Microcosmos
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Movie Reviews of Microcosmos
Movie Review: Can't believe its real but it is
Summary: 5 Stars
This is some of the most unbelieveable footage I have seen in any video anywhere. Mesmerizing!!Movie Review: One of the best films I have ever seen
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie begs to be seen on DVD. Why is it not available?Movie Review: Wonderful Film for Whole Family
Summary: 4 Stars
I was looking for the book, Microcosmos, by Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan and found this movie by accident. However, being interested in biology, I read the reviews and gave it a go. I was not disappointed. This movie is everything the description and reviews says it is. You will like it most for the incredible close-ups of the "smaller majority". Insects by far outnumber every other living thing in our world, yet we hardly notice them and take them for granted. This movie will show you THEIR world and all the amazing forms "bugs" take.
There are mating scenes, fighting scenes, and everything in between. All is suitable for kids and adults of all ages. I found the very best part was when watching it with my 6 and 3 year old sons, they asked lots of great questions and it gave me the opportunity to explain all sorts of important concepts like ecology, predatory-prey relationship, etc. Of course, how do you not smile watching a dung beetle and talking about an animal that eats "poo-poo".
I think the most important concept communicated is the one of relativity - the movie shows you that the world really looks different through other creature's eyes. A great example of this was a series of scenes that showed a rainstorm; first, as a human would see it (with the camera zoomed out) and then close up. You see a ladybug launched off a leaf after just one raindrop hit the leaf; you see a grasshopper struggling through a "raging river"; and you see raindrops hit the ground like artillery fire.
A truly amazing movie. But don't take my word for it - my kids watched it twice in one sitting - voluntarily!
Movie Review: Wanna see a spider be a spider?
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to admit first that I had waited almost ten years to see this. Having never got around to it, it remained filed as "That Incredible Beautiful Documentary of Insects."
Now, after witnessing Microcosmos, the file name will remain the same, but the urgency with which I comingled ten years of expectations remains too, incomplete.
I find insects both fascinating and brilliant. I don't shy from them, and I respect them and their significance on Earth deeply. What Microcosmos does very effectively is enhace, through a kind of anthropomorphic scoring and direction-is it possible not to?-the existence of insects. With fabulous cinematography and technical wizardry I saw the amazing world of these creatures and came to love them even more.
But my habit of wanting more prevented me from completely accepting this finished piece. Though shortness is appreciated, the lack of narrative or explanation left me intellectually reaching. I like in a documentary such as this for the equally awesome intricacies that research and biological understanding produce, to be layered with the visual wonderment.
Sensual, slimy and sticky snails, beetles on the battle branch, a humorous chorus of caterpillars, foolish grasshoppers laid waste to by the patience precient spider....
There is no denying the awesomeness of the smaller, microcosmic world of Microcosmos. I know this is re-watchable to many degrees and particularly fantastic for children.
Movie Review: Up Close And Personal - With Insects!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a French-made nature film that features a lot of closeup photography. Much of that footage is amazing stuff. How they got closeups that sharp on these insects is a tribute to the camera lenses available today and the expertise and patience of the photographers.
Some of the shots are so close that, at first, you don't know what insect you're seeing. Other insects are not familiar ones you'd recognize, anyway. Some are really strange-looking.
The colors, the wild shapes and actions of these creatures all make a for a fascinating movie in parts, one that literally all ages should enjoy, as the cliché goes. I found, however, that with no dialog, it was tough to watch more than 30 minutes at one time. You might want to break this up into two or three segments. There is sound, however: the sound these insects make. With the camera-work, it makes you feel as if you, too, were a small object on the ground listening to these strange sounds.
Obviously, this is a unique film.