Das Universum

6 episodes of pure brilliance in everything you can imagine, I've never felt so rejuvenated after watching something like this.

Morgan Freeman is the voice of the Universe.

The connection from the Big Bang to stardust to life on planet Earth has never been portrayed like this.

Full marks for concept, narration and editing.

The best part is that the film arouses curiosity and emotions at the same time, which makes it quite different.

It's certainly one of the best things I've ever seen. This is surely a treat not to be missed , especially in these times of epidemics and lack of quality content.

Whoever did the sound mixing didn't do it justice. Morgan's narrative was too far back in the mix, I was struggling to hear him over the SFX and music. It turned into a difficult watch because of that.

Aside from that, the footage and graphics are beautiful to watch. I enjoyed the link of everything happening in the universe has an effect on life in every way.

It was really great to get you think about the bigger picture to life in earth. I hope to see more of these types of documentaries on Netflix, so refreshing after all the true crime ones that seem to be of endless supply in their library.

Morgan Freeman narrates this incredibly beautiful story about our past, present and future. Life on earth and its connection with the cosmos and cosmological events.

It's truly one of the most beautiful shows I've seen in a while. However, the show falls a bit short when it comes to the narration. Not the voice of Freeman, but the content itself. The over usage of dramatic pauses disrupts the flow and keeps us guessing of what he'll say next. It's especially frustrating when the answer is obvious. Which it often is. Making me think they assume their audience is either stupid or very young.

But it's definitely worth a watch just for the CGI and shots of nature. So allow me end this review with an "Our Universe narration" flavored ending:

As I wrap up this review.. I do so.. with a typographical symbol that states that the sentence.. is finished........... a period.

Amongst the monotony of the average day of a human being we often forget about what is REALLY going on in our world or how it formed. This documentary lays all that out in a format the average person can understand.

With the aid of Morgan Freeman's calming voice they show what goes on in a wild animals daily life then to a flash sideways to things in earth and space that directly explain how they are connected. The film crew really went out if their way and did a great job bringing this images to are tv. I recommend watching at night on a big screen. The picture is amazing. It is one of the best documentaries to date. Highly recommend.

Typical Netflix so-called documentaries - visually very pleasing but empty of any insightful narrative content. All you hear is empty-can noises emanating from a familiar voice mixed with elevator muzak spouting really cringy patronising trites with no more depth than middle school science.

If Netflix would only get real professional documentary writers to work with their visual teams we'd get a really great proper documentary.

One can only wish.

In the meantime, just enjoy the visual feast and ignore the muzak and empty words.

You can find much much better researched and written documentaries on any topic on YouTube well worth the compromise on visual quality.