This still hasn't been made available as a disc but Netflix is offering it via streaming. As a documentary, it's very pretty but depressing. As an original song, it kind of sucks.
Let's talk about the movie first. James Balog is a world-renowned photographer who set out in 2007 to chronicle the melting glaciers around the world with time-lapse photography. Hiking through Iceland, Greenland, Montana,and Alaska, James and his team from Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) plant cameras set to shoot every hour of daylight for five years. At the end of that time, they put the pictures together. This is the most accessible representation of the effects of climate change the world has ever known. The images themselves are breathtaking, especially the night time shots.
By contrast, the Oscar-nominated song is a complete slog. Sung by Scarlett Johansson, it is sad but not emotional, and after the heartfelt nature of the film, it comes as a complete letdown. I'm very surprised it got nominated and I'm glad they didn't perform it at the ceremony. It would have been naptime for sure.
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