A Plastic Ocean

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 attended the premiere of this documentary in Beverly Hills. Watched the film - listened to the panel after the documentary AND left the theater....thoroughly disappointed.

As an individual who understands that plastic, at large, is a dangerous commodity, I was expecting more from this film. The wow factor evidence, to show the masses that we have a tragic and colossal problem with plastic in our oceans simply wasn't there.

Profiling this individual and that individual AND this scientist and that scientist (this regarding their knowledge and/or experience with plastic at sea) and concentrating on a beachfront village of destitute locals where plastic has washed ashore -- the film, in my opinion, did not show enough enough devastation to convince and persuade governments to change anything.

Here's the deal: ALL consumer PLASTIC PACKAGING (including bags, straws, cup lids, etc,) needs to be banned. Period. This film, although well-intentioned, missed its mark. To this, the panel at the premiere (less the teenage girl who was outstanding) kinda' had me shaking my head. One outspoken person, on the panel, who had his set of rah - rah cheerleaders in the audience, had me thinking that this cause was his life's profession. Almost as though, if some sort of miracle occurred, wherein plastic packaging was eradicated tomorrow, that his life would be ruined. I may be wrong about this individual BUT for whatever reason, he kinda' turned me off.

Want to know why plastic packaging needs to be banned...? Don't be lazy. Research it and get involved. Please write to your Local - State and Federal Representatives to ban all plastic packaging.

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.

In 2011, journalist Craig Leeson is doing a nature documentary on the blue whale, a giant of the sea. He is hundreds of miles in the middle of nowhere. He's doing underwater filming and he gets surprised by a floating cloud of plastic garbage. It starts a journey to uncover the damage done by the increasing amount of plastic trash washing out to sea and into the food chain. It's an eye-opening and distressing tale ever since the floating islands of garbage made it into international news.

There is a closing section about solutions. That's probably the only problematic section. It gets preachy with the fast food joints although it's hard to get things done without being preachy. It also highlights recycling but its difficulties are papered over. There is a general Pollyanna tone to some of the mechanical solutions. According to the doc, it is a gold mine ready to be picked through and that's really stretching the truth. I don't mind some blemish with the planet's salvation. Also it gives false hope which could diminish the urgency to reduce plastic use. Overall, it is a compelling piece of advocacy doc.

I found this Documentary very Sickning and Distressing and that we continue to allow our wildlife to suffer as they do.

You'll find some commenters Dismissing this documentary as garbage, Unscientific and Unrealistic,... How Neive and Unworldly this world really is is just has Shoocking to me and no wounder our Oceans are as they are.

When was the last time you visited the Ocean?

I know everytime I've visited the Ocean, there is Plastic everywhere and its commonsense to conclude that our wildlife will and Do mistakenly eat some of this plastic believing it to be food,...

Some of these animals are then caught and processed into the Human food chain.

We Need to Change no Matter you view on this Documentary!