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African Cats (2010)
What was Fothergill thinking when he did this?
Now, before I start a short review, let's get a couple things straight...
1. The Serengeti is in Tanzania, not Kenya. The part the borders the Serengeti is the Masai Mara, separated by the Mara River.
2. Kenya is NOT in Central Africa but in East Africa. Good grief, where do some people get their Geographical knowledge from? As far as Jacksons narration is concerned... Just because he is black doesn't mean he's qualified to talk about Africa. Chances are he's never actually been there.
The American habit of turning everything into a homely Disney story is sickening. If you call it a documentary, document, don't even think about turning a wild creature into a cuddly toy story character. They are not.
I can only hope this doesn't actually make it into Kenya or anywhere else on the African continent, people might become nauseous.
Animal do NOT have human emotions. Stupid script writer do, lions and cheetahs do not write scripts.
The wildlife shots are good, after all, even I must be able to say something nice about this but then it was made by Alastaire Fothergill, which sort of speaks for itself.
Sorry, but more then 2/10 wasn't possible.
If you want to watch something good, just look for any of a huge variety of BBC documentaries. You won't be disappointed there.
Dinosaur Planet (2003)
Too much like a Disney programme
Before you start going for my throat, let me point out that this is my opinion and mine only. If you agree, fine, if you don't, fine too.
Now, I had the distinct displeasure of seeing two parts this week in a re-run on UK TV.
The first impression was that the dinosaurs look more like cuddly toys, come plastic bathtub Godzilla look-a-likes. In other words, awful.
There is hardly any interaction of the animals with their environment and personally, I don't like the idea of humanised dinosaurs (ie. giving them names and attach human emotions to such animals).
If you are 10 years old, yes, watch it, you might like it. If you've already grown up, grab a book and save the time doing something useful.
As far as a comparison with 'Walking with Dinosaurs' is concerned, I think it beats the hell out of this programme, never mind any inaccuracies.