I thought it was a beautiful film, although I can also understand why it was given a 6.7 on IMDB. But I enjoyed it and I was disappointed when we traveled back to Earth and then the lights went on in the cinema.
The condition is that you follow André Kuiper's instructions and do not think or analyse, but simply absorb the images and the music. That took me a while, but then something happened. A bit like what sometimes happens with art; you no longer analyse the painting, but literally the 'art' enters you. That was the case now. Mother Earth 'was' there. Not in relation to a natural disaster, or how certain animals live, but really as herself. It seems that at such a moment a certain part of the brain is activated. The music certainly played a role in this.
Maybe that was also because I had no frame of reference. I did not know how far we were from Earth, so I could not estimate the size of things. Very special. I was also aware that space travel contains the pinnacle of human ability. The greatest experts in the field of physics, biology, but also in dietetics and psychology come together to make their best contribution. That enormous concern to achieve the highest possible quality, that was also in the film. André Kuiper spent hundreds of hours selecting the most beautiful images and the best matching music and in a certain way that came across to me. I was literally in tears when the images of the reflection of the sun on water passed by. Wow, how unbelievably beautiful.
Maybe a film for a special mood, but a must-see as far as I'm concerned.
