Terra (2015 TV Movie) User Reviews

"Life to me seems an unending resource"

[philr46 · 8/10 · 26 May 2016]

'Terra' is both beautiful and haunting. It begins with the image of colobus monkeys enjoying their rainforest home. This is soon contrasted with some confused, displaced ones in a tea field.

The first half of the film is largely about our animal neighbours and distant relatives. The second half takes more aim at humans, identifying ways we impact upon our environment and harm it.

The goal of the movie is clear – to make you think about your own ethics, behaviour and sometimes hypocrisy. It certainly ticks this box and contrasts some amazing scenery and spectacular wildlife shots with ones of suffering. You are made to feel a lot of empathy for all of the animals included.

The narration works, the soundtrack is complimentary rather than intrusive, and you will probably learn something. My only minor gripes are that it perhaps gets a little too preachy, and could have highlighted some exploited but often ignored species (eg pangolins).

Altogether, if you enjoy nature, wildlife and/or movies which makes you think, this is certainly worth 97 minutes of your time.

I wish more people watch and review documentaries like this!

[bharath-karthikeyan · 9/10 · 20 February 2020]

Opens your eyes and preaches you to treat every life on earth with respect, cause these organisms/animals helped homo-sapiens to evolve. It is time we realize and start being grateful and stop them devolve.

Available at 4K in Netflix. Watch it at your own pace and take sometime to reflect, it does not tell you what to do - be vegan or recycle properly or any of it. But it asks you to respect the ecosystem, which opens millions of ways we could give back to the home we call planet earth.

P.S. The reason behind my review heading - At the time of writing,there were 5 reviews for this documentary which was released in 2015! :/

Breathtaking, heartwrenching, beautiful

[johannesebeling · 9/10 · 5 March 2020]

An ode to the beauty of life, and our mysteriously unique role as homo sapiens in the web of life. it touched me deeply. both the beauty and the gruesomeness of reality (even though I've seen quite a bit on both ends), the scale of our transformation of this planet

My search for happiness

[mark-29927 · 10/10 · 4 August 2016]

As I grow older, I obsess over politics, religion and money. I often wonder why, we as humans have created such a fear based society and continue to force it on every culture that differs from our own. Is there a god or can we only depend on ourselves just to live a life of chasing a way to make a living in this world without allowing ourselves to be happy along the way. Has it always been this way? It often seems to me that man is the only living organism in the universe that is hell bent on destroying itself and everything else along with it.

The movie starts out showing how amazing life is and how it progressed over millions of years. And although it equates it to evolution it could just as easily likened it to a creation based dialog.

The amazing part of this movie is how it shows nature and the contrast of man's natural tendencies to organize everything in our lives. The need to have everything under our control to the point of changing natures way of progress that has lasted what seems forever. Technology, politics and money has given man the ability to control everything except it seems our own destruction.

Can we save us from ourselves? Is it too late? YOU Decide!

Wonderful narrative on a grim timeline

[dannynguyen-44000 · 5 December 2019]

Terra, as a documentary, gives a well-written take on the effects of humans on the animal population and planet as a whole. It does this by starting with a history of animal life on Earth, allowing for the viewer to become more attached to these species of animals. It then transitions into the human impact on certain populations such as rhinos and elephants as well as how these practices are harming the environment. "Animals are now products for humans." This quote summarizes this documentary on how humans are taking advantage of animals. Terra provides a somewhat unbiased take on human impact, showcasing it as the need of animals versus the need of humans. It also covers many topics past that of animals such as genetic modifications, although somewhat briefly near the end. Overall, this documentary serves as a great way to become aware of the issues our planet faces due to our own actions.

Beauty that hits you in the face like a baseball bat

[rickbvd · 9/10 · 9 January 2020]

Terra shows us -with beautiful images- what the world looks like outside of our little bubbles. Over the history of time, humanity has created a world that is completely different from the one we found. Where trees, plants, moss and animals first covered the surface of our planet, now human cities, farms and industries thrive.

Terra holds a mirror in our faces to open our eyes to the consequences of our society. It makes us realize, hopefully, that what we have made into a world that we see as 'normal' is actually a world filled with destruction.

Shockingly confrontational, terra clearly hoped to motivate the viewers into changing their lifestyle for the better, or at least changing our perspective to the world.

Existential need to see "Terra"

[tmertefes · 10/10 · 3 May 2019]

"L'homme est la nature prenant conscience d'elle-même." said great French geographer Élisée Reclus in 19th century. Keeping these wise words in mind anyone who is able has to witness this alluring tribute.

Rerecord with a different narrator PLEASE

[nicolemcmullen-87215 · 5/10 · 28 March 2020]

The visuals were amazing and the facts interesting however, the narrator was HORRIBLE. Between the weird pauses and her mispronouncing every third word I had to turn the movie off. Please rerecord it with a native English speaker or at least with someone who can speak English properly.