A Plastic Ocean

This film is an eye-opening education for all the world to see! A global disaster has begun and this amazing documentary brings awareness and solutions to save this planet and our most valuable resource, the oceans. Please sit for 90-minutes and learn about this very important issue, and find ways that you can be part of the solution, instead of part of the problem.

This film addresses the problem of the accumulation of millions of tons of plastic in the world's oceans and its impact on the environment. In the film, the scenes clearly show that people do not value environment and water, which they themselves are made of eighty percent. This is sad, but nevertheless many people have been telling the public for years that it is time to take an action about this big issue. It is all started when a journalist Craig Leeson searched the endless waters for the elusive blue whale, and instead came across an enormous amount of plastic waste in what should have been a clean and pristine ocean which made him think deeply about this problem. Then, he pairs up with a professional diver Tanya Streeter who also assembled an impressive team of scientists and researchers around the world wo are as well concerned about plastic waste in oceans. Altogether they set off on an exciting and also educational journey in 20 different locations for a few years. They dived and explored deep oceans and came to a big conclusion: more and more plastic gets into oceans every year which is a serious threat for not only us, but for our planet too. Along these conclusions, there is an urge for people to at least think about the outcomes of throwing plastic into the water.

Plastic is the most common form of persistent marine litter and is one of the most serious problems facing marine ecosystems. Although it's difficult to measure, but about 8 million metric tons of plastic are added to our oceans each year. From the film's storyline, I understood that plastic is responsible for harming marine life, public health, and the economy on a global level. Unlike some other types of waste, plastic does not completely decompose, therefore, it will remain in the ocean for centuries. Plastic pollution also indefinitely leads to environmental hazards such as transfer of non-native species, habitat damage, and ingestion. In addition, marine debris is an economic mess that detracts from the beauty of natural coastal environments as Graig explored and showed ugly, littered coastal lands and plastic floating everywhere in the water.

As ocean plastic pollution continues to rise and will get worse, unless we take action. Plastic is in our waterways which threat the water quality and marine food sources. Microplastic enters the food chain and threats our health. It seems to me that people not only don't care about beautiful marine life full of fishes, whales, dolphins, etc., but their health too! This was a wonderful film, full of examples indicating me to start taking an action today which includes using less plastic stuff as possible, recycle, and participate/volunteer in cleanups.

We through we knew the solution to the single-use plastic items?Wrong.

We thought we have a lot more time and spaces to deal with plastic products?Wrong.

We though maybe it is only a few turtles, seabirds that are affected so far by the plastic?Wrong.

This is a film that change your perspectives of where, when and how we human being have left to deal with the worst invention of 20th century-plastic.

Heart-breaking facts, life-devoting scientists, passionate environmental fighters, There is still HOPE.

Watch this ENTIRE film, don't just skip the title, and say, I already knew....

Craig Leeson has done an amazing job and I wish this film can be added to all classroom in U.S , China, Philippine, U.K, .....

I mainly enjoyed the documentary, could be a bit more well produced though. It should be, in my opinion, more about the plastic in the ocean per se, the consequences, direct and indirect, the study cases (and there are thousands of those), as it was in the first part, and less about the human self-destruction with garbage (2nd part).

All in all this documentary is a 50% of good scientific proof of the damage plastic is to our environment/our possible future, and 50% of opinion journalism. I don't dislike the opinions, but most are uninformed and there are some scientific errors here and there.

Still I give it a positive review, as it can achieve its goal into showing people what our mindless action can do to the environment and, in the midle/long term, to us! I would recommend it, but be aware of some sensasionalistic opinions.

Documentaries help us change perspectives. Or, at least, they should. This one, for instance, achieved its goal and its audience (hopefully). It is approachable, making people realize the impact of their unconscious decisions and, therefore, they become more aware of their actions and start to shift plans. It's hard to believe, but true, that through visual example humans are more willing to change behaviour than from receiving the same information through speech or from having it written down. We don't predict the future, we shape it by determination and desire to strive for a better day.