The Age of Stupid
England, 2008, 89 minutes
Director: Franny Armstrong
Recently, because of the gravity of the situation, there’s been a wave of “guilt trip” films about the environment. It’s no longer contained to just documentaries, though docs tend to be more direct in said guilt-tripping. The Age of Stupid, alas, takes it to another level, resorting to insults now. It’s angry and preachy as all get-out, though that should be apparent from the title. Not everybody is willing to give 90 minutes of their time to being called stupid repeatedly by a movie, but given the mounting evidence spelling out our doom, maybe it is necessary to be so blunt.
The premise of the film is that it’s a science-fiction documentary. It opens with a montage of Earth’s devastation in 2055. The planet’s resources are depleted, its inhabitants are near extinction, and monuments are burning in that Jerry Bruckheimer fashion.
England, 2008, 89 minutes
Director: Franny Armstrong
Recently, because of the gravity of the situation, there’s been a wave of “guilt trip” films about the environment. It’s no longer contained to just documentaries, though docs tend to be more direct in said guilt-tripping. The Age of Stupid, alas, takes it to another level, resorting to insults now. It’s angry and preachy as all get-out, though that should be apparent from the title. Not everybody is willing to give 90 minutes of their time to being called stupid repeatedly by a movie, but given the mounting evidence spelling out our doom, maybe it is necessary to be so blunt.
The premise of the film is that it’s a science-fiction documentary. It opens with a montage of Earth’s devastation in 2055. The planet’s resources are depleted, its inhabitants are near extinction, and monuments are burning in that Jerry Bruckheimer fashion.
- 5/6/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
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