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Ten Billion (2015)
Heavily one-sided inaccurate effort at tackling an important topic
Hi all, I saw this documentary at a screening in London followed by a panel discussion w/ Stephen Emmott, the narrator/host of the documentary.
Climate change is an important topic, and I am a huge fan of documentaries that tackle controversial topics in an objective fashion with open discourse.
This film, however, focused almost entirely on one side, that is - that humans are changing the Earths climate and that we are doomed...and there is nothing we can do about it. Not only do I heavily disagree with such a one-sided approach, but many of the statistics used in the film are skewed if not completely ludicrous. On top of that, Stephen is highly selective on showing elements that support his position, but completely omits viable alternatives/and or actual solutions that are currently being implemented or on the horizon.
I vehemently dislike biased and manipulative documentaries, and while I have seen far worse than this one - it goes without saying that this film does 'not' do the important debate around Climate Change any justice.
Watch it if you enjoy nitpicking holes out of a narrative :).
Cheerios,
The Boys of H Company (2004)
Good Documentary, great footage, but narrator tries too hard to dramatize
It's a solid documentary, great archive footage and great interviews (band of brothers style). What I didn't like was the over-the-top dramatization from the narrator. He tried too hard to make it sound as though they are about to die every minute, even though they are obviously still alive to give you first hand accounts. Covering a significant world war II battle with archive footage is dramatic enough on its own.
Also, to the commentator that was wondering whether this documentary would ever be released on DVD. I bought it on DVD the other day, it's called Attack on Japan - The Boys of H Company. 2-DVD special edition with a nice cardboard cover case. It's in dutch but if it's out here it should be out in the states as well.
Wake of Death (2004)
IMDb rating does not do this film justice!
This is the first time that I'm going to write a review for a movie just because it was one of the best recent action films that I have seen and the rating is far below what it deserved. It's a movie set in a dark environment with some true jeanne claude action and some of the best acting I have ever seen him do. The action and violence is intended for mature audiences as it can get somewhat gruesome at times but that is what I liked about this film, it wasn't hollywoodized and comes at you raw. After the movie I felt like it was 2 hours well spent and for being a major movie critic that rarely happens to me! For some reason it just all came together nicely and I definitely recommend this film especially if you enjoy action movies and are a van damme fan!