309. David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet; movie review
.DAVID ATTENBOROUGH - A LIFE ON OUR PLANET
Cert PG
83 mins
BBFC advice: Animal killing
I am inspired! If you watch nothing else this year then take in the last half hour of David Attenborough - A Life On Our Planet.
It shows that if we use our combined intellects we really can save the world.
And if we don't, nature will endure but humanity won't.
The last time I saw Attenborough was at Glastonbury where he attracted one of the biggest audiences in the festival's history.
To be honest the nonagenarian was a bit overwhelmed and wasn't as powerful as I had expected.
However, television is his medium and his witness statement to humans' destruction of the natural world is very compelling but not 'all doom and gloom' as he puts it.
Although it certainly is scary.
He begins from Chernobyl, a microcosm of a world in which humans can no longer live but has been reclaimed by forest and wild animals.
Complemented by contemporary footage, he then runs us through a life well lived in which he has become one of the most travelled people in the world, seeking out the habitats of many thousands of species.
His clear conclusion that man is stealing the very land on which other animals exist, thus, killing the biodiversity which is essential to the planet.
He gives many examples of how our greed and particularly our food and energy production have been progressively thoughtless.
I had seen and read much of this argument previously and so didn't warm entirely to Alastair Fothergill's film until its last section in which Attenborough highlighted possible resolutions.
He spins around the globe giving examples of startlingly good practice of forest regeneration and efficient farming and fishing.
He even shines a spotlight on how we can make a personal contribution by investing in renewables rather than fossil fuels and change our diet away from eating meat.
The penny finally dropped. The positive message that I could really make a difference hit home so had that I promise I will do better.
Watch this and you will too.
Reasons to watch: Its inspiring conclusion
Reasons to avoid: He goes over quite a bit of old ground
Laughs: None
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 9/10
Did you know? David Attenborough was raised on the campus of University College, Leicester, now the University of Leicester, where his dad was principal.
The final word. David Attenborough: “There must now be cooperation between nations and cooperation requires giving up things as well as gaining them. Internationalism must be our approach. There must be greater equality between what nations take from the natural world. The wealthier nations, such as those in western Europe, have taken a lot and the time, perhaps, has now come to give.” Radio Times
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