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Edit Storyline An exploration into our planetary past and a search for humanity's place in the future. From so simple a beginning. Edit Details Official Sites: Official site Official site [Japan]. Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos.
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Edit Did You Know? Trivia Emma Thompson was attached to the film before Cate Blanchett signed on. Quotes [ repeated line ] Narrator: I still yearn for the days when the deep, satisfying click of a physical button punctuated the turn of a page, but those days are clearly over and Amazon's PagePress is about as worthy a replacement as we could get. Don't worry, you can still tap on the screen to change pages. The whole thing is simple enough: Press the long vertical line on either side of the screen to turn the page, and the dot sitting above it to flip back one.
By default, both vibration and sensitivity are set to medium which is plenty responsive , but you better believe I cranked both options to high in search of a more button-like experience. It's still not as tactile as a physical button, but it's awfully close. There's no two ways about it: The Voyage's screen is downright phenomenal I fear my pictures don't do it justice. The 6-inch display manages to squeeze in a full pixels per inch, bringing it closer to actual ink on paper than any other E Ink screen I've seen Kobo's Aura HD has a bigger screen, so the pixel density there doesn't quite match the Voyage.
This thing is a champ, especially when you consider how awful my eyes are. Traditional e-readers have never been ideal for images, but the Voyage generally handles them with gusto. Consider the humble graphic novel: Thumbing through Bryan Lee O'Malley's Seconds wasn't bad at all on the Paperwhite, with lovingly crafted images and text boxes coming through clearly.
It wasn't until I put it next to the Voyage that I realized what I was missing -- details that were glossed over on the Paperwhite were easy to spot on the Voyage's high-res display. Naturally, digital comic die-hards should invest in a good tablet, but the Voyage is no slouch. Some would argue that trying to cram more pixels into an E Ink screen is overkill. Amazon clearly doesn't buy that argument, and for that I'm very grateful. Surprisingly, the screen feels a little different too, since Amazon chemically etched the surface to reduce glare. That enhanced glass diffuses light well, but the effect isn't as pronounced as I'd hoped -- the Voyage dispenses with glare only slightly more effectively than the Paperwhite does.
Doesn't sound great, I know, but I've never had an issue when too much sunlight threw a wrench into my afternoon reading plans. Speaking of lighting, the Voyage has a new trick up its sleeve: It now has an ambient light sensor so it can adjust backlighting level automatically.
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It works, albeit a little sluggishly, taking a few seconds to adjust to your surroundings. You might think all these lighting tweaks would have some sort of impact on battery life, but the Voyage seems about as efficient as the rest of its kin. Amazon says you'll be able to squeeze about six weeks out of a single charge My week of testing and reading has been way more rigorous than that, though, and the Voyage is still hanging in there with about 30 percent left. Since an e-reader's display is so intrinsically tied to how well it performs overall, let's dig a little deeper into how the Voyage runs here.
Amazon isn't keen on talking about what kind of processor hums away inside that shell, but overall it's plenty snappy Turning pages, popping back to the home screen and poring through the Kindle Store on the Voyager were generally way faster than on my Paperwhite, though the occasional full-screen refresh evened the race sometimes. Interestingly enough, some things -- like turning the screen on and off -- took nearly the same amount of time. If you've never used a touchscreen e-reader, you should know E Ink's natural slowness means you'll need to rethink how you interact with devices like the Voyage.
You'll have to resist the temptation to type as fast as you do on a smartphone, for one. It's a tough habit to shake, but you don't have a choice. I would have even accepted the soundtrack although I am not great fan of the world music or Gregorian chants, not when used in New Age messaging. Unfortunately Malick decided to add a spoken commentary and I simply could not make any sense of it.
Some incantations and frightened kid questions directed to an over-present Mother Nature? To be clear, I like and I understand poetry, I respect religious feelings and texts, but the spoken commentary was nothing of these. The fact that Cate Blanchett , an actress that I deeply admired borrowed her voice to read this text, did not help, it just made me mad because I feel that her huge talent was wasted here.
