pointyfilippa The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Dalbert Pringle The Wild Blue Yonder (from 2005) has got to be one of the most embarrassingly bad films ever produced by an apparently reputable director, ever - Namely - Werner Herzog (who's been in the film-making business for 40+ years now).On all levels - This modern-day, Sci-Fi clunker was about as amateurish as that of a last-minute assignment recklessly thrown together by some empty-headed, little film-school flunky who's hoping to get at least a D on his project, but will very likely get an F, instead.From its boring, stock-footage images, to its "grate-on-your-nerves" ambiance music, to actor Brad Dourif's cringe-worthy performance as "The Alien" (Ho-hum!) - The Wild Blue Yonder really should have put Herzog right out of business as a movie-maker, as far as I'm concerned.From start to finish - The harder this film tried to convince me that what I was watching on screen was totally intelligent, the more it succeeded in confirming to me the real depth of its utter stupidity.

InterArmaEnimSilentLeges The only possible reason why anyone would ever watch this god-awful "movie" is because Herzog's name is on it. It's around 1 hour 15 minutes of off-the-shelf NASA stock footage - which anyone can download off the internet - along with exerts from some interviews of half-baked, dreamy-eyed scientist talking about outlandish theories that may or may not be feasible in about 5000 years. And these interviews, I'm sure, are not meant for this production either, but simply lectures from some Discovery Channel science program.Add to that, an utterly annoying soundtrack of Nazi-era German soprano/opera, and some tribal folk music - all mixed at levels that make you cringe - and you have a recipe for agony.Then you have the ridiculous narrative, or "story". Now, I like Brad Dourif as much as the next guy. Actually I think he's a great actor, and the total failure of this "movie" is certainly not his fault. But the narrative that he is forced to act out is really far, far beyond silly. I mean, take "Invasion of the body snatchers" times "Independence Day" powered by "The Wizard of Oz", and you'll still have a story that is more believable than this thing! So to summarize; Take about bunch of stock footage off the internet, edit it together in no particular order, add some exerts of interviews with some NASA eggheads that you found on Discovery, slap on the most annoying music you can find, and then hire an actor to narrate a "space story", which has nothing to do with the images or footage that you are seeing - and then you'll have this movie.I guess Herzog was running behind on his mortgage and asked himself "what can I come up with before the end of the week?". Well, this is it! You have been warned.

billgoatboygates This film is so elaborately deplorable that it would be the worst nightmare of a comatose patient (I apologize to berate such an unfortunate disposition mind you). If you are part of that audience that is looking for the most unique perspective to take in, I would recommend some sort of hallucinogenic while observing the complexity of paint drying. Starting from the flat story line (worse than if a gal had a recessed bosom) to the regurgitated NASA footage, this film is a great technique for inducing vomiting or boredom. The news media said that music from the group "Red Hot Chili Peppers" was used to try and mentally torture terrorists at Guantanamo Bay - this film would be a much better medium. On a more positive note, the film incorporated some Native American tribal music that was noteworthy, although it pierced my skull like a 100 decibel fire alarm pezo speaker that couldn't be turned off. I am of the opinion that Michael Moore could have put together a better storyline with such a low budget and this footage. I would say that the best part of the film was observing the astronauts aboard the shuttle in their "average day" routine, and they are truly cosmic heroes. Outside of that, the actor who plays an "alien" telling his account of coming to Earth was so hideous, that it would be easier to stomach Michael and McCauly reliving their days at Neverland - stamped with a Disney logo! This is all purely my opinion, and I apologize to the audience for my audacity. However, I could be more entertaining with $50.00 and a digital video camera myself.

mstomaso Everything in The Wild Blue Yonder is intentional. The use of stock footage from NASA in place of special effects and the inescapable tedium of this footage; the implausible concepts from physics which are neither explained nor clearly connected to the vaguely coherent "plot"; the fact that alien space traveler Brad Dourif and his alleged (but never seen) extraterrestrial colleagues do not appear to be in any way different from somewhat neurotic Americans with bad business sense; The stark beauty of the underwater scenes and the immediate disruption of this beauty by the arrival of humanity; the accuracy of the alien narrators comments regarding the impossibility of intergalactic travel and the continuity problems which stem from this jarring set of facts. I am not sure Herzog planned all of this, but I do believe that once he has identified the film he is making, he's pretty meticulous and consistent about putting it together. This film has two texts: 1 the plot - which is a bit of silliness about aliens coming to earth because their planet is undergoing environmental catastrophes and earthlings going to their planet for the same reason. This story is so absurd that it is difficult to understand why some reviewers seem to believe it is really most of what is going on in the film.2. the joke - which is the meta-text, and a contribution to Herzog's seemingly endless commentary on human nature and human affairs, though definitely one of his less clear and forceful critiques. The film parodies the Star Trek concept of space travel and the future as a panacea for human problems, and does so on many levels: including patent ridiculousness of the plot; the tedious stock footage which is so painfully unrelated to the narrative; the alien who looks so much like us it is unnerving and who admits, halfway through the film, that he and his fellow aliens "suck". What Herzog ends up with here is possibly the lowest budget space movie ever shot. Assuming he got his usual fee, Brad Dourif probably challenged the post-production budget for the most costly element of this film. What the more receptive members of his audience get is a film that is strangely difficult to forget, despite the fact that its plot is utterly forgettable. As a space adventure, Blue Yonder fails utterly and miserably - and that is part of Herzog's point! As a smart sci-fi film - not as challenging or stilted as Tarkovsky's work, but in some ways, as profound - it succeeds, but does not really excel.Recommended for fans of philosophical sci fi and fans of Herzog. Not recommended for anybody else.