'Secrets of Wild India' was seen for two primary reasons. Am a big nature documentary fan and have been watching the famous and highly regarded ones and pleasant new discoveries as part of a binge which so far has seen few disappointments. The other reason being my love and admiration for David Attenborough, considered a national treasure for very good reason no matter as to whether he likes the term or not.
He is hard to beat when it comes to documentary narrating and presenting and have yet to see anything bad from him. His very best works are works of art. While not my favourite of his work or one of his very best, or one of the standout documentaries of my binge, 'Secrets of Wild India' is still a wonderful and fascinating series. If one has to be recommended a documentary on Indian wildlife, 'Secrets of Wild India' should be strongly considered.
After a wonderful first episode, one expects the following episode, which had a hard task living up to it, to be just as good. "Tiger Jungles" is every bit as great.
First and foremost, "Tiger Jungles" cannot be faulted visually. It is gorgeously filmed, done in a completely natural and intimate way and never looking static. In fact much of it is remarkably cinematic and intimate, which are lovely qualities to see in a documentary series. The editing is always fluid and cohesive and one can never get enough of jungle settings.
Music score fits very well generally, not overly grandiose in sound while not being inappropriately placed. Occasionally it is a little intrusive and could have been used less, my only one of two complaints of the series, other being that it maybe could have been a little longer with so much to cover.
Like the rest of 'Secrets of Wild India', "Tiger Jungles" fascinates, teaches, moves, entertains and transfixes. In terms of the facts there was a very good mix of the known ones and the unknown, while also dealing with the subject with tact. As was expected, there was a nice mix of old and new in how it's shown.
Narration by Attenborough helps significantly. He clearly knows what he is talking about and knows what to say and how to say it. He delivers it with his usual richness, soft-spoken enthusiasm and sincerity, never talking down to the viewer and keeping them riveted and wanting to know more. Some may not find "Tiger Jungles" treating the respective animals in a human-like way in all the instalments to their taste, personally love it myself and it made it easier connecting and relating to the animals and the things covered. Yet remarkably it doesn't feel over-subjective or too speculative, a potential trap for documentaries, or have too much of a story approach that could compromise the facts.
It's not just visually beautiful and informative. The animals, not just the tigers, featured show a mix of playfulness, pathos, cuteness and ruthlessness. There is some charm seeing the behaviours and a lot of personality. Was very much invested and fascinated by the information provided, also loved the intimate portrayal of the animals featured.
Every bit as interesting is that it is not just the animals that "Tiger Jungles" focuses on. It also focuses on well-explored, well-researched and fascinating in detail the jungle setting.
"Tiger Jungles" was by no means episodic. Instead feeling like a riveting and emotionally complex story. It could easily have been bloated with so much covered but it thankfully .
Overall, wonderful once again. 9/10 Bethany Cox
He is hard to beat when it comes to documentary narrating and presenting and have yet to see anything bad from him. His very best works are works of art. While not my favourite of his work or one of his very best, or one of the standout documentaries of my binge, 'Secrets of Wild India' is still a wonderful and fascinating series. If one has to be recommended a documentary on Indian wildlife, 'Secrets of Wild India' should be strongly considered.
After a wonderful first episode, one expects the following episode, which had a hard task living up to it, to be just as good. "Tiger Jungles" is every bit as great.
First and foremost, "Tiger Jungles" cannot be faulted visually. It is gorgeously filmed, done in a completely natural and intimate way and never looking static. In fact much of it is remarkably cinematic and intimate, which are lovely qualities to see in a documentary series. The editing is always fluid and cohesive and one can never get enough of jungle settings.
Music score fits very well generally, not overly grandiose in sound while not being inappropriately placed. Occasionally it is a little intrusive and could have been used less, my only one of two complaints of the series, other being that it maybe could have been a little longer with so much to cover.
Like the rest of 'Secrets of Wild India', "Tiger Jungles" fascinates, teaches, moves, entertains and transfixes. In terms of the facts there was a very good mix of the known ones and the unknown, while also dealing with the subject with tact. As was expected, there was a nice mix of old and new in how it's shown.
Narration by Attenborough helps significantly. He clearly knows what he is talking about and knows what to say and how to say it. He delivers it with his usual richness, soft-spoken enthusiasm and sincerity, never talking down to the viewer and keeping them riveted and wanting to know more. Some may not find "Tiger Jungles" treating the respective animals in a human-like way in all the instalments to their taste, personally love it myself and it made it easier connecting and relating to the animals and the things covered. Yet remarkably it doesn't feel over-subjective or too speculative, a potential trap for documentaries, or have too much of a story approach that could compromise the facts.
It's not just visually beautiful and informative. The animals, not just the tigers, featured show a mix of playfulness, pathos, cuteness and ruthlessness. There is some charm seeing the behaviours and a lot of personality. Was very much invested and fascinated by the information provided, also loved the intimate portrayal of the animals featured.
Every bit as interesting is that it is not just the animals that "Tiger Jungles" focuses on. It also focuses on well-explored, well-researched and fascinating in detail the jungle setting.
"Tiger Jungles" was by no means episodic. Instead feeling like a riveting and emotionally complex story. It could easily have been bloated with so much covered but it thankfully .
Overall, wonderful once again. 9/10 Bethany Cox
