ramihaxhi The critics who fall all over each other for crap like Marvel comic book movies, Transformers and the like, panned this movie. Well, they blew it. This movie has the typical Herzog exceptional cinematography set to absolutely beautiful music. Very few directors in the history of cinema have Herzog's ear for just the right music. We're not talking about putting the records you collected as a teenager in your movies like so many other directors do who cater to imbeciles. This story is intelligent, feels like a documentary. It's beautiful. Of course, Herzog also touches on his man vs nature favorite theme. If you're a fan of Herzog, ignore the critics (they've become useless) and see this film. Trust Herzog, don't trust the critics ever again. It's like listening to a poem.

golddigger-2 I've watched this film several times the music is haunting and Nickole Kidman is excilent in her portraile of Gertrude Bell plus it's a historical piece the way she understood the people their way of life and how Politics can muddy up life

rosaleeadams I was in the Peace Corps in Turkey in the early '60s. This film brought back memories in so many ways. My roommate and I, traveled extensively also when we were not involved in TEFL in a town in SW Turkey. I still remember details about our time and cherish it all. So much of what we saw is gone now due to deliberate destruction, e.g. Palmyra, or due to war in the region. I loved the film and realize movie license when I see it. Apparently others do not. (Also have studied Bell and she was amazing given the time frame when she lived. It was still like that in some ways for my roommate and I living and traveling even then in the ME)

sparkerd I stared in disbelief as Nicole Kidman entered and I was expected to believe she was a young maybe early 20's woman. I love her don't get me wrong, but that was beyond any sense of reality. Her simpering sugary overly acted "love" affair with Franco made me gag on it's sugary soft spoken sweetness and Franco always looked like he was about to turn to the camera and say, just joking wah wah wah. I don't even know what this movie was supposed to be about as my mind kept straying to other things. Should I go to the grocery store or just order a pizza. Should I do laundry now or wear an outfit I don't really like but is clean for work tomorrow. What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow. At about the halfway mark I threw in the towel and just looked up the actual woman. Her biography was far more interesting than this tripe that the director wanted to go who knows where.