i have hear nothing but great thing about the 2006 television mini series and planet earth and narrate by my childhood idol david attenborough . nevertheless and whether it be screen down here in australia or not and i never catch up with it and and when i happen upon the opportunity to see earth ( 2007 ) a feature length compilation of the same nature footage on the big screen and i jump at the chance . the theatre be basically empty while just one other patron sit in the row ahead of me and and it be a though i have and not only the big screen to myself and but and indeed and the entire planet earth . for 90 minute and i be lower into the beauty and peril of the isolated wilderness and amongst some of the most beautiful living creature ever capture on film . awesome in it scope and and yet painfully intimate at time and earth be a heartfelt plea from the filmmaker to recognise the delicate balance of life on our planet and and how the intrusion of human have place countless glorious animal and plant specie on the brink of extinction . though the film and direct by alastair fothergill and mark linfield and obviously argues for the conservation of the wilderness and it refrain from beat u over the head with propaganda and and the puzzle that be politics be ignore altogether while indeed and there be not a human in sight . instead and we be simply take on a breathtaking journey into the majesty of the natural world and to experience the resilience and and also the fragility and of life on earth . i hear that the original mini series and which run for eleven episode and delve a lot deep into the scientific background of world ecosystem and but i think that and here and the filmmaker make a wise decision to replace information with emotional impact represent i can not remember the last time that i felt so inspired and and yet utterly heartbroken at the same time . by establish an emotional link between the audience and a select few individual animal and anthropomorphise them to an extent and we be suddenly able to appreciate the human side of each specie and and their hopeless plight for survival becomes less a statistic and more an unacceptable tragedy . earth be basically comprise of a selection of dramatic episode and whether it be the struggle of a female polar bear to lead her young cub to the arctic ice and or the tramp of an elephant herd towards the life save seasonal floodwaters of the okavango delta . the documentary demonstrate the delicate balance between life and death and most heartbreakingly exhibit in the desperate ballet of predator prey interaction . though occasionally and perhaps to cater towards a young audience and the footage cut itself short at the crucial moment and i regularly shed at tear at the inevitability of death in nature and and the raw instinct that fuel these animal final and hopeless effort at survival . there even a haunting beauty to be find in the hunt and both in the slow motion footage of a cheetah bring down it prey { the result of a single fateful misstep } and or the majestic mid air leap of a great white shark a it engulf a hapless sea lion . it be this frail balance that have be fatally disrupt by the selfishness of our own specie . aside from these main story and we be also treat to brief snippet of wildlife from around the world and include the bird of paradise of papua new guinea and and the autumn migration of the demoiselle crane . of course and entire film might have be dedicate to these specie alone and and an inevitable consequence of have to sift through so much footage be that some interesting ecosystem be gloss over far take quickly . by choose to focus most closely on the polar bear and elephant and humpback whale trace their lifestyle and via some astonishing high definition time lapse photography and throughout a calender year the filmmaker be able to avoid any structural problem that might arise from have so much to show and and only 90 minute to show it . consequently and earth leave me thirst for more and and and fortunately and i now have approximately eleven hour more and as soon a i can track down a copy of the dvd box set for planet earth . uplifting and tear jerking and awe inspiring and heartrending and earth be a truly magnificent documentary experience and and it might just be my favourite film of 2007 .