Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

2017 "From So Simple a Beginning."
6.5| 1h30m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 10 March 2017 Released
Producted By: Plan B Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet. (Wide release version with narration by Cate Blanchett.)

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Terrence Malick

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Artivels Undescribable Perfection
Executscan Expected more
Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.
urban_mike I have to echo others who've pointed out that this is not a documentary. It is an abstract feature film, a poem, an epic non-linear meditative piece about the wonder of nature and existence.I was almost put off purchasing this by some negative reviews (I missed the theatrical release and could only find a Dutch import available on bluray) but if you are in any way a fan of Terrence Malick you should really appreciate this as much as I did. It reminded me as much if the nature scenes of The Thin Red Line as it did moments of The Tree of Life.The narration is subtle, infrequent and not at all irritating as some have suggested. The words are few and far between and serve to bind the images together to deliver a message of wonder, respect, at times despair, but ultimately peace over our place in the world. I know that sounds pretentious but I really did find it profound and inspiring. The images committed to film are also some of the best I've ever seen and it is a privallege to have it captured and to witness it. I accept some people will find this film insufferable, but if you have an appreciation for visual spectacle and/or poetry and/or existential thought and meditation then this film is made for you.
eddie_baggins A project that had reportedly been on director Terrence Malick's radar in some way, shape or form for over 30 years, The Voyage of Time (one of two released versions of this story, one being a shorter IMAX version) is the famed Texan auteurs first ever foray into documentary filmmaking.Building upon the 20 minute segment that played out in Malick's Tree of Life from 2011, where we took a visually stunning trip to the beginning of the universe, Voyage of Time see's Malick explore the very moment the world we know came to life, from colourful cosmos's clashing together in space, volcano's bubbling to life, water springing forth from the earth and the beginning of nature.Those heading into the Voyage of Time expecting a Natural Geographic like presentation and scientific rundown of what is taking place on screen will be left wanting from Malick's film that even with Cate Blanchett's sporadic and riddle like narration, takes place on one of the director's known levels where he'd rather not explicitly explain what exactly is occurring at any given time.Without doubt, Voyage of Time is an often visually spectacular experience; it's frequently hard to even tell when CGI has been moulded into real captured footage but a problem many have had with Malick's more recent films; that being they aren't nearly as engaging as his early works were, rears its head again here in Voyage of Time.No matter the amount of pretty imagery, Malick's journey through time can't engage our hearts, there's almost a sense that we are just watching a director conjure up some eye capturing visual treats without much care for tying them all together. This version of the film also carries some annoying detours to modern day footage or grainy archival footage, footage that constantly takes us away from what was previously happening and it's hard to justify many of these scenes appearances.Final Say – A frustrating film, a project that could've been anything, Malick's The Voyage of Time is technically brilliant but cold as both an engaging documentary narrative and an educational tool piece. As most seem to say, if you're going to watch one of Malick's Voyage's make it the shorter IMAX experience.2 ostrich eggs out of 5
tomod34 This documentary jumped around so much, present (homeless people), past, present, past again, I got lost trying to figure out what was going on, the narration had nothing to do with the documentary, Mother, where are you, Mother, speak to me, it would have done better with no narration. People are going to say, Mother, is Mother Earth but the film started in the present and Cate Blanchard is asking where are you with the cameraman sticking the camera in homeless people's faces, that is when I thought this film has nothing to do with Voyage of Time.
mdeth-15394 Like so many other reviewers have mentioned, this movie was an annoying waste of time I couldn't even finish as it was inducing narcolepsy.*Nothing new stated, so no learning potential *Some simulated graphics segments were beautiful, some look phoned in *Above mentioned work juxtaposed with cheap attempts to "imagine" early man, earth, etc. *Pointless segments with poor Cate desperately trying to whisper metaphorical crap in hopes I guess of stimulating existential thought(this worked only long enough to wonder why this film exists) *Above segments admittedly written by Malick, which serve as notice to Hollywood to never allow him to write anything like this for screen again.I don't want to take away from some of the obviously hard work done by others on this film, but overall, I get the feeling good talent was wasted on this sophomoric attempt at a documentary.Honestly, you'd get more out of re-watching anything like The Universe, HTUW, or anything Brian Cox has done.Terrance, if you're reading this...science doesn't need metaphors...it's not throwaway drama, it's reality, act like it when you do a project like this.