National Geographic documentaries have never been gripping mainly because of their storytelling that's so lackluster. Nothing beats BBC in storytelling, poetic narrative and superb music.
But WELCOME TO EARTH changed some of that. Beautiful visuals and sounds accompanied with a score by Daniel Pemberton, this series could hit all the positive checkpoints had it not been for a poor script and street language by Will Smith, not to mention his callow reactions and stupid remarks throughout. The last nail was driven by the black and white studio recordings that blew a viewer's retina just when their eyes were getting focused for the suspenseful darkness of the series.
Will Smith simply destroyed the entire drama that the directors and the producers had to work so much hard to create.
I could have very easily given this series a 9/10 but the above-mentioned negatives things have made me give it 4/10, that too out of sheer generosity.
But WELCOME TO EARTH changed some of that. Beautiful visuals and sounds accompanied with a score by Daniel Pemberton, this series could hit all the positive checkpoints had it not been for a poor script and street language by Will Smith, not to mention his callow reactions and stupid remarks throughout. The last nail was driven by the black and white studio recordings that blew a viewer's retina just when their eyes were getting focused for the suspenseful darkness of the series.
Will Smith simply destroyed the entire drama that the directors and the producers had to work so much hard to create.
I could have very easily given this series a 9/10 but the above-mentioned negatives things have made me give it 4/10, that too out of sheer generosity.