I have watched the film The Wild Blue Yonder by Werner Herzog and was once again impressed. The plot (if you could call it one) touched on some interesting points about the impossibility of space travel but for the most part was pretty superficial. The real fascination for this film comes from the man himself, Werner Herzog. In my opinion he is a great artist. His medium is film and his passion for creating is very inspiring.
It is hard to sit down and watch one of his films and expect to simply be entertained, nor are they 100% factual documentaries. But somewhere between fact and fiction he shows us his unique perspective on the world. He has a way of portraying the subtler beauty in humanity, nature and even the anomaly of our very existence.
Realizing this I find it much more rewarding to prepare myself to experience a two hour work of art full of music, poetry and visual imagery when I watch his films. Then they seem to come to life through the subtle details and not the big screen effects like most other movies.