'Zeitgeist' is certainly reminiscent of conspiracy documentaries that have become popular in recent years, mostly due to their free distribution over the internet. However, the most obvious problem with films of this type is that they almost always find themselves preaching to the converted.
The key points in 'Zeitgeist' are interesting, and the film's analysis of the US and Global financial systems is well worth watching. The film's comment on religion and politics is also interesting, but it all descends - perhaps inevitably - into standard conspiracy, ultra-radical and nonsensical suggestions about how to improve our global community. The film leads up to a final sequence which looks like a cult recruitment tape.
Unfortunately, once you peel back the initial layer of the financial and religious exposé, you are left with something little more advanced than a marijuana-inspired 'put the world to rights' session. The film's 'revolutionary' suggestion that we create a Utopian money-free society is about as realistic as telling us all to go and live under the sea.
If we really want to make the world a better place, we're going to have to look more at adapting what we have rather than throwing everything away and starting again, as is the conclusion of the film.
The key points in 'Zeitgeist' are interesting, and the film's analysis of the US and Global financial systems is well worth watching. The film's comment on religion and politics is also interesting, but it all descends - perhaps inevitably - into standard conspiracy, ultra-radical and nonsensical suggestions about how to improve our global community. The film leads up to a final sequence which looks like a cult recruitment tape.
Unfortunately, once you peel back the initial layer of the financial and religious exposé, you are left with something little more advanced than a marijuana-inspired 'put the world to rights' session. The film's 'revolutionary' suggestion that we create a Utopian money-free society is about as realistic as telling us all to go and live under the sea.
If we really want to make the world a better place, we're going to have to look more at adapting what we have rather than throwing everything away and starting again, as is the conclusion of the film.
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