Review of Encounters at the End of the World (2007) by Travis J — 29 Jan 2009
Herzog wanders around the southern continent, generally belittling most of his colleagues and sluffing off nearly every single educational explanation as to why the folks he met ended up at McMurdo in the first place. While not overdubbing scientists, we're allowed a brief glimpse into the general trends that Herzog personally dislikes - for instance, sun, people, atm machines, industry, noise and "cute, fluffy penguins." Disgruntled penguins, however, are a-ok.
In all, considering the overall egocentric nature of the whole ordeal, I only wonder why Herzog had to go all the way to Antarctica to make this film - I mean, all said, barring the environment, most encounters could probably be equated in his hometown grocery store.
So why four stars, you ask? Easy enough, Henry Kaiser's underwater photography is top notch and the imagery/story is compelling enough in spite of Herzog's opinions laced throughout. Well, that and I like penguins. They're cute and fluffy - what of it?
This review of Encounters at the End of the World (2007) was written by Travis J on 29 Jan 2009.
Encounters at the End of the World has generally received very positive reviews.
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