I am super excited about a new movie being released on Earth Day. The kids and I have been seeing in-theatre trailers for months and we plan on spending a portion of Earth Day in theatres this year.
This movie is the first release from the new Disneynature label. Earth is narrated by James Earl Jones, and tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journey across the planet we all share. Directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield, the acclaimed creative team behind the Emmy Award-winning “Planet Earth” series combine forces again to bring this epic adventure to the big screen, beginning Earth Day 2009.
I am a big fan of Disney films already so I love that they are combining some of my favorite things into one awesome package…movies, family fun, and the environment. And is it just me or does everyone get crazy goosebumps whenever they hear James Earl Jones??? Plus, Disneynature recently announced that it will plant a tree in the highly endangered Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest in honor of every person who sees the film its first week.
We will let you know our thoughts of the movie on Earth Day but until then
you can enjoy a piece of it at home. Check out the official trailer before you go. It rocks!
I’m also a big Disney fan and have been looking forrward to this movie!
That movie looks fun, though I’m pretty sure my 15 month old would rather eat the popcorn off the floor. ;) mmm…see, now i want popcorn….
We’ve been eagerly anticipating this movie. And the prize pack? Well…you can’t have too many canvas totes. ;-)
My son and I are anxiously awaiting this one! I’m going to be out of town working ON Earth Day…as I am every year…so we have a date that weekend just the two of us!
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I cannot wait to see this movie!!! I’m taking my son to see this one. So wonderful!
Sounds neat! We are looking forward to Earth Day!
We cannot wait either. My daughter is actually more excited for this movie than Hannah Montana, LOL!! It looks amazing and Disney rarely dissapoints. And I agree, James Earl Jones’ voice is amazing for things like this! Those Earth biodegradable tumblers loook really cool.
If it’s anything like the Planet Earth series, it will for sure be a great movie!
I’d like to see this movie too! My son is almost 3 and has never been to a movie theater… Maybe an exciting first on a special day!
We are also anxiously awaiting this movie’s release!
This film looks great. I wonder if it’ll be playing at IMAX.
i am so excited to see this move! the kids and i will be there on opening day :)
HOW exciting! I can’t wait! My kids are learning Eathday stuff at home and school. Now I wanna win this for sure!
We are planting two fruit trees!!
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How cool. A movie I would actually take my kids too.
We can’t wait for that movie! I am excited! great giveaway! :)
Great post! I digg it!
Exciting!
Wow that looks fabulous!
Love to see the film soon. I am so excited~ Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the heads up since we haven’t seen the previews. Now I know what we’ll be doing with my free movie passes!
We are also excited for the release of this movie! Disney never seems to disappoint : )
The giveaway is also great – thanks!
Thank you for the post! My daughter is still young, so I haven’t seen any previews for the movie, but I will definetly be going to see it! It looks great! I really love your blog, you have helped me to begin changing our lives for the better! Thanks again!
We love Earth Day. This year we’ll be celebrating by keeping promises we made for a friend’s Eco-birthday party :)
We are going to see a special preview of this movie April 20th. Can hardly wait!!!!
Yeah! Great news and I’m so with you on James Earl Jones’s voice. Go Disney!
Hi Tiffany! I have 2 young girls, 4 1/2 & almost 3, and my husband and I take them outside and into nature as often as we can so they can have a love of the earth and nature as we do. It has been a long winter here in Michigan and we have watched a lot of shows on TV about nature and animals, etc., to try to break up being stuck indoors! We also went to Orlando for vacation and took the girls to Seaworld. They love animals and loved to see Orca and Beluga whales in person! We are really looking forward to seeing the movie this month!
I hope the movie is good and really geared towards children. My family rented Artic Tale a few months ago. Silly me, I thought it would be appropriate for the whole family. Instead it traumatized my 4 y/o daughter when the baby brother polar bear died and the mother left the baby daughter. I wish there had been some sort of warning for parents of very young children.
I’d love to take my sons to it, but like the previous commenter, I better check it out so I don’t traumatize them. ;)
I’m excited about this movie – see earlier comments – but…
I’ve been thinking about how LOUD movie theaters can be, often reaching decibels that are unsafe for developing ears. I’ve heard about theaters having special showings for families with young children that they don’t play the sound so LOUD. I’m going to have to do a bit more research before taking my little one to the theater. We’ll definetely be checking it out on DVD though!
