Microcosmos | Kristin Scott Thomas, Jacques Perrin

Microcosmos | Kristin Scott Thomas, Jacques Perrin | MicroCosmos MacroAmazement

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Microcosmos

	Microcosmos Kristin Scott Thomas, Jacques Perrin Miramax, 2005 average customer review:based on 85 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Nonstop Insect Action

Our two-year old LOVES this DVD! Unlike other science documentaries, this DVD has very little in the way of a script/narration. So the film really gets to the point and focuses on various insect behaviors. Although there's certainly some staging for effect, it really is a fun movie to see and gives you a real appreciation for all of the (often complex!) activity going on in the insect world.

MicroCosmos MacroAmazement

Having long been fascinated with the miniature realm of insects, this movie is a wonder to behold. The new camera techniques used lose the small depth of field, keeping everything in crisp focus & making all the insects appear enormous. (If you liked "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" & the feeling of being miniaturized, you'll dig this movie.) When a large beetle goes for a run, you can almost hear thunder. Both children & adults should find this a beautiful & interesting movie!

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Excellent film, great for kids and adults alike...

This film is really, really fun to watch. I heartily recommend it even for people who are squeamish about bugs. The cinematography is a pure delight to watch and the music tells a light hearted, narrator free tale of a day in the life of bugs.

However, Jacques Perrin's other acclaimed film Winged Migration is much better, in my opinion. If you really want to see a masterpiece, you MUST watch that film. Actually, just watch the film. Amazing. Absolutely. Amazing.

Microcosmos feels rushed in comparison. The ending is also weak. I was expecting a strong ending to wrap up the story, but instead I was left leaning forward in my seat expecting another 15 minutes of film. It almost feels like Jacques wasn't quite sure how to end the movie and was rushed into producing the whole film.

Still, Microcosmos is arguably one of the best insect documentaries out there, and surely one of the most light-hearted, amusing, child-friendly movies available. You will not be disappointed!

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Great movie on bugs

This movie has some really brilliant photography. You can see a whole variety of insects closer than you ever thought - or wanted to. The music goes very well with what the insects are doing, and it is easy to imagine a story behind each insect. However, this movie would have been a bit better if there had been a bit more narration explaining what the insects were doing, or at least subtitles with the name of the insects pictured. Overall though, this is really a great work.

Narration would have made it five stars...

Ten years after I heard Roger Ebert praise this French documentary on insects, I finally got to see it. The photography is truly mind-boggling, as micro-cameras and super-sensitive microphones lead us to the small-scale life in European meadows and forests. We see the bugs eating, making baby bugs, fighting, watching for prey or predators, coping with rain and sun, and enjoying daily life. However, the lack of narrative sometimes left me confused as to what kind of insect I was watching, and why the creature was behaving in that way. There are only a few sentences spoken aloud by an unseen woman in the whole 90 minutes. The silence, to me, rather than increasing the artfulness of the documentary, deprived me of knowledge and understanding. I think documentaries exist to help us learn things we don't already know, and in this respect, "Microcosmos" fails. I suspect that it will bore most kids, rather than inspire them. Although I am almost 62, even I got bored half-way through, and I was pre-disposed to love this film.

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