The Green Planet

The effort that is put into this documentary is unbelievable. Many shots have been taken in a way that is just jaw dropping!! You witness and feel plants like never before! And you start to appreciate the beauty, the harmony, the greatness and the complexity of one of God's masterpieces; The Plants.

I was watching the whole show with a little smile, like how amazing these phenomenons are and we don't even pay attention to these details. Amazing camera work.

The closest we get in the UK to a Miyazaki-style nature spirit is the kindly and ancient Attenborough, and finally he ushers the "Planet" franchise into the weeds of the plant world. I've been waiting for this series excitedly for about three or so years and it doesn't disappoint - any worries that non-animals would make for dry television are allayed the moment you see the seamless almost stop-motionlike presentation of plants in ultra-speed going about their business. It's mesmerising stuff like a tremendously serene lost Jan Svankmajer film and drifts through each biome revealing startling new things in each one. Here's hoping there are infinitely more planets to be revealed, even long after the tree spirit has departed this realm.

Not withstanding the amazing research and photography in this series, at 95 years of age, David Attenborough has to be the greatest presenter who ever lived. His enthusiasm and sense of joy in nature never cease to amaze.

I am so pleased to see the legend back on location, creating yet another stunning, eye candy documentary series. The amazing footages shot using cutting edge filming technology display the wonderful world of plants, their beauty and their majesty. These documentaries stand much taller than all the violence packed, gratuitous-sex-scenes junk being churned out by Hollywood. I hope Sir David Attenborough will live for many years to come to bring the beauty of the Planet Earth before our eyes.