Looks great! We’re looking forward to seeing it. Thanks!
I can’t wait to see it!!! I didn’t even know about the film until you posted this. THANKS!
I can’t wait to take my son to see this! It looks like it’s going to be great. When I saw the trailer I thought this is going to be a wonderful family movie:).Thanks
Wow! that movie looks amazing! thanks for sharing bec/ I’ve never heard of it!
I love Planet Earth (the series and the place)! This is a great give-away; thanks for the offer!
James Earl Jones rocks! Looking forward to this movie!
Looking forward to seeing the film too!
Wow! I am NOT a fan of Disney movies, but this one definitely looks like an exception. Can’t wait to see it!
This looks awesome!
Gosh! Thank you for posting this trailer. I haven’t even heard of this! Our little guy is five and we’re very excited to celebrate Earth Day this year. He’s comprehending and understanding so much now. I’d love for this to be his FIRST movie in a theater! Thank you.
Thanks for posting this! My kids will definitely look forward to seeing it!
Thanks for the good stuff
I am sooo excited about this movie and the giveaway! I am already set to watch the movie with my 2 year old, this will be his first movie :) If you buy advance tickets, Disney will plant a tree for you!
I am sooo excited for this movie!! My son and I sit and watch Planet Earth on our local PBS channel just before bed. And you can’t beat JEJ as narrator! Rowr! :-)
We are so excited about this movie! My 2 year old has only been to one other movie in the theater (Madagascar 2 – loved it), and we can’t wait for this to be his next! He LOVES Animal Planet and his animal encyclopedia, so I know this will rate high on his list!
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My daughter is just getting to that age where a trip to the movies is actually possible and what better movie to start with. We are very excited for earth day as well. Thanks
Can’t wait to see this movie! Please enter me in the giveaway! Thanks! :)
I love Earth Day!
We are looking forward to these film!
Always enjoy your site – so much valueable information and i look forward to checking it for updates on a daily basis!! and to top it off – you do giveaways – FUN! I love that tumbler:) hoping to win!
and we’re hoping to see the movie as well – as soon as it hits dvd – not able to go to the theater unfortunately being as we have a 10 month old baby. and all the sippy cups i’ve purchased are because YOU recommended them. THanks!
I am looking forward to the movie. If Disney can’t people to care about the Earth, who can?
We are looking forward to the movie too! Great to have it released on Earth Day! Thanks for the great giveaway.
looks like it going to be another great Disney creation
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can’t wait, it looks like a fabulous movie!
Oh that looks awesome! I’m marking that in my calendar for sure.
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I stumbled it too. :)
I really can’t believe Earth Day is just around the corner, time seems to fly by this spring (but then again, I didn’t realize that some classwork was due on Wednesday until this morning – ugh!). I saw the trailer of the movie and can’t wait for it to come out – although I’m afraid it will be a LOT later here (probably around Christmas?).
We are planning on seeing the film as a family…..my boys love nature shows anyhow, so this is something for them!!! Love good family programs!!
I’m super excited to see this on the big screen. I hope my kids will appreciate it ;-)
We are excited! And the whole Disney will plant a tree for all tix bought opening week is a huge incentive. We are taking a group of 25 of our friends!!! Woo hoo!
It sounds great! I would love the prize pack, too!
We are so excited to take our kids. Though we will wait until after Earth Day so we can spend the 22nd outdoors.
I can’t wait to take my kids. This is a movie for people of all ages!
I’m going to see this movie and can’t wait for it!
I read about this movie this weekend and it looks so good!
I’ve posted an Earth Day Challenge on my blog, so if anyone is interested in joining, come on over and post your plans for celebrating Earth Day with your family! I have a toddler, but all ages are welcome!
http://paintingpinkpajamas.blogspot.com/2009/04/celebrating-earth-day-with-toddler.html
My family and I are so excited to see this movie. I am taking my parents as well. My father loves to watch nature movies. It would be a nice experience for the entire family :)
I hadn’t heard about this movie yet, so thanks!!
I will be taking my seven yr. old son to see this movie he is so into discovery and how it’s made shows that this one
about earth just looks fantastic!!
