Aftermath: Population Zero (2008)

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

I've always had a certain fascination with Sci Fi movies containing end of the world scenarios. That's why I tuned into this NatGeo show a while back, thinking I'd like its "what if" scenario. Unfortunately, the more I watched, the more it irritated me. Why? Because of the narrative style.If National Geographic kept the narration simple, limited to what the planet would become without human upkeep, it would have been more interesting. But as the show progressed, the narration took on a downbeat and condescending tone. Let's cut to the chase: It slams all human beings as the poison of planet earth! They deride every conceivable achievement we've made over the centuries to make our lives more livable, claiming that it's come at the expense of all plant and animal life. Last time I checked, the plants and animals were still there.Mankind has made mistakes (pollution, deforestation, hunting whales to the brink of extinction, etc.) but we've shown the ability to reverse and correct the mistakes, too. The very last sentence "All we have to do is get out of the way", insinuating that earth is better off without us, were the nails in this coffin. I will give it three stars though, but only for the special effects.National Geographic, the next time you produce a show like this, could you please keep the misanthropy out of it?

Don't quite understand the people bashing statement made earlier.This would be akin to bashing the dinosaurs when they disappeared. Aftermath merely showed the recovery rate which this planet has after any change it is given.Interesting to see our infrastructure's "lifespan" when not maintained.Also amazing, our ancient structures survival through the years.Yes it would have been great to see how the entire planet faired through all this. Modern cities there would deal with the same breakdown time line as the north.Perhaps a part 2 to show this .

One of the worst people bashing inaccurate and fictional so-called documentaries I have ever seen. I sure hope people don't believe the garbage they spew out of this one. I will give it that the CG in it was pretty cool, in that it was similar to "I am Legend" in the effects on NYC and was equal in educational value.It would of been nice to see effects on more of the world than its narrow focus on North America and Europe. I do not recommend this to anyone, if you are looking to learn something, look elsewhere.

It was interesting.. however the documentary had a lot of flaws. The narration was very repetitive and was not constructed well at all.The worst thing about it was they only showed the effects in Northern America and parts of Europe. Absolutely no mention of the rest of the world whatsoever. Effects would be different in other parts of the world... It was just ignorant.Rather than repeating some of the same effects in the US they could have focused on effects in densely populated parts of the world like Mexico, China and India.... They talked so much about monuments like the Statue of Liberty... yet no mention of the Great Wall of China that has stood for thousands of years.... or the great Taj Mahal.As interesting as some parts were... there was just too many flaws for me to recommend this documentary to anyone else.I am sure most people who have seen this will agree with me.