The Story of Stuff (Film Reaction)
I strongly agree with the overall message of the film. Our patterns of consumption especially the Americans are wasteful and destructive to the planet. My only problem is the manner of its presentation with the statistics obviously handpicked with the purpose to scare and shock. Everybody in the world must hate America now, the way it was bashed every five seconds in the film. Even though America deserves it, it is not very effective to carry a message across in that manner because it only makes you less believable to the attentive viewer even if you have the scariest statistics in the world. It could be because the film is only for twenty minutes so it can only be black and white. It only goes to show that sustainability is a big issue to squeeze into the small space of twenty minutes. What the film taught me is not so much about how the world really works. It only gave me a reason to do my own research in every issue because it seems everybody is out to manipulate me like this film does. What is particularly good about this film though, is that it could very well serve to educate children and the clueless about sustainable development since it is very much simplified. That is also the problem because children tend to be very malleable and tend to believe what they are told. In the end, the only reliable way to knowledge is through your own body and