The result is just boring, and I surprised myself almost napping despite the beauty on screen. So Terrence Malick wanted hardly to make a film about the history of the Universe. A Film about Everything. The Film about Everything. Now that you made it, please, Mr. A gorgeous and visually perfect documentary, that is not educational, but it's kind of art, meditative and lyrical essay on the deepest possible theme - astonishment over nature, space and life on Earth.
Just few words, mostly narrated by very fascinating and impressive visual. I like Malick's poetic art a lot, it's hard to find in the whole cinematography a director who could create at least a similarly fascinating visuals as this genius. Its close to be perfect, I only miss stronger emotions or better story, e. MoviesRT 22 September Some stunning photography of the beauty, complexity and diversity of life on this planet, showing creatures that could never have evolved. I found that very compelling the way it was emphasized.
Confirms what most of us already knew. Maybe this would be good for schoolchildren to see who are confused about all the conflicting evolution theories. The underwater shots were magnificent. We saw incredible and very unusual fish that I'd never seen before. I had to look them up on the computer to get their names. It was funny seeing the Australian Aborigines in the outback looking at that ostrich. I guess the producer didn't know they have emus not ostriches in Australia.
There were a few mistakes like that, but not many. The strangest parts were where it flashes back and forth to all those odd culture and religious practices.
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Some of that was brutal and strange. Didn't seem to fit the flow of the movie. Oh, and the poem read by Cate Blanchett to her mother was interesting but didn't really fit. It would have been better if she had told us more about these unusual animals all through the movie. Overall I was impressed.
It was a little disjointed, but some great photography. Cate Blanchett's minimal "narration" limited as it was to what amounted to spare Italian inter-titles visually -- "Madre" repeated over and over Malick got scattered unenthusiastic applause at the end but I think most viewers. It was the most breathlessly awaited film of the week with a turn-away crowd and also the biggest disappointment of the week as well. Certainly glad I didn't have to pay hard cash to see it and had to force myself not to walk out before the end.
More of a Big Bust than a Big Bang. I think I'm finally Malicked out. Yes, the cinematography is simply stunning, the score, editing and special effects are also brilliant, especially the use of fluids, the colours are amazing. However, using Cate Blanchetts annoying voice doesn't add anything to the film at all. In fact, it makes it feel like that stupid perfume ad when she keeps saying Si to me.
Brad Pitt would have been a much better choice, especially as he was one of the producers. I'm not really sure where Malick can go from here. I know this has taken 20 years to make, I think he just collected footage during the breaks on set. Maybe the next film will be the Life of an Ant, where we follow an Ant around for 2 hours with someone equally annoying speaking on behalf of that ant. 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 , 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. Based on how it was promoted I walk into this expecting a short documentary providing a quick tour of the history of the universe, while this is obviously a large topic there are meaningful things that can be said about it in 45 minutes.
What the movie actually turned out to be was a lot of mysticism wrapped up in a scientific veneer. It repeated asked questions and then invited people to wonder at the open-question rather than attempting to answer the question or even get the audience to answer the question it was clear that it really wanted to be about spirituality but also wanted to look like a legitimate documentary. This was even the case with questions that many first or second year students would have little trouble answering.
It also routinely miss placed images in the chronology it was covering e. Still gave it two starts at the photography and CGI was good even if it was sub-par in most other ways. 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.
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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'll tell you what: This movie is like a meditation over time.
You cannot watch this movie with expectation of what it may taught you about time. Instead, you should watch it without any expectation and just feel the visuals and sound. Everything is as real as it can be, and as touching as it can get.
This is truly a masterpiece about time. I'm a actually a Malick Lover. I love the way he gives time to scenes and cut short beautiful sequences. Some movies are just unbelievable beautiful. Some scenes are too long, too slow and sometimes the dinosaurs looked pretty much like CGI. I didn't like that. There are some time travels - back and forth - which is nice and makes you compare and see what happened from one point to another. But the "now" often looked like filmed from a mobile cam which I do not appreciate.
The voice of Cate Blanchett comes from the off and whispers some things but it'S quite hard to understand what that means when you watch the pictures. Actually I felt like I wouldn't need the voice.