This is a really hard call when it comes down to a mark out ten.
Firstly, for it to have been made at all, it deserves 10/10. The quality of the camera work deserves (in my opinion) around 8.5/10. If you are one of those 80% of Americans who don't even own a passport, I'd strong suggest you never bother to waste 92 minutes of your time seeing how the majority of the planet works.
I reckon there's only a tiny, tiny percent of that 80% to whom this film would make any impact. And also, I guess, even widening the horizons of a tiny percentage of that 80% would make a difference.
Alternatively, if you agree with the concept that "No man is an island", it's 92 Minos of chill that allows you to re-focus on the fact that we all travel on the spaceship earth.
At this level, there are several problems. Mainly that Coppola/Reggio/Glass/Fricke have already covered much of this ground - with the "Koyaanisqatsi" trilogy, which if nothing else was one of the originators of this concept, and with Glass as the composer, has a unique and ground breaking (and now much copied) sound track.
Also, there are more recent concepts (eg "One Giant Leap") which move the original idea forward.
So, in summary, I'd rate this as about a 6.5 on IMDb, but a five star on Amazon to encourage anyone who had ever really considered the concept to get involved.
Anyway, preaching over - would love to hear from anyone who agrees or doesn't!! Merry Christmas to everyone, Roger.
Firstly, for it to have been made at all, it deserves 10/10. The quality of the camera work deserves (in my opinion) around 8.5/10. If you are one of those 80% of Americans who don't even own a passport, I'd strong suggest you never bother to waste 92 minutes of your time seeing how the majority of the planet works.
I reckon there's only a tiny, tiny percent of that 80% to whom this film would make any impact. And also, I guess, even widening the horizons of a tiny percentage of that 80% would make a difference.
Alternatively, if you agree with the concept that "No man is an island", it's 92 Minos of chill that allows you to re-focus on the fact that we all travel on the spaceship earth.
At this level, there are several problems. Mainly that Coppola/Reggio/Glass/Fricke have already covered much of this ground - with the "Koyaanisqatsi" trilogy, which if nothing else was one of the originators of this concept, and with Glass as the composer, has a unique and ground breaking (and now much copied) sound track.
Also, there are more recent concepts (eg "One Giant Leap") which move the original idea forward.
So, in summary, I'd rate this as about a 6.5 on IMDb, but a five star on Amazon to encourage anyone who had ever really considered the concept to get involved.
Anyway, preaching over - would love to hear from anyone who agrees or doesn't!! Merry Christmas to everyone, Roger.