16-09-2011, 08:01 AM
I'd agree with Carsten. It was passionate and ambitious; contains lots of good materials hard to find elsewhere - but lacks a kind of coherence and theme; leaving out much that should be in it. It is a personal and passionate wake-up call. I personally find the global warming denial a turn-off, but then I'm an Environmental Scientist....and know it is not a conspiracy as he sees it - quite the opposite....but people differ, don't they.
A perfect film is nearly impossible on such complex matters. It is an eye opener for those who have eyes wide shut. For those in the 'know', I think it is only of interest in some of the hard to find footage. It is another arrow in the quiver of films and books to open a crack in the closed minds out there. Whatever works......
A perfect film is nearly impossible on such complex matters. It is an eye opener for those who have eyes wide shut. For those in the 'know', I think it is only of interest in some of the hard to find footage. It is another arrow in the quiver of films and books to open a crack in the closed minds out there. Whatever works......
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass