Review of Encounters at the End of the World (2007) by Quentin T — 05 Dec 2009

The film starts with intense music. The feel it gives to the film is very gothic. The volume is maximized that adds that same creepiness throughout the whole film. It's very breathtaking how long shots are done underwater. The color is vivid that makes you want to capture every single frame of it.

The cast of this film are merely the scientists, the animals, the creatures, and single-celled organisms in Antarctica. You will be amazed how life in there is different from ours. The way people survive is filled with hardships and pure passion.

The film is not just a mere expansion of our knowledge about the life at the end of the world (Antarctica). It is a drama in art of documented form. The penguin scene is very touching make me want to think deep.

Watching this film, I got my eyes all wide open, discovering the fantastic world of our own. Antarctica is part of our loved Earth, it's just that we do not give much importance to this living land. It is one film that does not require deep understanding of natural sciences. In here are most of you need to know about the world we are in. And it has all what we need to know about the life at the end of the world.

From the title, the film talks about two things: life in Antarctica and life at the end of the world literally. I remember when the narrator said in the latter part of the film that what if aliens land to our world and discover what we did to Antarctica. It is just like the extinction of dinosaurs that lifeforms on Earth are rapidly decreasing by existence. It is not too soon, man will be next.