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Journey of the Universe

[An Epic Story of Cosmic, Earth, and Human Transformation]
Apr 05, 2013
I actually found this video tedious and boring, and was most disappointed in it. There are many good photos, but they weren't always relevant to the narrative, and they were seldom on for more than about ten seconds. The constant jumping between them - seemingly rushing to get them all in - and constant cutaways to the narrator made me dizzy. And the video does not do a good job at all of connecting all its parts; some things didn't fit with the story line and the video would have been stronger for leaving them out. The narrator's exaggerated gestures and intonation were distracting at best, and a ridiculous amount of time was spent on closeups of him rather than what he was ostensibly presenting. All in all, this video is overly staged and way too much about the narrator rather than the subject matter. I think it would have been much more enjoyable if the narrator had left his ego at the door and demonstrated some of the humility that is due the awesomeness of the universe.