GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

GazerRise Fantastic!

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Scott LeBrun "Microcosmos" is a very fine nature documentary, which shows us the daily lives of insects and other minute life forms residing in meadows and ponds. The directors only occasionally use narration (by Jacques Perrin in the original French version, and by English actress Kristin Scott Thomas in the North American version), instead wisely deciding to let their amazing images speak for themselves.This is simply excellent filmmaking, using macrophotography to allow human eyes to get a real eyeful of a whole other world that they don't see every day. Gorgeous, colorful, and genuinely interesting, this doesn't necessarily give us "stories" to follow, or focus on any particular critter for any extended period of time. But it's fascinating to watch as various insects sometimes fall victim to predators like spiders and birds, an army of ants hurriedly stock up on supplies, a caterpillar makes the transformation into butterfly, a mosquito is born, and - most excitingly - a pair of stag beetles have a fight.The filmmakers' use of music is appropriate, the fairly brief running time (76 minutes) is quite succinct, and "Microcosmos" serves as vivid proof that the actual best special effects are those to be found in Mother Nature.Highly recommended to lovers of nature documentaries.Eight out of 10.

alexeykorovin This movie is beautiful and really pleasing to watch. The title of it says exactly what it is: "microscopic world". It's like a different universe which you may never have noticed right under your feet. Vibrant colors and astonishing beauty where you may never have expected it.Though it's not really a movie, more like just a video, I'd still call it one of the best movies I ever saw. If the world would be ending and I'd have to escape Earth in a spaceship and could only take a handful of videos with me, this one would be on the list.If you haven't watched it, do yourself a favor and watch it.

Zmaj00 I was very disappointed with this film. I watched it on TV, was waiting for it for a week when they announced it. Somebody compared this work with David Attenborough's, but in this movie you won't learn much about the fascinating life of bugs. All you see is some beautiful images of nature, accompanied by nice music, and it becomes pretty boring after an hour. I think it could be compared with those whale songs recorded on audio CD, personally, I prefer real music. This is like watching a football match without the commentary. I don't know much about movie photography, techniques or editing, all I can say that it seems perfect to me. So if you want to learn more about nature, go with Attenborough, this is not what you are looking for. It is a bit unusual tough, it gives it that "must see" component:).

scoop_25 Microcosmos is a film directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perenndu. It was released in 1996 and non-narrative cinema.There is no plot synopsis as it's non-narrative cinema but it basically consists of close-ups of bugs. The film isn't adapted from fiction or drama it's purely based on an original idea.The characters are believable because there aren't any unreal bugs that appear. The cast can't be judged because no actors appear in at all in Microcosmos. The film is meant to come across as 'arty', and could to the right people but certainly not to me as i'm just not interested in watching bugs for hours.The theme of the film is bugs. Its made up of short clips, of mainly insects involved in everyday life. These clips are well developed and put together. These clips are shot in appropriate settings. The cinematography is effective and the film makes good use of shadow eg. When the caterpillar was the other side of a leaf you could see the shadow of it's body but when you actually saw it, it had spines coming out.The music used in the film is appropriate but isn't to my taste.Camera angles are used effectively, they mostly consist of close-ups. But different camera angles were used, looking up at a bird from and ants point of view made it look imposing.There are no special effects used.The film does contain shots of snails mating, which aren't really necessary.Overall i didn't enjoy Microcosmos because i'm not really into nature but if you were the right kind of person you could love this film.