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National Geographic - Relentless Enemies [Blu-ray]

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The first true nature documentary to be released on HD formats and, boy, is it excellent!

This is a 90-minute documentary on a pride of lions and their buffalo prey trapped on an island in the Okavango delta. There is an extrememly informative narrative throughout the whole program with some fascinating moments.

The picture is truly amazing in HD. You can see every hair on the lion's mane, every fly buzzing around a buffalo, and every blade of grass concealing the hunters. Incredible.

The sound is an achievement, too. You've got to have surround sound for this. The bellows of the lions, the grunts of the buffalo, and the laughs of the hyenas surround you and immerse you in Africa completely!

And the narration by Jeremy Irons is worth the price alone.

If you have a Blu-ray player, this is a must-buy! I absolutely loved it!

Having both the SD DVD and the HD(Blu-ray) DVD versions, I can say without a doubt that the detail in HD is fantastic with the clouds of flies that surround the buffalos being clearly obvious. The detail of the Lions is such that you feel they are in the room with you. The program is exciting and keeps you on the edge of your chair for the whole 90min duration. Who will win? as the tables are turned time and time again, the buffalos or the lions? Expertly filmed and narrated. In 5.1 Dolby Digital audio, so the sound is also fantastic.
As it is Region Free, this BD DVD can be enjoyed worldwide.
A must for wildlife fans.
The HD(Blu-ray) format is really suited to wildlife/nature programs, and hopefully a lot more wildlife programs in this format will be available soon.

Absolutely amazing pictures showing the battle and ongoing evolution of hunter and prey in the Okavango Delta between Lyons and buffalos - unique material - amazing details with blu ray

The film has great resolution (1080p) and crystal clear sound. It's amazing to hear the lions roar in a home theater system. A definite must see.

Its reality that one cannot imagine,wild life at your door step at the highest quality.
the efort put behind by the people who have recorded this film is truely great.

We watched this after being spoiled by the beautifully filmed and narrated Planet Earth (BBC) and unfortunately this doesn't even come close :-(
The narration is uninspired and full of anthropomorphic blunders, the editing leaves something to be desired with it's TV soap-style "dramatic" cuts here and there and the slow motion segments are all done in post production.
Quite a let-down, really.

Fair documentary. The problem is it's about 30 minutes too long. They could have told the story in 60 minutes rather than 90 (to be frank, after an hour of watching lions and buffalo fight it out I got bored). Picture and sound quality O.K.

this is an awesome film, it plays amazingly in HD, thanks to my PS3 i can enjoy this film like never before. i have never seen a nature documentary in HD before, i wanted Planet earth, but was way too expensive, so i bought this, and wow... just wow... a MUST buy for a nature fanatic.

The images are great, there's a three-lion fight impressive and it's interesting and well done as most NatGeo films, but... After 20-25 minutes you've had enough of so much of the same.

Even though this piece doesn't have the same cinematography as planet earth, it is a much more interesting story.

This is one thing national Geographic has always been great at: creating a great story, using fantastic narratives to incorporate the audience into their world.

Never have I ever watched a documentary so well told and the interaction of the pride of lions with the herd of buffalo is so interesting, it is definitely a must-watch.