Undescribable Perfection

Purely Joyful Movie!

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This documentary was funny, dramatic, action-packed and suspenseful, and quite honestly one of the most fascinating and beautiful documentaries I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Stunningly shot in high definition, this is definitely best viewed on Blu Ray. Be sure to watch the end credits, as well - its hilarious!

I'm not a Disneyphobe (nor am I a Disneyphile) but this needed its very fine cinematography to lift its rating and keep me watching. Undoubtedly, the script and narration will go down well with followers of the genre, as will the genteel treatment of the cruel realities of life and death in the wild, such as an absence of gore. This is not a criticism, just an observation. It is Disney, after all, and that's all. As a many-times observer in the flesh of real-life African wildlife action, I was glued to this only by its visuals. Apart from the unreal lack of blood, they were among the best I've seen in documentaries depicting the lives of big cats, and it was a relief not to have a narrator putting his face in front of the camera at every opportunity. Oh, and I have no problem with anthropomorphic descriptions of wild animals. I've seen big cats in the wild showing the same basic emotions as humans...affection between relatives and allies, anger and fear towards enemies, and so on: a lioness staring with what can only be described as great anger; fear in a lion's face before it turned and fled from humans on foot it had detected in the distance; pain in the eyes of an injured lion, beaten in a fight.

Although many people will think that what they see in "African Cats" they have seen dozens of times before on nature documentaries on television, this documentary is all the same an entertaining one. See it on Blu-ray if you can, because the photography is simply GORGEOUS. Kids as well as their parents will probably find the movie interesting since it really shows what wild animals have to go through in the wild. Some people have said that what's shown may be too tough for kids to see, though I didn't find it really that rough. If your kids know that animals fight and kill because they have to do that to survive, I don't see them having any issues.This is a good documentary, but not great. There are two problems that hold it back from greatness. The first problem is that the movie is somewhat long and slow. Although this relaxed pace does make an agreeable tranquil feeling at first, eventually the viewer will wish that they would just get on with it. The second problem is the Samuel L. Jackson narration. Jackson does fine most of the time, but there are several spots when he suddenly talks in a real gee-whiz manner that is kind of goofy. But if you can overlook those two problems, more likely than not you'll enjoy this documentary.

Simple...This is well produced (if over narrated), has some good scenes and an interesting story.However, if you have ever seen any wildlife documentary funded by the BBC/Attenborough (the brother from the old guy in Jurassic park), then there is little for you in this movie.There is no new information for us; just a completely average, middle of the road Disney-produced Big Cat documentary with a Samuel L Jackson narrative. Good if you've never watched anything similar, average if you have.