I'm going to review the actual documentary and not push my believes into it unlike a lot of the reviews I've read. I'm not vegan but I did find this documentary interesting, how it was filmed made created an invisible rope to pull me in and I sat through the majority of it without being bored (the last 20 minutes felt like it dragged though!).
The main guy of the show Kip Andersen seemed very passionate about the subject, making me feel like he wasn't just doing the documentary to pass time or for the sake of it but to actually raise questions on the subject. Judging by the other reviews, it did spark a debate among people which in my opinion, shows this documentary to be a success in the sense that a documentary should start conversation and debate, if it doesn't then it's a failure. Touching on a subject that a lot of people are very black and white about, either agreeing or disagreeing.
I'll mention why I've rated it a 6 instead of a glowing 10. The main part about this doc that got me was the very bold statements they made with out-there stats and shocking one liners (most likely to get the viewers attention) but for me, there was a lack of evidence supporting this. Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing the stats are wrong but I'd just like to see where they have come from. A doc should always dig deeper in my view, delving in to the evidence and showing how it reaches a conclusion but with this, it feels like one study or article surfaces and all of a sudden these stats come up on my screen and I'm suppose to believe everything I watch? Hmm I don't know. I know that they interviewed advocates on both sides and in that sense, did make it sort of balanced which I like but the last 15 minutes did feel like they were preaching slightly on veganism and there was one thing said by one of the people that raised my eyebrow which was basically, that if you arent a fully pledged vegan then you can't be an animal lover (he said it differently but that's basically what he meant) and I found that quite extreme. I don't like hypocrisy just like the next person but with that logic from that guy, he also shouldn't drive or do anything else that could effect the planet because yes even with the 51% of damage being done by farming and eating meat, there's still another 49% that could be prevented. So let's say the person is fully vegan but still drives a car, flies on a plane twice a year and throws plastic away; aren't they also being a hypocrite? That's why I didn't like that strong statement because it was trying to guilt trip the viewers for their purpose.
Other than that, I found the rest of it interesting and thought provoking. This might make me sound uneducated but I had no idea that farming contributed to the crisis of the planet and it was nice that I watched this doc with a lack of knowledge of what it was going to be about, I know it's an old doc (2014) but I hadn't heard much about it at all.
I'd suggest to anyone who's come here looking for an opinion before watching it, have an open mind and take the doc for what it is. If you passionately hate vegans then you probably won't lild this documentary (lmao) but if you're like me and just want a doc to pass the time and won't take a person insult from it, then I'd say you most likely will enjoy it! I'd say the doc time of 1 hr 30 could have been shortened down to an hour but the majority has good details and interviews.
6/10
The main guy of the show Kip Andersen seemed very passionate about the subject, making me feel like he wasn't just doing the documentary to pass time or for the sake of it but to actually raise questions on the subject. Judging by the other reviews, it did spark a debate among people which in my opinion, shows this documentary to be a success in the sense that a documentary should start conversation and debate, if it doesn't then it's a failure. Touching on a subject that a lot of people are very black and white about, either agreeing or disagreeing.
I'll mention why I've rated it a 6 instead of a glowing 10. The main part about this doc that got me was the very bold statements they made with out-there stats and shocking one liners (most likely to get the viewers attention) but for me, there was a lack of evidence supporting this. Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing the stats are wrong but I'd just like to see where they have come from. A doc should always dig deeper in my view, delving in to the evidence and showing how it reaches a conclusion but with this, it feels like one study or article surfaces and all of a sudden these stats come up on my screen and I'm suppose to believe everything I watch? Hmm I don't know. I know that they interviewed advocates on both sides and in that sense, did make it sort of balanced which I like but the last 15 minutes did feel like they were preaching slightly on veganism and there was one thing said by one of the people that raised my eyebrow which was basically, that if you arent a fully pledged vegan then you can't be an animal lover (he said it differently but that's basically what he meant) and I found that quite extreme. I don't like hypocrisy just like the next person but with that logic from that guy, he also shouldn't drive or do anything else that could effect the planet because yes even with the 51% of damage being done by farming and eating meat, there's still another 49% that could be prevented. So let's say the person is fully vegan but still drives a car, flies on a plane twice a year and throws plastic away; aren't they also being a hypocrite? That's why I didn't like that strong statement because it was trying to guilt trip the viewers for their purpose.
Other than that, I found the rest of it interesting and thought provoking. This might make me sound uneducated but I had no idea that farming contributed to the crisis of the planet and it was nice that I watched this doc with a lack of knowledge of what it was going to be about, I know it's an old doc (2014) but I hadn't heard much about it at all.
I'd suggest to anyone who's come here looking for an opinion before watching it, have an open mind and take the doc for what it is. If you passionately hate vegans then you probably won't lild this documentary (lmao) but if you're like me and just want a doc to pass the time and won't take a person insult from it, then I'd say you most likely will enjoy it! I'd say the doc time of 1 hr 30 could have been shortened down to an hour but the majority has good details and interviews.
6/10