You won't be disappointed!

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A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

this is a very brilliantly made documentary. there are more than one narratives going at once, streaming to you in a cleverly cut together fashion, which normally juxtaposes what is being said to what the opposite is.for those who say this film is like a music video rather than a documentary, all i can say is that you don't get it. the fashion and rhythmic style of the editing is not to make it amusing but to hammer and retort on the style of consuming that exists today. that is, to repeatedly go back and back and back and back to the same product and consumer goods to feed feed feed feed our structured likes/wants/needs from advertising from a completely absorbing imperialistic consumer society.with that said, if that made sense to you, you too would enjoy this documentary; it changed the way i looked at life to an extent.go watch this film. now.

This film works desperately at attacking our consumer driven culture and does it in a hip-hop style by putting outrageous words in the mouths of politicians. These get repeated over and over to the point of irritation. Several times I wanted to turn it off but thought it had to get better. It doesn't. I don't know what all the scenes in Cuba were about unless it was to intercut their rationed lifestyle with our own excessive one but then there was the interview with the Cuban teenager who had nothing but admiration for the capitalism when she visited seems to negate all of that.A manic Mike Balmer whipping what looks like the entire staff of Microsoft into a frenzy of love for the company serves no purpose that I could see. So we're all drones? Yeah, so what now? We keep seeing a wooden hammer being driven into something, a long scene of boats been taken apart in India (for the salvage value of the steel) goes nowhere, nor do the grinning faces of the labourers working on these boats. Are they happier than the Microsoft labourers? I don't think so. The point being then?I was prepared to like this, being appalled by the gas guzzling, corporate shilling, polluting entities we have all become. But I couldn't. There just wasn't enough in this little bomb to sink the teeth into. I give it a 4 out of 10 for making me briefly reflect on Fidel and Cuba, which I have visited, and our mad North American consumerism and agreeing on this one thing, yes, it is all coming to an end.

Yet another in a new tradition of categorizing propaganda films as "documentaries" even though they blatantly turn a blind eye to any document or details that disprove their intended message. This film avoids any and all intelligent comments on the subject of consumerism and relies solely on leveraging emotional hot buttons. It is neither factual nor accurate, but what is far worse is that it pretends to be.With a running time of just under an hour, this could easily have been a fifteen minute film if all the repetition were removed. Repetition is one of the foundational tools of brainwashing, which makes this film all the more damaging. Hand selected and trimmed pieces of second hand footage are looped over and over to try and force the viewer into a trance so that direct access to the mind without having to bother working through the intellect can be achieved.Film makers such as this need to realize that if their point cannot be made in a straightforward and concise manner, without stealth and duplicity, then perhaps their point of view is not valid in the first place. It is hard to accept a message of "let's destroy society and return to the days of the cave man" when it is recorded and delivered on through one of the most technologically advanced mediums ever known on earth. It is important to note that I am not putting words into anybody's mouth here, the film makers repeatedly advocate the destruction of all technology so that mankind may return to the simplicity and hedonism of the cave man eras. Somehow a the destruction of property is not a form of violence and at the same time a return to savagery is also a non-violent plan of action.Avoid this film like the plague.

The critics of this film are right to criticize it for being light on information, compelling arguments, and data backing up its claims. The film focuses more on style and visual appeal, and as someone who watches hours of drab, informative, sterile activist videos, progressive films, and leftist propaganda each week, this film was a total breath of fresh air. If you want the facts, watch one of the thousands of great films out there that give you all the research and information you need... visit the media education foundation or read some chomsky. This film may have chosen style over substance, but for me, it had enough style to get away with it. Even for someone who hates property destruction and disagrees with the philosophies of violent opposition that this film promotes, I welcomed this film. 99% of what I see every day is all-style and no-substance and backs agendas I disagree with. At least this film presents a fresh and alternative opinion.