Review of Encounters at the End of the World (2007) by Joana M — 02 May 2009
This film doesn't quite deliver what it seems to promise in the beginning, which is to find the answers to some of Herzog's most pressing questions about the inexorable violence in humanity and nature.
Somewhere along his trip in Antarctica he must've forgotten those questions and instead became engrossed by the characters he met in the McMurdo station. The underwater scenes are wonderful to watch, yet they seem banal when compared to other documentaries which are more focused in pelagic nature.
Herzog doesn't deliver anything new or particularly exciting about this region of the world, which is both a surprise and a disappointment.
This review of Encounters at the End of the World (2007) was written by Joana M on 02 May 2009.
Encounters at the End of the World has generally received very positive reviews.
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