If you're a fan of the ocean, sailing, first hand documentaries or Antarctic exploration and you haven't seen this film, YOU ARE MISSING OUT. Sea Gypsies is one of the most wholesome and genuine adventure/nature documentaries that I've ever had the privilege of seeing. Move over David Attenboro, Nico Edwards is a masterful film maker and commentator and each crew member brings their own brand of comedy, commentary, skill, and knowledge. With Captain Clem at the helm, Ayack fixing the sails, and even an appearance by David Bowie, this film is a unique opportunity to watch what can be best described as 'some dudes' take on one of the most challenging voyages of the modern age, in the most inhospitable area of the planet, with questionable equipment, just for the sheer joy of it. The great camera work and knowledgeable commentary is enriched with an amazing soundtrack featuring songs by Dirtwire and The Glitch Mob, making one really begin to feel the high's and low's of the passage, as if they are part of the voyage. This isn't your average adventure documentary. The presentation of content is much more gritty and realistic, adding a very human feeling. The crew of Infinity successfully inspire awe and provide you with a laugh, all while educating you on the most isolated place on Earth. Watching these men interact with the seas and Earth around them, and the respect and care they show to their environment is phenomenal and commendable. With its witty banter, great music, and breathtaking imagery, I cannot recommend this film highly enough!
Sea Gypsies: The Far Side of the World
2017
Action / Adventure / Documentary
Plot summary
The vessel is Infinity, a 120-foot hand-built sailboat, crewed by a band of miscreants. The journey, an 8,000 mile Pacific crossing from New Zealand to Patagonia, with a stop in Antarctica. Unlike all the other boats heading to the Southern Ocean, Infinity is no ice-reinforced super-yacht crewed by professional sailors; rather, Infinity lives in the moment and sails on a whim. What can be found in abundance on board is blood, sweat, enthusiasm, risk tolerance, disdain for authority, and an ample supply of alcohol - all in all a mad voyage of reckless adventure just for the sheer joy of it. Along the way the crew will battle a hurricane of ice in the Ross Sea, assist the radical environmental group Sea Shepherd in their fight with illegal whalers, and tear every sail they have. At the heart of their journey is a quest for awe and a sense of wonder with the raw power of the natural world.
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Well, to the life fantastic...
And it was fantastic!
What an adventure! Which is what we are all doing anyways. It's just some of us choose to make the adventure a little more safe/boring.
The greatest parts of this wonderful documentary include the wisdom of the crew and captain, shared nakedly to camera/audience once in awhile throughout. Little gifts of wisdom that the filmmaker was wise enough to know were meant for our (the audience's) ears.
The other wise move on the filmmaker's part was to give us tastes of the environmental and ethical catastrophes humans create, by showing us interactions in the whaling trade, as well as focus on the plastic pollution of the ocean and the decrease in life abundance in the fish population. It wasn't a "hit you over the head" endeavor, like most environmentalist films. It was simply just a bite of the whole pizza of the adventure they were on. Therefore, the adventure took precedence, which made it a story, and not a lecture.
I've learned so much from this film, and I'm so grateful.
Be ye on yer way, matee! Go onward cross the windward skies forever safe and warm.
Lame. Ignore the shill reviews.
Decent attempt for a docu-drama-adventure, but the constant duo concert is annoying, and what's with the cheap CGI effects? It's a generous and REAL 3/10.