Greenes
Please don't spend money on this.
ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Motompa
Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.
Wyatt
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Leofwine_draca
When I read about CANOPY I thought it sounded decent: Australian pilot, shot down in the fetid jungles of Singapore and trying to avoid Japanese squads on the hunt for prey. The sweaty, claustrophobic confines of the jungle sounded very AGUIRRE-esque to me and if the film was slow, then so what? Herzog's films are slow and yet they're also exceptionally crafted and beautiful to boot which is why they're my favourites.Sadly, CANOPY turns out to be an absolutely awful picture and one of the most boring films I've ever seen. I can forgive films for being cheesy or silly but to be dull is the cardinal sin I can't ignore. NOTHING happens in this film from beginning to end: there's no dialogue, no incident, no drama, nothing. Just characters wandering around or sitting looking at trees.Now, the film could still have been saved had it had exceptional cinematography to bring the life the sights and sounds of the jungle. It doesn't. It looks like this was made by amateurs, shooting in a single location and pointing the camera in different directions each time in order to get a sense of the jungle expanse. What we get is a film which relies on a sound effects team to insert noises of planes, bombing, and fighting without ever showing anything. It's so cheap it's a joke.
June Vergel Querol
The limitation of the words created an explosion of words to describe each aspect of the movie. It sends a deep thrilling chill that goes through your bones. It is almost free from the obstacles of human language. It is brotherhood. It shows fear. It is love and caring that shows only under special conditions. It is survival. It is humanity in its purest form of which there is no doubt. It is discovery. The entire movie was made like a flashback. It depicts the quote "Actions speak louder than words". It is an art of which the viewer creates his own understanding of the movie. It is of infinite possibility.
rkerver-1
Its amazing what can be achieved with a small crew and low budget. But with a vision of telling a compelling story and a good camera. This film has very little dialog or musical accompaniment. The audio track is astounding, as we're dropped into a rain-forest that's been overrun by the Japanese during WWII. We get the sounds of war and the jungle. I was riveted. I love the close encounters with the life of the place. Feel the bugs crawling on my skin. A unique piece of cinematic art deserving of positive critical review. I've seen lots of WWII movies over the years, but nothing like this. Another plus: none of the blood or violence or men with guns that is usual with the genre. More awards please!
elvismlv
This film is a candid excerpt into what it must have been like to be a pilot shot down in enemy territory.Its unusual because there is no script and no more than two actors of any consequence. The acting was superb.It was superbly done and photographed beautifully.Obviously the director had other ideas in mind when he introduced the flashbacks and Billie Holiday song. It was a masterstroke albeit reminiscent of an American not an Australian.The acting of the Chinese soldier was excellent.It can be as simple as what the director gave us.It gave a sense of realness not the usual hype and phoney Hollywood nonsense.
