The Film:

What don’t we get? With all of the scientific studies, the facts, and of course, the slew of nature documentaries, we still don’t get that we have a very direct causes in Earth’s survival. It’s a gigantic butterfly effect, set on a huge scale with all of humans 6 billion members. That could lead to absolute catastrophe. I always liked this line in 1999′s The Matrix when Agent Smith is talking to Morpheus: “I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you’re not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.” Seems fitting, huh?

The so called human footprint has entirely disrupted our way of life. Home is, yes, another documentary in a long line of Eco-friendly films, but it is a gorgeously shot film filled with incredible aerial footage. Any documentary whose subject is the planet, must deal with the comparisons of BBC‘s amazing Planet Earth. What’s different with Home, compared to that miniseries, is Home doesn’t tackle individual sections of life and locations, but presents our origin, in relation to Earth’s. Think of Home as a primer course, to a full course that was Planet Earth. Midway through, Home focuses on our raping of natural resources and the butterfly effect it has caused. There is a moment of concern, as images seem to be a prelude to something worse. The opening scenes of Soylent Green don’t seem so far-fetched. It’s terrifying. Not just for us, but for our world, the holy grail of scientific possibilities that through a mysterious spark, caused life.

Home isn’t all doom-and-gloom, the film ends with facts of disruption to the balance of life on Earth from us, but offers what IS being done, and most importantly, what can be accomplished. So, what don’t you get? Home might not offer anything new to the fire of discussion of preservation and global warming, and it does drag here and there, but the stunning footage by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, all aerial, makes this another worthy look to companion pieces like 11^th Hour and An Inconvenient Truth.

The Blu Ray:

Audio/Video: Home is absolutely beautiful on high definition. I could give you a ton of examples filled with words of praise, but if you are even mildly interested in seeing this, do yourself a favor and rent/buy this on Blu Ray. The audio is equally as good, but it’s mostly dialogue and a wonderful score. Nice bass levels for this nice DTS track. A great presentation from Fox.

Sadly, no extras are here.

Conclusion: Yes, another nature documentary, filled with preachy words of wisdom..so? See it and see it on Blu Ray.

The Film: Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Blu Ray: Rating: 3 out of 5 stars