A document about bugs couldn't be more interesting.

The creatures. They eat, they fuck, they die. Water drops like bombs onto their homes, birds inflict massive casualties, and they become collateral damage in stag beetles' territorial conflicts. A dung beetle appears positively Sisyphean. But then the camera zooms out to reveal scenes of relative tranquility and the juxtaposition of the stakes (high) and the scope (small) becomes hilarious and, in its own way, incredibly depressing.

This is the episode on bugs Planet Earth was missing.

Besides minimal bookends of narration, the astonishing footage speaks for itself, revealing all these creepy, crawly, slimy, buzzy things to be incredibly beautiful. The most impressive achievement is how it highlights alien, ultra-detailed anatomies and focuses on idiosyncratic behaviors to evoke humane moods like romance, macabre horror, and moments of whimsy. As the title implies, the sense of scale is amazing. My favorite scene depicts a bird of Godzilla stature terrorizing a colony of ants.

Absolutely gorgeous. I never thought these little creatures could be so beautiful, but this movie truly cements how amazing life is.

Oh man this movie is so great. No narrative, just the adventures of bugs. Also, poor dung beetle!

Outstanding photography and sound production, with the latter clearly influencing Attenborough's later documentaries. Ironic anthropomorphization is used to good effect via the score as well as through the ironic juxtaposition of large-scale scenery with small-scale insect action. Perhaps a tad too long for the concept, though, and a couple shots feel quite contrived. Great nonetheless.

grrrreeeaaaaaa...boring.

Amazing look at the world beneath our feet.

I remember watching this as a kid and was absolutely fascinated by it and thought it was really beautiful. Got to rewatch this again

Stunningly beautiful, even 12 years after it was released. Slow-moving but never boring.

Wow. Fascinating stuff. Gorgeous photography.

Phenomenal photography and sound in this very interesting film.

This is a lot like Winged Migration, in that it's a nature documentary with astounding how-the-hell-did-they-get-THAT-shot photography, and minimal narration. The material is a little more interesting however, with lots of struggle and creatures more unusual than birds. Still, it does get dull after about 45 minutes.

I don't remember being very interested in this when I saw it, but then again I was 10 or 11 years old. I found a clip with some footage from the movie on Youtube, and it does look pretty spectacular. I imagine it must get boring after a while, though.

Beautiful photography that really pulls you into a bizarre world. I love how effectively it dramaticizes a day in the life of bugs

Love bugs, love great cinematography

Not your regular nature documentary. Almost no narrative, but technically amazing shots. Because of the concept that all you see happens in one meadow, there aren't enough interesting material and after a while it gets boring.