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The Collective Evolution III: The Shift (2014)
Empty positivity filled with mumbo jumbo
If you like mysticism, go for it. If not, don't waste your time. As well intentioned as the film seems to be, I found it very naive very early on, in its innocent positivity, full of "shifts in paradigm" that didn't go anywhere. Flirting with conspiracy theories, but in a soft, almost convincing way, that ends up by working the opposite effect. Also, a major flaw for a secular humanist like me or anyone who knows a tiny bit of science, it incorporates too many "metaphysics", mysticism and "new age" concepts. Interviewing mystics, astrologists and such, totally empties any credibility any data presented could have. A pity. The movie started to lose me after mentioning an ancient civilization that obviously had no means to know as much as contemporary science does about the universe, such as a hadron collider or telescopes in deep space. It lost me entirely immediately after interviewing three mystics that made vague statements about the "place in the universe where our galaxy is now" and the number of "alignments in the solar system", and "shift of energy to change the humanity". Too much superstitious mambo jumbo. They should have continued with the interesting political analysis and coverage of manifestations around the world, especially the ones that produced changes. We definitely don't need more superstition and false concepts disguised as true astronomy being spread around our already too mystified and ignorant world. Not even for what seems to be a "good cause".