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limmcintyre
IMDb member since January 2023
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Eden: Untamed Planet (2021)
Drop the excessive drama in the narration - it's painful
29 January 2023
The photography is truly spectacular. What wrecks it for me is the overly dramatic narration, the apparent need to choke viewers with awe with every sentence. At first, I thought it was Helena Bonham Carter's folly at trying to be David Attenborough. Then, I heard the same in a BBC series - Serengeti I-II with the same over-wrought diction coupled with ill-suited overly-loud music, this time narrated by Joseph Boyega. These are accomplished actors with good voices, so now I must conclude that the producers have required them to give this unwelcome twist to their delivery to a corny script. Hold on to that footage, however. It is a privilege to take in such worldly wonders. We can only hope that somehow, against the odds, they can endure.
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