Revolution (2012)

Wonderful character development!

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Covers a range of issues, joined with an engaging personal narrative and culminating in a message that there is hope but we need to get involved in the movement for good. Great cinematography including beautiful underwater scenes and well produced overall.Whilst it has a similar message to 'An Inconvenient Truth' or 'Age of Stupid' it also has something in common with David Attenborough wildlife films before it goes on to cover the Canadian tar sands issue. Then it specifically deals with the need for international cooperation at climate conferences and the need to hold politicians who attend to account, and how young people are so engaged and involved. While we have annual climate conferences this will always be topical.

I saw this film in the theatre and I have to say that I wasted my money. I watch a lot of documentary films and have an open mind about everything. Though there were a few good points in the film, they missed the whole point. Conservation is not the answer, though conservation is good, it is the not solution. What people don't understand is that most problems that we are faced with on the planet is because of the violence we cause to ourselves, non-human animals and nature. All of the problems starts with the animal foods we shove down our throats and doesn't matter how the animals are raised or treated, using and killing another being sows the same in humans. People don't want to believe that eating and using animals is the crux of it all. We want to continue abusing, torturing and killing animals and believe the problems has nothing to do with animal foods. Just picture this. If humans are consuming animals, their dead bodies and secretions, the fear, anger, trauma, depression, boredom and sickness and all the animals other experiences and emotions, don't just fly away somewhere in thin air, they are transferred to us. And because we eat all their emotions and experiences, we experience the same in our lives and the world around us. Why is it that the majority of humans, that eat animal foods, experiences the same fear, violence, trauma, depression and sickness etc. just like the animals? When will we ever learn that veganism will indeed save ourselves and the world. Not to mention all the animal lives that are spared when we become vegan. I talked about this to Rob Stewart and again like everyone else he gave a stupid justification for continuing the violence on helpless beings. Come on people, wake up!

The movie Revolution by Rob Stewart was a very academic film. It used a very academic approach to conveying a global message about the environment. To me, it was the conceptualization that captured the essence of the film. The conceptualization was about how the individuals within the upper layers of the hierarchy make decisions about how the lower levels of the hierarchy should live. Rob Stewart seemed to be trying to advocate for social injustices being done to the poor and at the same time, he was conveying a message about how corporations were constantly moving ahead with their plans while destroying parts of the environment. In 2013, this film-theme is one of pure universalism - for example - the idea that corporations are entities and at times they are not always doing what is right for human-beings.In a way Rob Stewart was like Michael Moore - trying hard for society to change. However I found the message of the movie to have been delivered in a very conventional way - and I found that how the message was conveyed to have been so academic - that it just fell flat.Furthermore, the topic about the environment is such a futuristic topic - as how does one really know what the future will look like? There are currently so many natural disasters in the world today - how does one know if human beings are destroying the planet - or if the planet is destroying herself - in the way of a natural selection.I much preferred his previous movie about sharks.Written by Annuska

An incredible film by an incredible man.Gorgeous underwater photography - phytoplankton at night, schools of fish moving in fantastic patterns, lemurs in Madagascar dancing and sunbathing!! The interviews with scientists, conservationists and activists present wholistic views on the issues - which left me feeling educated, optimistic and inspired.The film takes you through a visual history of underwater and terrestrial life in order to better see where we are and what needs to happen.Essential viewing for all.