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Very disappointing...

How sad is this?

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

If you are into aesthetic metaphor in the moving image than this film is well worth viewing. The director constructs a kind of guided meditation through the use of poetic narration and symbolic imagery.The film is narrated by a man of whom it would appear has suffered some kind of crises and has thus gone to live a spiritual life among nature. The metaphor and beautiful symbolism both in word and image succeed however in making this an archetypal journey of spiritual growth.The director clearly has a keen and exquisite sense of aesthetic beauty, and the film is edited very well, the combination of which I felt thoroughly worked to accomplish not only a beautiful but a relevant and meaningful experience for the viewer.There were however a few moments where I felt certain elements had been over-stressed and sometimes this felt a little laboured. For example there is a slight over-reliance on dancing, as if the director was afraid to let the beauty of stillness occupy the screen. This sometimes results in an unnecessarily 'noisy' image. At times also the dancing appeared a little ambiguous and confused, and this I feel was a mistake caused by what seems like a loss of focus towards the end.That said however, the film is overall extremely good and I found it very moving at times. It is visual poetry and truly a work of art.

Yes, the images are beautiful but Yes, these beautiful images are symbolic of humans trying to control nature for their own purpose.Exotic animals are beautiful when they are wild and in their natural habitats and without humans swirling around. When you train elephants in a circus to obey you, it becomes disgraceful and disgusting. How many takes were necessary to obtain the "picture perfect" images of a dancer and a bird flying above? How many takes does it take to have 5 elephants moving together at the same time? A lot!Most animals in that "movie"/artistic performance have been domesticated even if their nature is to be wild and sometimes ferocious. We're not talking about cats and dogs here but about animals usually living in the wild.Controlling animals for the pleasure of humans had always disgusted me.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but was so very pleased with the film and the message. I just recently saw Ashes and Snow, even though Colbert's work is popular and well known in Manhattan (where I live). The images of animals and humans was both startling and soothing. I was moved by the message of equality and hope that Colbert's meaning isn't lost on others, especially now in this time of Hope and Change. It's an interesting movie and one that will inspire western civilizations to look within them to try and make a more positive impact and connection with the natural world. Take a chance and check out this film: I hope that it'll have the same positive, reflective effect on your life as it did on my own.

Ashes and Snow is unbelievable. Gregory Colbert has inspired me to try and express myself and expand my horizons to try and find the worlds he explored while filming this movie. To this day I am shocked that Gregory Colbert was able to document such gorgeous places. Who knew our galaxy even possessed such paradises of beauty. They're untouched, unaffected by colonialists' damage, and appear to only be occupied by these cultures of cohabiting animals and people. It is a true paradise. Gregory Colbert offers us an opportunity to travel, if only for an hour, without leaving the comforts of a our home to these wonderful places and experience such beautiful both underwater and dessert worlds. If you dream of adventure and beauty in the worlds outside our civilized worlds, look no further.