My Encounter With a Thrilling Documentary

This is the film's poster.

Werner Herzog, famous documentary filmmaker, wrote, directed, and starred in this wondrous film that captures the essence of the people and the nature that accompanies a little-explored continent. The film itself is quite beautiful, some portions even shot underwater. However, the story is quite poorly constructed. There are small snip-its of interviews connected by shots of the Antarctic terrain. 

There is certain flow between the interviews, however, there is no direct storyline or goal that is achieved at the end of the film. As the film progresses the score becomes more and more unique, called by one reviewer "eerily chilling and engrossing." In my opinion, sometimes the score benefits the story and there are other moments that take away from what Herzog wants to convey. Overall the film brings to light a side of the world that few people have had the opportunity to explore, making it a very interesting topic. Viewers are engaged throughout every moment of the film because they themselves will never have the opportunity to see Antarctica other than through Herzog's lense.