Elon Musk: The Real Life Iron Man

Despite opinions to the contrary, Elon Musk is not a robot, but he has done things that very few living people can claim.

This well-done documentary explores his powerful visions and spends time on important issues. There are particularly interesting sections on the potential of getting to Mars and the benefits of autonomous vehicles, as well as the developments in artificial intelligence, which are seen as terrifying, even by some involved in creating them.

First and foremost, Artificial Intelligence was what I spent many years in graduate school studying. This is an excellent documentary. Most of the information it delivers is real for today's science. So where this is going? Intelligent Systems will likely cost many people their jobs; we are living a reality where AI is poised to make a major impact in all of our lives. Let me finish by suggestion you watch this and really think about the facts it presents. The future is upon us.........

This extremely laudatory documentary addresses the many stunning and fantastic accomplishments of Elon Musk. It is a public relations tourde force. The challenges Mr. Musk has faced with his eccentric personality and unconventional family choices are not addressed. To skim over such matters as is done here deprives the viewer of the reality of his place in the world. As it stands released six years ago,this work is to be taken with a grain of salt.

The admiring narration is rather banal and extraordinarily flattering. There are books available, which tell the story of his life in greater and more revealing detail. If you are interested, it would be wise to read those.

This movie was extremely boring. Elon is not a prophet or a savior to the technological world. He is given credit to things when he doesn't deserve it. Most people don't know he weaseled his way into tesla automotive. This might be a shock to his followers but he didn't invent the tesla cars. He merely strong armed his way in with money and cause a rift within the original company to position himself for the leadership position. After he took hold of tesla, it was hundreds of actual engineers that worked/design and improved the cars to what they are now without elons self absorbed narrassasitic and over egoed self.

This is a public relations video for Elon Musk, not an actual documentary.

The issues with this films are manyfold.

1. It gives an unbalanced account of Musk, with both the commentary and the interviewees fawning over everything he does instead of a neutral account of his life and his achievements and failures.

2. In some cases both commentator and interviewees give him credit for projects he never even finished, e.g. The hyperloop. I am writing this 7 years after the film came out and it's still in prototype stage, but they talk about it as if it already exists.

3. There are no dissenting voices, and no real criticism.

4. For no good reason, they interview antisemitic conspiracy peddler David Icke, who also has nothing to add to the conversation.

I'd rather recommend Isaacson't biography, which is not only more up to date (goes to 2023) but also gives a more balanced view of Musks achievements and failures, and especially his flaws. This "documentary" is a fan video with a terrible soundtrack.