tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3303168094103813016.post3979854153536311130..comments2023-06-28T15:35:55.225+01:00Comments on MAGICAL COMPENDIUM OF MUSINGS AND INANITY: Film Review: Zeitgeist: Moving ForwardAlekazamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534013901779906519noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3303168094103813016.post-27427306402549845222011-03-03T19:14:23.451+00:002011-03-03T19:14:23.451+00:00Well, a presentation is a noun, a documentary is a...Well, a presentation is a noun, a documentary is an adjective, so a documentary would be the adjective use of the noun 'presentation'. What I mean to say is that a documentary presents you with "facts" and opinions, which this film does. And, like every 'documentary', there is bound to be a bias, angle or framework with which it uses to present its message.<br /><br />But you're a smart enough guy to recognise the emotive techniques it uses, so I'm sure you'll probably ignore it and take it for what it is. The reason I brought it up as a criticism more than anything is that I'm conscious that those less perceptive are more liable to take it as gospel rather than question it. With regards to the third act however, it is probably the weakest link regardless of emotive techniques used and the most likely segment to be questioned.<br /><br />As for the trailer, that "old man" is Jacque Fresco, father of the Venus Project and whose ideas most of this film is based upon. Come to think of it, he's not all that present in the film - I think the trailer from the film might in fact be his only appearance iirc. So don't worry about having to listen to the ramblings of a kooky old geriatric the whole way through ;)Alekazamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534013901779906519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3303168094103813016.post-27628847300345131302011-03-02T17:01:28.309+00:002011-03-02T17:01:28.309+00:00I'm looking forward to watching this. I comple...I'm looking forward to watching this. I completely agree with the point made about the emotionally stirring music, however, having watched the teaser trailer. <br /><br />It'd probably be more correct to call it a presentation and not a documentary. There's a clear agenda beyond conveying information - it's not so much about informing people as it is about reforming them.<br /><br />That's not necessarily a bad thing. But hence the stirring music and evocative language - tricks to appeal to the viewer's emotions and get them on the film's side, so that when the powerful third act comes, viewers won't baulk so easily - they'll be more likely to swallow the pill.<br /><br />I only watched the trailer - is the film centred on the thoughts of the old man in the trailer? Or is it someone else?APnoreply@blogger.com