Review of The Wild Blue Yonder

I am a huge fan of Werner Herzog. I think he is truly an amazing and inspirational filmmaker and I will never hesitate to watch one of his movies. This one intrigued me because it was so different from his other features. Sadly it was a bit of a let down, but not completely. I wouldn't recommend this film to many people (very few actually). It's so out there and different that I can't put my finger on exactly what it is. It's part documentary, part science fiction, and part Discovery Channel. Most of the footage is from NASA space stations or under the ice in Antarctica. There was strange music and very little narrating. It was a bit much and could have been cut down to increase the effect of the footage. I liked some of the ideas tossed out there like aliens who were not very intelligent (although they managed to travel to Earth millions of light-years away). The film was a bit confused as to where it wanted to go and what it wanted to be. A solid effort by Herzog and very original. I was interested throughout and even now I want to go back and take a peak. Maybe someday, but not right now.