Preview: Earth (2009)

Synopsis:

This nature documentary follows the lives of three sets of families: polar bears, whales and elephants.

• Poster: D+

Review:

It is quite frequen these days for posters and trailers to diverge significantly in terms of quality. Whereas the trailer for this film is fascinating and beautiful to watch, the poster is anything but. Sure you get a quick understanding of the subjects of the film, but with all the fantastic cinematograph in the trailer, you would imagine they could have been more creative in its use on the poster.

• Trailer: A; A

Review:

The cinematography alone would be worth the price of admission. With no stars and massive crews to pay, DisneyNature's first feature employs brilliant nature photography with three stories of the lives of creatures on the planet Earth.

Gorgeous cinematography is one of the keys to this film's success and the fact that Disney is behind the marketing, I wouldn't be surprised if this film is a huge success on the scale of March of the Penguins or even larger in that I don't doubt it will be released on multiple platforms.

Oscar Prospects:

Nature documentaries haven't been as successful in recent years at the Oscars, but this could further break the trend, which began when March of the Penguins broke the ice a few short years ago.

Release Date:

• April 22, 2009

Full Review Synopsis:

A gorgeously photographed nature documentary that doesn't have enough happy moments and has far too many tragic ones.

• Full Review: Earth

-Wesley Lovell (April 27, 2008) Original

-Wesley Lovell (January 11, 2009) New Poster

-Wesley Lovell (April 4, 2010) Added Review Link