Seaspiracy
Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global conspiracy.
- Released: 2021-03-24
- Runtime: 89 minutes
- Genre: Documentaries
- Stars: Ali Tabrizi, Sylvia Earle, Richard O'Barry, Paul de Gelder, Lucy Tabrizi, Jonathan Balcombe, George Monbiot, Michael Klaper
- Director: Ali Tabrizi
Comments
- imdb2-5 - 6 July 2022
Disturbing but unfocused, amateurish at times
The topic is very disturbing and some of the footage is alarming. However, it is very unfocused and jumps from subject to subject without really nailing any particular subject and providing solid facts to support the claims. As a result, it loses its power in proving its point and it's like hearing a narrator talk about how disturbed they are for a couple of hours rather than having the audience come to that conclusion by the sheer strength of the argument.
Some very amateurish elements are the unexpected interviews, which are obviously turned down by anyone and everyone. Showing up at a corporation and asking representatives why they're polluting the ocean is going to get the exact response that you see on film.
You see heaps of trash and other horrendous images on film but there's no focus on what it is you're actually seeing at times, there just for shock value. You need to have captions of what you're seeing and solid coverage of each issue for it to really be impacting, convincing, and confirming a specific problem.
I really like the filmmakers enthusiasm and love for the subject. But it needs to be focused as there's too much coverage that needs to occur on individual subjects. To conclude that money is that the heart of overfishing and destroying our oceans is far too simple and obvious. Perhaps he has some good points on things like Coral reefs, etc. But just trying to summarize what may be a great deal of research without explaining it leaves a very superficial film. I truly applaud the effort but the next attempt should be about nailing a subject completely and allowing that to serve by itself as evidence to effectuate change. It was effective in my questioning those eco friendly logos. Sickening but not surprising. Not sure of the film also wants you to go vegan. Needs some solutions too.
