BAM, Bâtisseurs de l'Ancien Monde

I usually love this kind of thing, even when production values are low - surprisingly not in this case. Sadly here, it became unwatchable in the first few minutes due to the appalling narration. Why on earth get a narrator to narrate in English who doesn't speak the language well? Rushed, mispronounced & grammar mistakes everywhere, it was like nails on a blackboard. I couldn't decide if it was written by a non native speaker & read by an ai or just being butchered by poor English- it's that bad. The interchangeable incorrect use of plural/singulars (see what I did there) was just too painful. The narration shouldn't have made it past the editors office.

This film is a fantastic aggregation of material some may already be familiar with, interwoven with the film makers' own research. It's wonderfully revelatory in that it asks questions that we didn't know beforehand were valid. Because most of the salient points are not repeated several times to the viewer, like in, say, a tedious Dan Brown novel or any American documentary; and because the narration is purposefully fast so as to excite us, one needs to be of a certain, yet moderate, intelligence to be able to keep up. Those viewers who only speak English and haven't yet indulged in learning one or more foreign languages might find the narrator's mis-pronunciations somewhat indecipherable. I barely noticed them. There was one element I found to be missing and that was when to expect the next Dryas period, which I felt the documentary was leading up to but never quite crossed the line on. Well done to the film makers on their achievement.

Firstly a big thank you! A lot of trouble taken to aggregate various ideas published elsewhere. The director also assumes you are familiar with most ideas already online and hence won't go explaining these. While this good for some of us and not so for others. There are so many,many bits of info - you really needed a mini- series. That would also give time to the narrator to take time to narrate it rather than read it at speed at times! I found no problem with the accent at all - we live in the universal world and if you're having trouble, Lord...use subtitles! One reviewer switched off after 10 minutes - this subject really isn't for you,sweetheart! It is meant for those curious about the level of intelligence seen in the past ages and our own origins and trying to find a more plausible reason. No one expects the answers here - not suddenly after thousands of years on a dvd! It is only meant to stimulate your thoughts. Will certainly watch for other projects in the future from this team. Make a mini-series and this time take your time. Anyways thanks guys!

I am so disappointed with the person narrating......it's seems she is reading it off a page much to fast with terrible pronunciation making it impossible to follow at times. And why rush?calm down,ease us into the information and build tension. It's ruined that's all i can say....such a shame.