I’m so excited to see this movie. I hope it’s the 1st of many Disney Nature movies to be released. Now if I can just get my family to be as excited about it as I am.
I really want to take someone to see this … she’s really into animals and the beauty of the Earth … since living overseas, I’ve become really mindful of how precious this globe can be for everyone …
Really Awesome, This would be a wonderful gift you can ever give to kids. They would really love it….
I am equally excited about this movie, I am actually taking my 2 year old as one of our earthday acitivies and my mom to my suprise asked me if she could tag along. I have been trying to get my mom to adopt a green life for some time now and I was happy for that. I hope this opens her eyes even more to how prescious our planet and the inhabitants are.
I too am excited – disney and nature, you can’t be that. I hope to share my love of nature with my daughter. I also am a teacher and will encourage my students to see this movie
I am so excited about this movie.
It looks amazing!
I am searching for special ways to celebrate Earth Day with my family- this product may help!!
I saw the trailer and was excited to see the movie. Your blog helped me get easy info to pass on to all of my co-workers to encourage them as well.
I have been excited for this movie since atleast January!! Disney is fantastic and hopefully! this film will help a lot of ignorant earth unfriendly people to care about our planet!!
I’m going to go see this on the 22nd
My family and I are very excited as well. We have just finished making our Earth Day T-shirts! We can’t wait!
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It will be a Family affair here at the Zingler Home…Mom,Dad, Zoe & Anna will all be attending opening night:)
I can’t wait to see the movie.
We’re super excited about the movie as well. We’re taking our Girls Scout troop as part of our Earth Day celebration!!
What a great way to celebrate Earth Day and for the Walt Disney Co. to express their environmentality!
I am a graduate of a radio and television degree program and wish to also make a documentary on the environment. I think more movies like these should be made to remind everyone of the beauty that surrounds us. We only have one home and that is Earth. We need to prioritize Earth as our number one concern before its way too late. I’m so excited to see this film and I’m counting down the days!
This will be the first movie we will take our 4 & 5 year olds too. I read a review and it mentioned that there may be some predatory scenes. I sure hope that there isn’t anything graphic, that’s my only concern, otherwise I hope it’s sweet and has cute animals. they would love it that way.
Just 2 days away! I’m taking my 3 1/2 year old Niece – who has falling in love with animals – this is going to be fun!
can hardly wait to see this.
saw the trailer at costco – been waiting for it to come out.
taking my 3 yo and having a fun day of it!
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can’t wait to see this!!!
I am a teacher, and our entire 5th grade class is going to see this movie on Friday. A special early showing just for students in our area. I cannot wait to see it. I haven’t been this excited about a field trip in a while!
My kids are extremely excited to see Earth. We are taking a 1/2 “mental health” day to get to the theaters to see it. The trailer is breathtaking and Jone’s voice adds that much more to it! We can’t wait!
I teach 1st and 2nd grade in a public school in Mid-Michigan and my kids have talked nonstop about wanting to see this movie! I just won 4 tickets from a local radio station this morning and am trying to figure out how to get 20 kids to this movie event with me.
I am looking forward to this very much – I don’t have work on Earth Day and plan on spending the majority of the day outside enjoying the planet around me, followed by making a trip to the theater to enjoy the parts of the planet I will likely never be able to see!
I am so looking forward to seeing this movie and hope that it is shown here in the Bahamas where I live – otherwise I will have to wait for the DVD release.
I made sure to put this up on my twitter preceded by #earthday to get the word out! http://twitter.com/aduialdin
I can’t wait to see this movie. Every trailer gives me the goosebumps. Happy Earth Day!
Tomorrow is Earth Day! I’ll be at the theatre watching the movie! : )
I am taking my son tomorrow..We are both super excited.
I am super excited for this movie. Today is Earth day and i’m at work trying to find times for when the movie will be shown! :)
I am taking my 6 year old and 2 year old to see this tonight! We’ve been waiting months to see it!! =)
We just got home from the movie…LOVED it
I haven’t seen the movie personally but my wife and son did. She told me about the male polar bear that dies. It breaks my heart. Why is it that every Disney movie has to portrait death? I understand that they are trying to educate people about climate change but the persons behind the camera did nothing to try to save the polar bear. These animals are becoming extinct and Disney sold them out to make a movie. I doubt that I will ever see or purchase another Disney movie for as long as I live.
