Review of Planet Earth III

Planet Earth III (2023–2024)
6/10
Planet Foley III... the worst season so far
7 December 2023
This 3rd season of Planet Earth is absolutely infected with foley and CGI. The amount of foley especially is absolutely stupid... it's like the editors just CAN'T allow a single second of silence in the footage, so they end up adding what's probably THOUSANDS of foley sound effects throughout this 3rd season. And ontop of the distracting foley sound effects, this season also has the most CGI that I've seen yet, by far... so instead of just using the footage that they've actually shot, they mix in huge amounts of fake CGI. There's sometimes ENTIRE scenes that are 100% CGI, like for instance in episode 7 where the snake chases the frog, which is entirely CGI.

There's also the giant issue of false facts and lies... I've found 3 instances so far where David Attenborough says something like 'and in the end, it's too late for them', and then literally a few seconds later, it turns out to be false and then you realize that you were just lied to, for the sake of building suspense. This is supposed to be a nature documentary, not a fxckin 'Days of your lives' episode. The fact that they lie to the viewer and insert fake facts is completely unacceptable.

This is by far the worst season of this show yet. If the show keeps on getting worse like it, then season 4 is probably going to be a 3/10 show.
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