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National Geographic - The Incredible Human Body

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I thought this DVD slightly below an average National Geographic video once there is more personal dramas than scienfic information. However I was moved by the story of a teacher with a brain tumor and his family anxiety.

This was well documented, informative, amazing, and I would recommend getting off of the fence and pulling the trigger, if you are already moving forward, rest easy, you made a wise decision. Very enjoyable.

I found this DVD fascinating. It is a great blend of live footage, real life stories and beautiful animation. There is a fun sequence on the brain's of London cab drivers which is followed by a very moving portrait of a school teacher in need of brain surgery. You also get to see the actual conception of a baby and then follow the pregnancy at every step. I was with it every step of the way. By the way, I also really liked the narrator, Kate Burton.

The current "spotlight review" on this site complains that this video doesn't cover a wide range. Well, why don't you direct the next one and include everything that we know about the human body, all in one hour. Just how much of a range do you want to cover in 55 minutes. It's a silly complaint.

We actually get to see open brain surgery being done on a conscious patient. That's not the kind of thing I see every day. I have only done three or four brain surgeries on conscious patients. How about you?

We get to see a couple trying to have a baby, going for in vitro fertilization, and we see what that actually means. We see the little sperm cells moving around in the microscope slide.

We see the smile on the lady's face when she finds out that she is pregnant with twins. We find out why multiple births are so common with this procedure - because they implant multiple fertilized eggs into the woman in hopes that at least one of them will result in pregnancy. I didn't know that. And she gets to decide how many, the choices generally being 2 or 3 apparently.

We see the wife of the man who is undergoing brain surgery, and we live the experience with her as well as her husband. We even meet their kids, the little girl who was told she may have to teach her daddy to read. She seemed very proud that she could help.

Somebody is criticizing this video? What an ingrate. Pearls before ingrates. Some other connoisseur on this site has judged that he has seen superior films, and therefore this one deserves nothing but criticism. What are you, nuts? Get over yourself.

I gotta say that this is the best National Geographic video I've seen and I have a whole bunch on my video shelf. The animation is fantastic. I'll remember the story of the school teacher and his brain tumor as long as I live. I also liked seeing behind this scenes of thast basketball team as it was something I hadn't seen before. I highly reccommend this video.

This movie could have been more informative had it gone deep into more details than the Examples. This video discusses some different cases of different individuals like a Woman in need of conception 14 years after her marriage, a teacher suffering from a brain tumor and a basket ball player. The subject is mainly highlighted through these cases and thus this movie does not cover a very wide range of human body and mind and infact is restricted to some cases only. Not for the People who want to know more and more about the human body and brain.

I gotta say that this is the best National Geographic video I've seen and I have a whole bunch on my video shelf. The animation is fantastic. I'll remember the story of the school teacher and his brain tumor as long as I live. I also liked seeing behind this scenes of thast basketball team as it was something I hadn't seen before. I highly reccommend this video.

I purchased this DVD for my graduate class. They found it very enjoyable (I noticed they leaned forward as it played). We focused on the infertile couple, as this was related to the course content. Watching them we felt as if we were in the room with them - throughout their nail-biting experience. My only objection was having to skip around throughout the DVD to complete their story - as each person's medical issue was "sprinkled in" throughout the DVD. The picture was clear and the narration struck a good balance between science and enthusiasm for the work the people did. I'd highly recommend the DVD to any age group from high school on up.

The Human Body is a good theme, but this one is "no-so-good" approach (very rare, because NGS make very good videos). The better documentary I ever seen about it, is the Dr. Winston's The Human Body, from BBC. Only available from Amazon.com.uk (please American Amazon's friends, what do you are waiting). I recommend to wait.....believe in me !.