Ben got back unexpectedly early from his trip to Arnhem Land. He said hitching was slow and it didn't really work out as he intended but he had a great time anyway and got lots of sun. I was up early myself, being tired and without much to do we spent the morning watching a movie called Zeitgeist.
Zeitgeist Movie Review
'Zeitgeist' attempts to bring together a number of alternative theories and turns them an eye opening and entertaining ride to the common viewer. The movie is split into three parts, and discusses,
- The origins of Religion (Jesus being the latest metaphorical development of pagan Sun gods and their myths).
- The war on Terror (a staged and never ending war to help cement governments power and erode civil rights)
- Our current social situation (big money and the role it plays in global politics and development).
All these points are addressed in fast paced collages of video, articles, references, interviews etc. At proving these, or rather, backing its sources, the movie fails somewhat, in that random interviews and audio can be taken out of context.
It's well worth the admission price however (free), if you can sit past the first part which goes on a bit. The level of depth the film reaches in a short amount of time and the ground it covers is fascinating to say the least.. If only 10% of this film is true, (and I think a lot more is) we're in big trouble.
I've done research on the themes covered by this movie for a long time myself, having always had a fascination with alternate explanations and news to the 'official line'; I stop short of calling any of these alternative theories 'conspiracy' theories because of the negative connotations the word carries. Even tho time and history have shown that conspiracies are common..
Zeitgeist raises some BIG questions, and most of all, it elicits an emotional reaction. (Hearing a man on the phone as he dies at the WTC stumped me). It makes you angry, it makes you think, it helps you consider alternatives. To me this is the most important thing Zeitgeist offers.
At this I would also comment that Boing Boing and their correspondent Jay Kinney are particularly guilty of negatively influencing my viewpoint of this film before I had actually seen it. Making it sound like some irrational hodge podge, I went in expecting the worst.
However I found Zeitgeist gripping, moving, emotional, fascinatingly articulate and forward. I do recommend this movie above almost any other regarding issues some of us would rather not face. Mainly the questions of 9/11, the radical shift in government power, communal apathy and shady business dealings. I highly recommend it.
More fun than The Corporation,
more rational than David Icke,
more balanced than Alex Jones,
more diverse than Loose Change,
more dangerous to the status quo than Michael Moore.
Its Zeitgeist.
Watch it online or download it!
(Free download too.)
P.S - I particularly give credit to the filmmakers who have no affiliation it would seem to any party/group/agenda, and claim no credit, the movie is for the most part assembled by an anonymous.