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.

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.

With The Wild Blue Yonder, Werner Herzog has pushed the boundaries of cinematic experimentation further than most post-modern art films have. what we see here is a zone between, fiction and non-fiction. It is an amalgamation of every form of photography ever invented from 19th century hand cranked camera film to the most advanced digitally enhanced still images. Despite a little pretentiousness in the writing, it remains a fascinating picture, (even if it may require multiple viewings)The Wild Blue Yonder starts off in an urban wasteland, with Brad Dourif as an alien from a 'Blue World' in the Andromeda galaxy. He tells us about the journey he made to Earth hundreds of years ago, about a settlement that his race tried to build, about his work in the CIA, and about a secret galactic voyage taken by a small team of astronauts which brought them to his home planet, in search of a replacement for Earth. The movie also looks at the advanced mathematics used for space travel, the lives of astronauts in space, the mystery of the Roswell UFO, and the exploration of the mysterious and ethereal blue planet submerged in water from which our strange narrator came. Whenever Brad Dourif is on screen, you cannot help but be drawn to him. the ambiance surrounding him is very deep and his behaviour is both human and alienated. He is a wise but strange being.Just as it is hard to classify this movie, It is equally difficult to say who will like it. I will tell you that extreme patience and calm is required in order to enjoy The Wild Blue Yonder. There are depths to this movie so great, that every time I see it, I am increasingly in awe.

This is not a science fiction movie at all. It's some actors standing around on vacant lots blabbing some nonsense about how their great-great-great-etc. grandfathers came to earth and decided to build... wait for it... a Shopping Mall! Utterly ridiculous. There's some good NASA footage, but that footage would have been better used in a straightforward science documentary. Similarly, the footage of ice divers is excellent, but I found myself thinking that there must be an original soundtrack about ice diving that went with the footage, and would probably be much more interesting to listen to, since the footage didn't really have anything to do with the story line of the movie. In summary, if you're into watching Werner Herzog play around with medium of film, maybe you'll enjoy this, but if you were expecting an actual movie, you'll be sadly disappointed.