It's good, but lacks the immersive scenes other planet earth type shows have had. For example, watch episode 7. It starts with a beautiful look at a large group of birds at Australia's biggest lake. And that's it. Just a camera in the middle of this chaos, and we're out. No predator vs prey relationship, nothing like penguins kidnapping other penguins offspring. Just a couple nice shots. No scenes stand out in "Our Planet" like the scene in planet earth two where baby iguanas hatch only to have to escape dozens of hungry snakes. In "Our Planet" there are some beautiful drone shots of a blue whale mother and her calf. But it's not as awe inspiring as "Blue Planet" documenting a blue whale feeding with shots from all angles and David narrating the play by play. It's a couple nice over head drone shots and we're done. Unlike the immersive feeding action of this giant. And I guess that's kind of how "Our Planet" feels and was shot, it's detached from the action. Many of the Hunt scenes in "OurPlanet" build tension only to end in a very boring stalemate with prey running and hunter not chasing (the tiger vs. the antelope). The jaguar vs caymen scene is obstructed by brush and the camera crew doesn't have a clean shot on the action. There's more interesting footage on YouTube of jaguar vs caymen. So again is "Our Planet" good? Hell yea it's good. Did I binge watch it over a couple days? Bet your ass I did. Are there cool scenes like cheetahs taking down an adult wildebeest? Probably. It's just a little over rated compared to its incredible predecessors.
Review of Our Planet
