Okay, so I'm going to start a thing where every Monday I review a new movie on this humble little excuse of a blog. I feel guilty about not posting all weekend (I know! I'm weird.) Today I'm going to start with what is possibly my favorite movie ever: Genesis.I was exposed to this wonderful movie by the fantabulous subscription-DVD-program called Ironweed. My oldest brother got it for a birthday present, but since he's gone to college I get to watch them first. :D Genesis has so far been my favorite, but every week it's something new and wonderful. I have learned from so many different points of veiws by watching movies, it's really amazing.
Genesis follows the journey of life on earth, from the tiniest of amoebas to mammals like you and me. It's narrated by an old, wise black man who sits in front of a pot of water through the entire movie. I don't really get that part. Perhaps it's supposed to symbolize the boiling pot of...life? He speaks in another language, so it's subtitled, but there's not a lot of talking. It's a very artistic film, in that of the 81 minutes of the movie, more than an hour is just silent, nature sounds and all that.
It starts out with cells, joining together, forming invertabrates, about ten minutes of underwater creatures, including several very breathtaking shots of a jellyfish swimming around. It sounds really boring, but the camera is crazy hi-definition and to any artist or art appreciator it's life-changing experience. Then we move on land, to the mudskipper, who is the most adorable 
amphibian ever. We watch it as it builds its home. We also get glimpses of other amphibians, but not for very long.
Then there's, like, seven minutes of a snake eating an egg. I KID YOU NOT. But it's so close up that you can actually see the muscles constricting to crush the egg and then pushing it back out. You can practically see through the skin of the snake. It's that... mind-blowing.
There's some other great scenes, like the nine minutes of pure, bubbling lava near the beginning, or the turtle sex. I had to cover my eyes for the latter, though, it's terribly odd.
In conclusion, go out right this second and but Genesis. Your very life depends on it! Or at least enriching your very life, but you know, whatever floats your boat. If you want to go about your day thoroughly unenriched so be it, none of my business.
~Abby
Labels: omniscient narrators, snakes, the french