The Age of Stupid (2009): A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change. (6.9)
Director: Franny Armstrong
Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Jeh Wadia and Alvin DuVernay
An interesting perspective -- looking at today's society through the eyes of the future generations. What the movie talks about are so true, yet why is it that we as a civilization fail to act? We are still only thinking of individual gain and happiness. In that sense, an ant colony is more advanced than the human society. As long as there are people who put profit ahead of the collective good and there are those who focus on the individual rights more than that of the entire society, we will fail to do the right thing for good of the future. "Protect the environment" is a silly notion. The environment, the mother earth, doesn't care. The earth will go around circling the Sun for another 4-5 billion years oblivious if it has an advanced civilization or not. We need to protect the future of the human civilization. Good movie to make you think. My rating: 8.0
