Plastic Planet
Plastic Planet
| 15 September 2009 (USA)
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Werner Boote presents an up-close and personal view of the controversial and fascinating material that has found its way into every facet of our daily lives: plastic. He takes us on a journey around the globe, showing that plastics have become a threat for both environment and human health.

Reviews
Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
TheBlueHairedLawyer Oh, I'm sure my review won't be voted the best one at all, likely voted down, but this movie must be some kind of joke.Sure, making a movie to show us where all the plastic we use in our lives could be interesting to watch, but Plastic Planet aims to make us feel like earth-killing monsters who need to use less plastic and spend more money to keep the planet from destruction. My god, it's not the f*ck1ng APOCALYPSE! I never use biodegradable bottles or bags (they cost more and I like pollution, anyway) and I don't recycle, neither do the hundred-some family members, friends and co-workers in my life, nor do many of the people in the community, or in the nearby city, or the island, or the whole province, and is the planet collapsing? Has it become a littered wasteland of garbage? No! And sure, Nova Scotia is just one province in the country but I've been to many countries and have yet to see one littered and polluted to the point of total destruction. Yes, I've seen the Great Pacific garbage patch and Beijing and Chernobyl and the Alberta Tar Sands and Love Canal, Bhobal, Scunthorpe, Sydney Tar Ponds, New Jersey, many of earth's supposedly most polluted lands, and never is it nearly as drastic as they say.Not only is Plastic Planet one-sided, it is also an environmental extremism scare tactic for a problem that really just isn't there.I won't be unfair, they do present their side of the matter effectively. But there are two sides to every story. Of course, there never will be a documentary or fictional movie in favor of pollution, this green movement crud has already swept the world with the ideology that to save the world we have to hate pollution, factories, jobs and industry and change our ways. Now we have to blame plastic. And environmentalists with their gourmet Starbucks and khaki shorts and biodegradable bottles can often afford to look like they care, though most of them really just want to yell about something.My advice, if you're smart and want to watch a movie that presents both sides of the matter evenly, pass this one up, it isn't worth your time unless you're a die-hard hippie or a global warming alarmist.And for the record, was the director even considering how much plastic is used in mass DVD production of this film? I've never seen anyone recycle a DVD and I assume this one will be piling up in landfills when viewers everywhere see it.
pierrick-soad Plastic Planet is Werner Boote's documentary about the dangers of plastic . In this Documentary , Werner Boote , the grand son of an ex boss of plastic industry, seeks some answer about the dangers of plastic on human health .He goes in factory areas ,but the majority of companies refuse his camera . To illustrate the plastic invasion , he choose three families everywhere in the world , and these families show all plastic objects . It's an interesting documentary , just a bit too long ant repetitive ant it made to scare persons looking this movie . It's a universal public documentary , just need to understand all things . In conclusion , I think all people have to see this film , but with other persons to have a discussion later .
elipiece Is plastic really dangerous ? Plastic Planet is a documentary, created by Werner Booye in September 2009, which says the many dangers of plastic on our health and on earth and based on a lot of interview of experts. I think Plastic Planet is captivating, we open your eyes to the dangers of plastic, however, many shocking passages there are. Moreover you could see Plastic Planet if you don't want to die stupid and if you do not to die too soon. Werner Boote has got many financial means to do that because we traveled around the world, he interviewed many people, experts...In brief, Plastic Planet is too long and it leaves me puzzled in the subject of plastic and the dangers that we can have on us, Werner Boote, proposed little solution to stop the dangers of plastic. If you are interested to pollution, the world, the health and you have time you could see plastic Planet, is a really good movie and real directing. To conclude, I don't know if the people going change him life with this documentary, we can see, later...!
diakyra To be perfectly honest, I went to the movies to watch this because I wanted to support the idea of an Austrian documentary, because I believe they deserve more attention than they are getting nowadays. So basically I was predisposed to like the film. I hated it. The information content could be compared to one of those Galileo-specials: nothing of consistence, the parts with any potential were not explained, zero visual aids to the chemical reactions (except for an incredibly lame cartoon). Werner tried very hard to come off Michael Moore- style(he carried around a backpack the whole time- WTF?!), which sadly did not work at all for him. To "force" an interview, and then leave when politely asked, is not my idea of a committed reporter. Many of the dialogues were irrelevant and void of any consequence. Basically, he took a great topic, had an intriguing poster made, and at this point stopped letting the good ideas in. I felt I did not learn about plastic, and the movie -lacking an offer for any kind of solution- did not have a point.