Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Steineded How sad is this?

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

nnom In the truest meaning of the word....fantastic. All I wanted to do was hit replay, but I've gotta get some sleep before work, dangit. There was much more movie value to this one than the others I've seen, which were primarily different camera angles of a stage show. If you're a purist, you're not gonna like that. But if you love Cirque for Cirque...you will be enthralled for 85 mins. As always, at the end of a Cirque show, I am breathless. Beauty, power, grace, theatricality...how they keep coming up with news ways to amaze me...well, it amazes me. Watch and be transported...I certainly was.

atomicpunk40 A girl named Mia goes to a rinky-dink traveling carnival/circus. While attending the circus she sees - and immediately becomes smitten by - the shows trapeze artist, a boy known only as the Aerialist. As he sees her its love at first sight for him as well. He misses his trapeze and falls to the ground. But instead of going splat, the ground gives way underneath him. Mia rushes over to help and she falls in with him. When she regains her senses back, she finds herself in the misty, dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil whose landscape consists of numerous large circus tents bathed in glowing moonlight. The girl and the boy travel from tent to tent experiencing the weird characters and dazzling performances in each tent while desperately searching for one another in this bizarre world. That's it! I have just explained the complete plot of Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away. Not that there is really anything being given away here... in fact there is very little - if any - to give away. But the plot is not important here. It is the performances of the Cirque du Soleil performers that is. To get to the point, Worlds Away is basically a Cirque du Soleil's Greatest Hits album (with parts of O, Ka, Mystere, The Beatles Love, among others, and actually filmed at the theatres where they are performed at in Las Vegas) with the very loose plot of the two lovers traveling through the tents trying to find each other used as a clothesline on to which to hang the various acts upon. However this setup does not take away from the jaw dropping spectacle that is Cirque du Soleil. From clowns reading newspapers that are on fire to a ballet dancer dancing to the Beatles song "As My Guitar Gently Weeps" as rose petals drift around her and much more, Worlds Away doesn't fail in the blow-your-mind department.However the best was saved for last, the act between Mia and the Aerialist. Does the girl and the boy find each other? Of course they do! Don't worry, as I mentioned before I ain't spoiling anything. Because of Worlds Away's wisp of a storyline, there isn't anything to spoil. There are no twists or turns or main surprises. Most of the acts you see in Worlds Away you have seen done before in one way or another from other Cirque du Soleil shows, either from its live theater, its IMAX movie shorts, or its television specials. Hell, you'll figure it out that the girl and the boy will eventually reunite once they - and we - start exploring Cirque Du Soleil Land! Its like I said before, the movie is deliberately structured where the plot doesn't matter, the performances do. You are here to have your brain dazzled, not stimulated. THAT'S the filmmakers intent. Both Erica Linz (Mia) and Igor Ziripov (The Aerialist) are Cirque du Soleil pros who have been in numerous Cirque productions. To see them do their "straps" act forty feet in the air in the finale is breathtaking to say the least as both of them seem to almost defy gravity itself with this act! You can clearly see and respect the years of practice it took to do this and make it look effortless (in fact Ziripov has performed this act before with his real life wife in certain Cirque shows). It is not only a sensual and romantic experience, but it is downright astonishing to watch.On the down side to Worlds Away, at times there is a clear, over-abundance of performances filling the screen which, coupled with the loose story of the girl and boy seeking each other, tends to give the film a somewhat slightly draggy and boring feel. And that may aggravate some people. When I took my girlfriend on my fourth (and final) time to the cinema to see it, the theater was completely empty except for us and an elderly couple sitting six rows down from us. She yawned between gulps of her Dr Pepper throughout it while wondering what her boyfriend - that's me - had gotten her into. When I showed it to my mother on Blu-ray, she wasn't impressed either, even though she enjoys Cirque du Soleil. So I will say it does indeed get a wee slow, but do stick with it. As I said the final act is WELL worth it.In all this is another handsome show from Cirque Du Soleil. As for director Andrew Adamson and executive producer James Cameron (to which this movie had been a pet project of his for years) I definitely applaud both of them.My rating from Excellent to Poor... Very Good. Well worth a look and great entertainment.

bonjour-651-909928 This move is of poor image quality, largely underexposed, bad lighting conditions when watched in 3D version, in particular when using a high quality HD projector on a 3 meter wide screen. I think the Director of Photography failed completely his job. Furthermore the 3D effect is lacking accuracy. It shows superimposed pictures with shifted images. I do not recommend people to buy it in its 3D version. May be the 2D version is better. This poor quality movie contrasts very much with the previous movie of Cirque du Soleil : "Journey of Man" that I found excellent and that I used for demo to show the quality of my video projector.

Armand it is a love story. but it is not important. it is a fairy story. but this is its purpose. it is a show. this is essential. because it is a great beautiful show in Cirque du Soleil manner. colors, magic, joy. childhood emotions in crust of magnificent art. that is all. and the basic story is its seed. because the film is a love declaration. powerful, seductive and honest. an umbrella under the rains of selfish. or only a gate. fragments of show, it is a delight for soul. and this fact is impressive. because it is gentle and subtle. because little pictures are parts of a fragile building. because it is a kind of rainbow. because it is pure show. adventures, romanticism and unique acrobatics.