It seems churlish to find fault with a film so well-intentioned, benevolently high-minded and flat-out beautiful as this polemical travelogue celebrating the fragile majesty of nature. But writer-director Jon Long's laudable intent — to encourage respect for the natural world and preservation of the environment — is swaddled in terms so trite and cliched that they're almost guaranteed to bring out the closet cynic in even the most sympathetic viewers. Long captures breathtaking footage of old-growth forests, red-rock canyons, eerily translucent glaciers, vast deserts, white-sand beaches, riotous jungle growth entangled with temple ruins and underwater life ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
G
Length:
45 mins