First, let's talk about the documentary itself. Whether it is from the shooting of the lens, the editing in the later stage, and the matching of the soundtrack, it is perfect. Before I came into contact with this documentary, I really never thought that such a scene would be so intuitively presented in front of my eyes by the camera, and the scenes of the hunt were as clear as what happened in front of me. Thanks to modern technology in this aspect but I think the more important thing is the superb skills and hard work of the photographers. After watching the introduction of the work of this episode at the end of each documentary, I am impressed by the professionalism of the photographers. You never think you need to spend a whole year in a nature reserve in order to make a shot, or wait half a year for a hunting scene that only takes a few seconds. How can a man bear such toil if he does not have great enthusiasm for the work. There is also the soundtrack in the film, which played a finishing touch. When you see the frail body of the polar bear wandering in the desolate Arctic, when you see the African bison facing the siege of seven or eight lions without giving up, when you see the salmon rushing upstream despite knowing the danger ahead, The majestic background music always sounds at the right time, it is more like a musical narrative, because it is appropriate. It is worth mentioning that the English commentary in the film is also very good. For me, who is used to listening to Zhao Zhongxiang's "Spring is here, it's the season of animal mating in the Madagascar grasslands", the just-right commentary is like the flower on the cake, guiding you. Think more deeply. As some reviewers have commented, every frame of this documentary can be perfectly used as a screensaver or background image, and you don't even have to choose carefully.
Next, let’s talk about the reality of this documentary. It is true that just like the literal translation of the documentary title THE HUNT "hunting", the film does pay attention to the superb hunting skills of different hunters in nature, and it also presents us wonderfully in the form of documentaries what happens in reality. The cruel survival relationship between the hunter and the hunted, but if a documentary only stays here, it is difficult to arouse people's emotional resonance. What really shocked me was the perspective of the calm onlooker in the film. Yes, since humans evolved to be able to use tools and developed various metaphysical concepts such as language, writing, religion, art, etc., how long has it been unfamiliar to hunting. Now that we live in the city, we think that we have escaped the cruel survival competition among animals. Since the time of birth, human beings have not faced the cruel reality of lions staring at them like African wildebeests. Don't worry about whether you can survive, but worry about whether you can live well. When we see the pictures in the film, in fact, they happen so naturally, we should not be surprised. Yes, right here on this earth, on this planet that we share with the rest of life, all the scenes in the film are happening all the time, they are so natural, like humans are hungry and need to eat, and we are shocked The reason is that we humans are so far away from nature that we think we are the masters of this planet.
Environmental problems in the contemporary world are getting worse and worse. Every year, many international conferences are held between governments for environmental issues, and the United Nations holds a global environmental conference, but how many conferences can really solve the problem? The solutions we propose are nothing but expressions like "sustainable development", "people living in peace with nature", "common but differentiated responsibilities"...Humans are always greedy, and for the solution of a problem, I always want to get more first, let alone give first. So the final result always deviates from the expected assumption. After watching this documentary, I was thinking that if the geographical restrictions were put aside, the scene of the hunter would happen in front of my eyes, but I faced such conditions, or even if I was the hunted , I would consider so much? And indeed, such a scene is being played out all over the world all the time. In the past, we also continued to evolve in such a cruel living environment, just because we evolved a little faster, or in a different direction, and we were not much higher than other creatures. When I see African wild dogs team up to hunt bison, when I see dolphins and seabirds cooperate to hunt fish, but when I see all kinds of animals that are good at camouflage, I wonder what are the specialties of human beings? Yes, we will learn. This is extremely important. But the more important point is why our ability to learn is overwhelming the entire planet, or why our ability to learn is constantly pushing us into the abyss of destruction.
Contemporary environmental problems have become major problems affecting all human beings, climate change, environmental pollution, extinction of animals and plants... It is impossible to say that 100% of all changes are due to human production and life, but we can doubt it. Said, the process is definitely exacerbated by the involvement of humans. And we must come to the moment for change. I think if each of us is indifferent to this issue, no matter how many international conferences are held every year to discuss the solution of environmental problems, it will be futile. And as said at the end of this documentary, "The animals will recover, and the human should change".
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