically shot and with scenes that would be breathtaking in any context. So it's still pleasant and enjoyable, but nowhere near its full glory.

Beautiful

To be honest there was more new material in the film version than I had anticipated. But to be frank, Earth is just a Disneyfied version of the Planet Earth TV series. It's still very beautiful, but I prefer David Attenborough's narration, and I feel there is more power and content in the TV series. So if you don't have a lot of time, do see Earth as it contains some of the best images of the series. But the series is definitely supreme.

Patched up from the parts of the much better docu-series Planet Earth. It still looks great, but there's no reason for it. Just watch the series.

Fantastic pictures of our home planet and its wildlife

"Fundamentally a condensed trailer for the BBC's portrait of the globe's myriad habitats, the film offers a skimpy but reverential portrait of the intertwined relationship between the environment and its inhabitants." - Nick Schager

Fine, but just watch Planet Earth.

Much better with Attenborough's narration.

Maybe I have watched too many nature doc by the BBC done by the same team of people, but I noticed that some of the clips looked familar. Still, a very lovely doc to watch, even if just to see the animals. :D

Some sequences are very beautiful. I wish Disney had stuck with David Attenborough (who is as much a natural treasure as the animals) instead of going with Mufasa. Also, the film got pretty tedious after the umpteenth slow motion attack sequence and the over-emphasis on how long and hard and difficult migrations are. I got the gist of that from March Of The Penguins and Winged Migration, thanks.

Reviewing the US version, narrated by James Earl Jones. I'd love to hear Stewart's version, but Jones was great, too! Most of the info & imagery has been told & seen before, but Disney did a wonderful job of showing in a new way. The cheetah scene is breathtaking & achingly beautiful! & the images of earth from space are incredible! Also, some good nuggets of info that were new to me & the way global warming was discussed was very factual & not offensive to either perspective (IMO). Must see!

even though it was a pg rip-off version of bbc's planet earth

I'm a little disappointed with how much footage is recycled from Planet Earth, but it's still enjoyable. Looks gorgeous, of course.

A good nature documentary Disneyfied and dumbed-down for mass consumption. The nature photography is still pretty, but this is surprisingly dull. I missed David Attenborough. The "Planet Earth" TV series is a HELL of a lot better

To be honest, I have to disagree with most people here. I found it quite boring. The film doesn't show anything new. We have seen all of this before in the TV series. Still, a perfect piece of work.

Who has seen the full series, surely doesnt need to see this.

Stunning in a visual sense, but the emphasis on survival and the circle of life/the hunter and the hunted made me feel like this should have had higher than a G rating. Some of the scenes were cute, but I went in thinking the whole movie would have a mostly overall lighthearted tone, considering it was released by Disney. I wasn't too enthralled with some of the struggles of the animals, the father polar bear being the exception.

The circle of life, all around the globe, arctic to tropic, desert to ocean, illustrated everywhere in luscious calendar art, crystalline in digital projection. The Disney nature documentary allows some survival-of-the-fittest brutality, but none of the gore that would accompany it. "Yes," concludes narrator James Earl Jones, "it%u2019s full of harsh realities, but sometimes it%u2019s just paradise."

Kind of a rip off when considering it is a condensed, censored version of "Planet Earth", but the visuals are astounding. Plus, I can't complain about a movie wanting to get children to care about the environment.

GREAT !!!

Not the same experience as just watching planet earth, but it's amazing to see all these shots on the big screen.

Amazing images! Not a very convenient ending, though.

Poor Polarbears :-( - You have to watch it in HDTV. Stunning shots!

Despite of the impressing pictures, I was a little disappointed.