Movie-Encounters at the End of the World

Encounters at the End of the World is an Oscar nominated film, being nominated for best documentary film.

Encounters at the End of the World (2007) is a movie I did not enjoy as I watched it, and liked even less as I thought about it for a couple of days. Director Werner Herzog is this great "artsy" director, but he failed miserably here, I thought.

A documentary about Antarctica, it is disjointed and weirdly cut. I think he is trying to show that not only nature on this continent is weird, but so are people drawn to the place. But to do that, you need to have some affection for the people, otherwise, like here, it just becomes a freak show.

Some of the under the ice, underwater footage is fantastic, about the only thing that gave the movie any value. The rest of it was a bore, and Herzog's narration irritating and stiff grated on my nerves.

If this wins the Oscar, then there are huge problems with the judge's criteria.