Memorable, crazy movie

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

I can only say that this movie was a bunch of Discovery channel footage (or similar) accompanied by a pathetically weak plot (if one even existed) and a few scenes by Brad Dourif. I am not sure what possible reason there is for this movie having been made. Even with an interesting musical soundtrack, there is no real science like the footage should be graced by. It is complete and utter crap. What a complete waste of my time. Watch something else, please.It seems I need ten lines for this review as far as IMDb is concerned. I wonder how many lines it takes to show my complete and utter disregard for the content, style and director of this film.I can only wonder if there was an investigation for fraud based on this film once the investors saw it. What a load of ****. If I had been an investor, I would have sued everyone involved, except Brad Dourif, who at least showed up for the filming. It's a pity no one provided him with anything to do.Summary: Don't watch this. Do something else.

I'm a sci-fi buff and I can almost tolerate anything remotely sci-fi even with bad CGI. But this.. It must have been done on a $10 budget! I barely lasted 30 minutes into it. There was no enjoyment or acting quality or visual pleasure. Is there such a thing as video plagiarism? Inserting really old media news footage of satellite preparations here and there was pathetic.The viewer is forced to withstand many long apparently monotonous sequences, of old NASA filed film propaganda footage perhaps reminiscent of the old cold war periods or the race to beat the USSR to space with a bit of 1930's depression thrown in?. I'm told I should just relax, and let myself feel the depth and poetry of "The Wild Blue Yonder". But I'm sorry to say I don't do drugs of drink copious amounts of alcohol. So I must obviously be unable to hallucinate in seeing any merit in this film. I would rather have myself strapped in kicking and screaming and force to watch the Blair Witch Project again than view this again. This should be listed under the genres project in development something like "delusions of mentally unstable ex-actor alcoholics. I could of done better falling asleep and dreaming up my own sci-fi fantasy. A waste of time.:((

Are you interested in astronomy, space travel, extraterrestrial life, science fiction etc. but find Star Wars and its likes boring because of their commercial nature and relatively small amount of action directly linked to the aforementioned subjects? In that case, you definitely need to check this out. It's mainly fiction, although certain parts are real-life scientists telling us in a very technical manner how space travel can take place. The story is narrated by the actor that played Wormtongue in Lord of the Rings part 2. He has an extremely intense presence that helps you find that hypnotic, dreamy state that Herzog seemingly always tries to push the viewer into. People who aren't used to a non-standard narrative structure, however, may of course become bored. But never mind them.The soundtrack is absolutely incredible, including an African solo singer, a few Sardinian male singers and a cello. Even without the narrative bit, the music would have made this a fantastic movie! Dreaming of other worlds is fun. And this film isn't as disturbing or nightmarish as Herzog's other stuff. The Wild Blue Yonder is a must for Herzog and science fiction/astronomy fans, but the IDOL/Hollywood crowd should probably look elsewhere.

Werner Herzog's science fantasy about a trip to a far off planet. The plot concerns an alien played by Brad Dourif, who has come to this world from Andromeda when his world begins to die. He out lines the story of his time on earth and of our trip to his far off world. Consisting of new footage by Herzog the film also contains a great deal of footage from a space shuttle mission as well as images from under the Antarctic ice. Its a strangely hypnotic film thats often a head trip as we are forced to look at our own world as something, somewhere than what it is. This is a heady mix of facts and fictions mixed with beautiful images set to some intriguing vocal and cello music (think Tibetan throat songs) . For much of the film the mix works as we begin to see believe that the aliens are here and that we sent a mission that went there. The problem with the film is that there are long passages, particularly with the space shuttle stuff where its nothing but image and singing. It would be fine if there was a change of image but Herzog holds the images, say of an astronaut jogging, much too long. I don't why he felt the need to use all of the footage that was shot of some subjects. It will drive you to the point of slumber. Which isn't to say the film is bad. Its not. the dialog, well monologue is very witty and contains some great quotes. It also presents a few facts, about distance and our ability to bridge it that is wickedly disheartening for people looking to jump in a ship one day and travel far away, while at the same time opening you up to the possibility of actually doing it. Ultimately this is a movie that you will think about for a long time after you see it.