Kevin, the footage had little to do with Disney but rather some joint ventures with the BBC and European production companies. It was pretty clear to me that this footage was in existence, probably from the filming of the BBC’s “Planet Earth” series, and that Disney just found a way to monetize the existing footage by cutting it into a 90 minute film and using their distribution and marketing capabilities.
Disney didn’t sell out the Polar Bears. Documentaries are created to document events. I’m sure there were clauses that the photographers had to adhere to which prohibited them from interfering with the wildlife. The Polar Bear dies even if nobody is watching. Baby elephants die, impala are eaten, Bambi dies. Everyone and everything dies. If you prefer your 10 yr old to watch sponge bob square pants, well I guess that’s your prerogative.
I don’t feel the need to defend Disney, but I can assure you that you will consume their products again in the future. You do watch ESPN now right? (Disney company…)
Cheers,
Mike
I am one with others on helping our mother earth. Can’t wait to watch this movie! Thanks Disney!
Great Post. Heard it’s pretty good.
The winner is Lizzie with comment #12!!!
I saw the Earth Movie today and enjoyed the scenery and the animals up til the carnivores came out. I wouldn’t recommend this movie to young children and my daughter and I left early before we saw any more carnivores or torture for the animals. They only show you the sweet things in the trailer, but there’s too much reality in it and wished that they eliminated the sad parts…… If you don’t like serious movies, I would not recommend to see this. However, it has made me more serious and more determined than ever to push for solar power….. The car industries and homes could have been solar powered years and years ago and we’ve had the technology for a long time, but are too stubborn to change. It’s time to change. That’s the good that came out of this movie is the conviction that everyone needs to drastically change and go SOLAR!!!!
Not to be a stick in the mud, but as an engineer, I feel it my duty to express reality in some cases. Solar is good, but seriously not THE answer. First off, it doesn’t work at night. Second, there is not enough sun in many parts of the country. Third, we do not currently have the infrastructure (i.e. power lines) to support large scale use of solar energy. Fourth, although we have had “solar technology” for quite some time, it is only recently becoming efficient and affordable enough to use in mainstream society. And lastly, we also need to consider the space and materials needed and pollution caused by the manufacture and installation of solar panels. I am sure solar will become more prominent in the future than it is now, but it is not going to save us all anytime soon.
I guess I am a late comer to this movie, but I have to say I was a little disappointed. To me it was a very old school documentary and they didn’t do anything to make it alive and fresh. Granted, I watched it as an adult without kids, but I felt like it was a great opportunity wasted.
First off they marketed it as “the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journey across the planet we all share.” However, I doubt 20 minutes of the whole movie were actually about these animal families. Instead it jumped around the globe chaotically showing lots of cool nature footage with almost no in depth explanation or education.
It seems to me it would have had much more impact if it stayed more focused on the animal families and somehow related the surrounding events to them. This way we can form a “bond” and actually care about the animals. In addition, opportunities were sadly missed to tell us more about the wildlife we did see. For example here are ducks jumping from a tree. Fascinating! Why don’t they die from the fall, where are they going? Will they live? Does their mother feed them or they on their own? So many lost opportunities.
This movie is incomplete. There is a focus on the death of animals throughout the movie. Very little explanation for the viewer as to why the animals are migrating which would help put the struggles of migration into context. I went with my 7 year old. I would not do this again!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just watched this movie and it was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve always been so annoyed with “tree hugers” and people who kept shoving global warming, we’re killing the planet, etc. down my throat. But this is the first point of view I’ve heard/seen that has actually honestly moved me. It made me want to change my lifestyle so that my children, and my children’s children would be able to experience and appreciate the wonder of God’s creation. For me, the most pivotal moment in the movie as far as changing my perspective, was when the male polar bear struggled because of the quickended melting of the ice. I don’t want saving the earth and it’s creatures to become like a “religion” to me, but I’ve taken on a new view. If people really want to effect others, this is a way to do it!
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I heart them too and so do my kids they’re 4 and 5 and they adore these movies and think they’re awesome :)
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