The Americas
It’s challenging to tally up the value of a documentary likeThe Americas.
North and South America are two enormous continents with hidden niches of biodiversity ready to be explored.
However,The Americasdoesn’t bring anything new to the table through visuals or storytelling.
Each episode needs to differentiate itself, and I think the show achieves this.
Hanks is at his best when he’s marveling at the ingenuity of nature with the rest of us.
There were a few musical motifs throughout the episodes that could easily be mistaken for aHarry PotterB-side.
However, it’s up to the filmmakers to find some meaning in the footage they get.
Part of this is because of how different each landscape is and how alien some of these animals are.
This, on its own, might make us all care a little more about our environment.
