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In 200,000 years, humans have disrupted the fragile balance on which Earth was living for 4 billion years. Global warming, shortage of resources, endangered species: humans are jeopardizing their own living conditions. By the end of the century, the relentless consumption will have exhausted almost all of our planet's natural resources. But it is too late to be pessimistic: we have barely 10 years left to reverse the trend. We need to become aware of our abusive exploitation of Earth's gifts and change our way of life. By giving us these previously unreleased images of over 50 countries as seen from the sky, and by sharing his wonder but also his worry, Yann Arthus-Bertrand contributes to the rebuilding we all need to start doing together. Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes us on a sensational journey above planet Earth and provides us with an unusual portrait of our planet. Planet Earth is critically ill but another future is possible if we all decide to write it together. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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Home is effective ecological agit-prop that doesn’t just criticize and warn, but also provides advice on how to fight against the issues being criticized, giving some hope for a turn for the better. The two-hour running time does not do the film any harm; on the contrary, it gives it the possibility to be more complex and remarkable. And the creators made good use of this possibility. If not for the oversimplified straightforward voiceover, I’d give it five stars because it has a MESSAGE. P. S.: I love skyscrapers and I don’t mind a little megalomania, but I absolutely agree with the critical attitude toward Dubai. This film said it for me.
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A “verbatim" adaptation of a photographic publication “The Earth from the Air" by the same author enriched by verbal diarrhea in the form of the cheapest possible agitation. And its presence isn’t even made up for by the wonderful shots which you get a but fed up with anyhow over the two hours (director’s cut). It’s trying to be something like Baraka, but it isn’t. Not even close.
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"It's too late to be pessimistic." A brilliant documentary. Amazing aerial shots of natural beauty and human frenzy are combined with a perfectly written commentary, read by Glenn Close. The film doesn't mince its words and I feel sorry for anyone who labels it a cheap environmental agitprop.
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I’d be wary to call Home a documentary that presents true (objective) facts, but it works perfectly as an environmental pointing finger. However, the idea that I took home from the cinema probably wasn’t what the creators intended – a flu pandemic might be the best that could happen to our planet…
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