The Age of Stupid is an excellent film, mainly because it achieves something quite rare in documentary films; it manages to be informative and reasonably scientifically accurate whilst still being immensely entertaining.
The film does not, as some other reviewers have suggested, present good and evil characters of climate change. It instead presents people doing more and doing less, and people who are more affected than others. The strongest message is that your actions affect others. By being frivolous with energy and resources, you are destroying other people's quality of life. The film refers to the human race as 'suicidal', but shows people engaging in things which kill each other, not themselves. All this hits home in a way that other films have failed to. For one rare moment, the viewer sees a direct link between their day to day life, and the far off repercussions.
The film is remarkable for its effects. It leaves you desperate to get involved, to try and make a difference. It also leaves you more aware of why, and helps the viewer understand the science behind it all.
The films jumps between sections in the future, documentary footage, news bulletins and superb animation. Because of this, it keeps you interested long after many documentaries would leave you yawning.
This is an amazing film, and a must see by anyone and everyone. Even people who I watched this with who were more interested in cars than the environment were converted.
The film does not, as some other reviewers have suggested, present good and evil characters of climate change. It instead presents people doing more and doing less, and people who are more affected than others. The strongest message is that your actions affect others. By being frivolous with energy and resources, you are destroying other people's quality of life. The film refers to the human race as 'suicidal', but shows people engaging in things which kill each other, not themselves. All this hits home in a way that other films have failed to. For one rare moment, the viewer sees a direct link between their day to day life, and the far off repercussions.
The film is remarkable for its effects. It leaves you desperate to get involved, to try and make a difference. It also leaves you more aware of why, and helps the viewer understand the science behind it all.
The films jumps between sections in the future, documentary footage, news bulletins and superb animation. Because of this, it keeps you interested long after many documentaries would leave you yawning.
This is an amazing film, and a must see by anyone and everyone. Even people who I watched this with who were more interested in cars than the environment were converted.