The Americas: con Tom Hanks

I genuinely enjoyed this series and looked forward to watching it every week. It captured so many beautiful places and creatures in the wild spaces of North and South America, from the largest to the smallest. It was also very well narrated by Tom Hanks.

I highly recommend the last episode, which highlights how the series was made. The camera crew seem to be well suited to the kind of work required to produce the series, which was very complicated and adventurous. They needed to work in many different types of environments and climates and operate their equipment in all sorts of weather conditions. They also had close encounters with wild animals, often unintentionally when they were unexpectedly approached.

If there is a DVD version of this series, I would definitely be interested in purchasing it and gifting it to my grandchildren.

I'm sure I'm in the minority here but the narration from Tom Hank's is just not right for this kind of programme, maybe I've been spoilt with the Goat Mr Attenborough for too long but this is so disconnected and clunky its really put me off watching it. Shame. It's so scripted which I know is how it works but the trick is to make it sound like it isn't scripted. You want the narrator to say things from an experts POV and that they are telling you things from knowledge not a rigid script. I love Toms acting work and rarely see a bad performance in anything he does but I think he needs to stick to the big screen sorry.

One of the best nature shows ever! And Tom Hanks is a great narrator! Spectacular photography and some things weve never seen before on a show. So very impressed and in hopes of more to follow. Thank you BBC or whoever produced this fabulous series. One of the best nature shows we have ever watched. Photography was beyond amazing and we discovered some wildlife we have never seen before in a nature show. Tom Hanks did an outstanding job of narrating the film. We will be saving this to watch again several times and sharing with family and friends. Would be wonderful if more episodes were created.

The content, visuals, and narration are OUTSTANDING!!!! But, everything would be perfect if the music didn't drowned out Mr. Hanks wonderful narrative!! The music is lovely but too loud!!!! I want to hear the narrative as well! The visuals are so full of color and expressive action! The narrative tells an impressive tale giving the viewer background stories and remarkable details. I could watch these over and over catching new details each time. Mr. Hanks is absolutely amazing the way he delivers the information!! The production is thoughtful but not forced. There is humor, emotion, excitement, and danger. All the elements are presented in perfect balance, except the music level.

Having been brought up on BBC wildlife programs narrated by the incomparable Sir David Attenborough, I was curious to see if this American made program showed anything new and if it was any good, well there wasn't much that I haven't seen before, but the camera work was glorious and Tom Hanks have it a good go, although I do find his voice a bit irritating, over all the program probably would have been great, but found I the music and background sounds too invasive, could hardly hear the poor Tom and he wouldn't have been cheap. Anyway this was so distracting from the visuals I gave up with it.