National Geographic: Great Migrations

I have been a fan of Nat Geo's nature documentaries since the days when Richard Kiley narrated them on PBS, and I have many nature docs on Blu Ray, but even though I have only watched the first episode of this excellent series I would rank it in the top 5 of my collection. Picture quality is excellent as is AQ. Some of this animal behavior has been seen before, but it is presented in a very compelling way with excellent narrative spoken by Alec Baldwin, who also does the "Planet Carnivore" narration for Nat Geo Wild channel. I rate my experience watching nature blu rays by the "Wow" factor, that is, how many times did I say "wow" while watching and in the first episode it was at least 5 times, which is good. I am very much looking forward to viewing the remaining episodes and the behind the scenes pieces as well. I would highly recommend this blu ray to anyone who loves nature documentaries, it is really excellent.

National Geographic and the BBC produce some of the best wild life film series that I know about. I enjoy the kinds of DVD's that these two companies make and the bonus features are an added plus. In this collection on the great migrations you are given a brief about 45 to 50 minutes snap shot about some well known migrations that take place every year. For example the red craps yearly track from the woods to the sea on Christmas Island. These kinds of films have a lot of educational benefit and I highly recommend them for young children.

This was a good film, but there are two things that I wish would have been different. One: the sequence for the film was setup very choppy and they tried to create "cliff-hangers" by cutting away from the climax of a scene and taking you to something entirely different... I understand the point, but it wasn't done very well. Two: The narrator was very distracting. His word-choices were very strange and forced. If you have seen the movie you will understand.

Great video. Informative visuals are awesome.

Glorious! Absolutely stunning photography. National Geographic does it again. This is a very moving series that brings home the preciousness of life on this planet through the very real day-to-day struggles of many different species -- mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, etc. -- in many different climates and wildlife habitats. One cannot view this series without gaining increased respect for the other creatures with whom homo sapiens shares the planet. I'm buying it for everyone on my Christmas shopping list.

This is a very well done documentary by National Geographic that explores migrations of different kinds of creatures. The video technology used is top notch with some breath taking scenes. Alec Baldwin's narration is also good and goes well with the documentary. This is NOT to be compared with Life or Planet Earth since they are not just about migrations. Treat this according to its own merit and you will see that this is indeed a good production.

We've all seen footage before... But not like this! The crews hired by National Geographic to film this series are daredevils to put it mildly. Give Evil Knievil a camera instead of a motorcycle and this is what you get! The color is vibrant beyond the norm. Within this film series, the animal kingdom is not captured. A captured creature does not act as if in the wild. This film melds camera crew with wild beast to tell the story of great animal migrations. I guarantee you and your family will enjoy this. My four year old son liked this film series as much as I did. Have fun!

It is the migrations of wild life in the Eastern part of Africa and elsewhere in search of green pastures and it does not come so easy on the table as the territories are also inhabited by the flesh eating beasts both on land and the powerful ones under the waters of the river Masai Mara for example. When it comes to Nature shows and any documentaries National Geographic makes us feel as we are travelling with their crews to watch and experience the live shootings of the actions. Extra discs are also given as a bonus together with the Maps of the United States of America and the Whole World. Indeed it is an antique and priceless package.

First copy had a very badly, and I mean very badly, gouged disk but good old Amazon, as usual, replaced it without quibble. So apart from the extra couple of days while they shipped a replacement and remembering to pop the 'broken' one in the post, no real biggy. As to the series itself, while this version doesn't have the 7th. 'musical' episode, which BTW, having seen, is not missed, it is quite an excellent little mini series, almost on par with the beeb's output. Plus, it does have the wonderful voice of Stephen Fry narrating the four main episodes, always a bonus. Even the 'making of' and the 'science behind migration' episodes are pretty interesting even though they aren't narrated by Stephen.

Assolutamente da acquistare! Le immagini sono davvero spettacolari, le inquadrature mozzano il fiato! Piacevole sia per gli adulti che per i piccoli.

Enttäuschend im Vergleich zu Planet Erde, Serengeti und Life. Mix aus Interlaced und Progressive Material. Wahllos zusammengestellte Szenen. Schlechte Farben. Keine Highlights im Film. Die Titel der einzelnen Filme sind kaum nachzuvollziehen. Eine lose Zusammenstellung von Einzelszenen. Zu viele (möchtegerne) moderne Geschwindigkeitsänderungen. Teilweise überscharf, Farbsäume und Wackelkamera. Einfach kein guter Look. Surround Ton ist praktisch nicht zu hören. Bei Planet Erde dagegen ganz toll gemischt. Das kann die BBC einfach viel besser!

Very high quality and I formative

Il cofanetto comprende 3 bluray di cui i primi due riguardano strettamente le migrazioni degli animali, e le spiegazioni per cui questi le compiono affrontando pericoli e condizioni estreme. Il terzo ci propone i contenuti extra e ci mostra il lavoro che c'è dietro a tutte queste riprese. Bellissimo il filmato finale che ci mostra le scene più belle accompagnate dalla musica. Tutti i documentari sono girati in HD con delle riprese veramente fantastiche. Considerando poi il prezzo, è un'opera che deve far parte di una videoteca di un appassionato di animali. Consigliatissimo. Forse nel caso lo veda un bambino, è consigliata la presenza di un adulto, dato che forse qualche scena cruenta potrebbe impressionare.