The Wild Blue Yonder
The Wild Blue Yonder
| 05 September 2005 (USA)
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An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.

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Peereddi

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

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Livestonth

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

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Cissy Évelyne

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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Edwin

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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ktrez-07529

Had this been made by anyone of no-name pedigree, it would have been tossed in the dumpster where it truely belongs. This film reeks of amateurism and cheapness. I suspect this film was actually made by his brother, Igor, whom he keeps locked in a dungeon but happened to escape for one night. Please keep Igor in a more secure location. The only other possible reason for this film to have been made might be to allow Herzog to demonstrate how truely slavish and stupid people, especially professional reviews, really are.

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Samiam3

With The Wild Blue Yonder, Werner Herzog has pushed the boundaries of cinematic experimentation further than most post-modern art films have. what we see here is a zone between, fiction and non-fiction. It is an amalgamation of every form of photography ever invented from 19th century hand cranked camera film to the most advanced digitally enhanced still images. Despite a little pretentiousness in the writing, it remains a fascinating picture, (even if it may require multiple viewings)The Wild Blue Yonder starts off in an urban wasteland, with Brad Dourif as an alien from a 'Blue World' in the Andromeda galaxy. He tells us about the journey he made to Earth hundreds of years ago, about a settlement that his race tried to build, about his work in the CIA, and about a secret galactic voyage taken by a small team of astronauts which brought them to his home planet, in search of a replacement for Earth. The movie also looks at the advanced mathematics used for space travel, the lives of astronauts in space, the mystery of the Roswell UFO, and the exploration of the mysterious and ethereal blue planet submerged in water from which our strange narrator came. Whenever Brad Dourif is on screen, you cannot help but be drawn to him. the ambiance surrounding him is very deep and his behaviour is both human and alienated. He is a wise but strange being.Just as it is hard to classify this movie, It is equally difficult to say who will like it. I will tell you that extreme patience and calm is required in order to enjoy The Wild Blue Yonder. There are depths to this movie so great, that every time I see it, I am increasingly in awe.

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bertseymour7

I respect Herzog and like how he goes in strange directions, but with that sometimes he wanders down the wrong path, or maybe wrong isn't the word. He sometimes wanders down a boring path. Somehow Herzog got his hands on some space footage and some antarctic underwater footage and thought he could compose that into a sci fi movie.This is of course a visually distinctive journey and a must for all die hard Herzog fans, but I felt it was a bit too strange and far out. Brad Dourif plays an alien on earth who says he sucks at what he does or something along those lines, which is kind of funny.Maybe you have to be in the right atmosphere to enjoy this journey, but if you are only going to see one Herzog film, don't make it this one.

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drywontonmee

This is a desperately poor, indulgent, cheap, empty, irritating, unwatchable concoction of clips tied together with an infantile plot and dressed up with some ethnic chanting intended to make it seem meaningful and spiritual or something.It is the laziest piece of movie non-art I've seen in quite some time... maybe ever. Dross, crap, worthless nonsense. I feel awful after watching it. How can people get away with this?We are required, in this commenting system, to write ten whole lines of text in order for the comment to get accepted. So, we have to find a way of elaborating on that which is without content or substance or quality. This is not easy, how far can you stretch the idea that something is simply crap?Why should we be required to exert effort in critiquing that which involved NO EFFORT? Not only were there no original scenes filmed besides the narrator, the story had no consistency, plausibility, character, insight, or intelligence of any sort. It was like someone farting in your face and expecting you to think it was life-enhancing.

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