Our Great National Parks

But still a nice watch, each episode offering stunning footage of animals in their natural habitats. President Obama narrating is a provocative choice (read some of the negative reviews here as proof) but he does have a voice made for narration. The only documentary you can imagine the Former Guy narrating is one on how to hunt and kill all of the creatures featured in this documentary for profit.

The documentary is rated TV: PG for "fear." Nature can be cruel, as evidenced in nearly every installment. Every installment also stresses the need to protect existing parkland on every continent (and yes, negative reviewers here; there are National Parks in other countries besides the U. S.) and mentions climate change. So in the end, the documentary is preaching to the choir, as a certain segment of the population will shut the program off at the very first mention of the term "climate change" and change the channel back to Fox Nation.

Ken Burns' extensive National Parks documentary series focused on U. S. National Parks so this shorter series is a nice complement. And broadcasting it during the month of Earth Day makes this a perfect viewing choice for those who truly care about the future of our planet.

I actually really enjoyed this. If you like blue planet 2 then it's similarly produced and I quite enjoyed Obama's narration. Maybe, in time he could be a valid replacement to Attenborough. He isn't going to be around forever and if you like those series there will need to be someone to continue the work. As he also has very similar values regarding the planet and climate, I think he could be a great repcement.

I really enjoyed thjs documentary about national parcs. Yes, there are hundreds of documentaries but seeing new, recent and HD-quality pictures of national parcs around tge world is a real pleasure, especially in today's tv-landscape.

For the narrating, I am not bothered that the person is a political figure but probably Republicans are and thus are bashing this docu and rated it below 5. For me, watching this docu is about earth, about nature and not about politics. For this reason, I enjoyed all episodes and rated it 8*.

Ignore the Obama haters and check this series out if it piqued your interest. Some truly beautiful camera work and a score that matches quite well make this as entertaining as any nature and animal docu-series, short of Planet Earth. But come on, nothing in this genre touches that series.

For those who are not still clinging to their anger about Obama his narration is relaxing and informative. Absolutely worth a watch if you have an interest in the natural world!

It's beautiful, relaxing & informative. What's not to like? Like many other well made nature documentaries, the patience and skill needed to capture these moments in nature is truly impressive. Obama does an excellent job narrating and any extra attention given to him doing a documentary focusing on the preservation of wild life habitats is a very good thing. I highly recommend.