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Yes there is a consumption crisis. Yes corporations should hold themselves to a higher ethical standard. Yes it's admirable when people who participate in the exploitation of humanity, walk away and speak their truths. Yes we are pleased there is a top 10 documentary on a major streaming platform addressing sad facts of the matter. No we did not like sasha. No we did not find the lightbulb story relevant considering everything is LED now. No we did not appreciate the flashing lights. This 1 and done short doc is great for elementary aged children and maybe a few grown adults who are still oblivious. Not sure why there was only a few corporations mentioned over and over. Apple products still last on average about 5 years before you either trade up or sell. I have never thrown out an apple product and the landfill shots showed non apple products. An average microsoft products lasts maybe 2 years if your lucky and there is no resale or trade in value on them. I would have liked to see more on Shein and H&M. I wanted to hear more about the sports products. If your going to do a documentary like this at least provide a well needed 10 part series. The waste investigation was really cool and that alone would be a great ongoing series to watch. More needed to be said about the origin of the products when made and the environmental devastation upon inception of a product and the shipments of product. Nothing on electric cars and batteries? All around a decent watch but took forever to get to the point. I almost stopped watching after 5 minutes and kept waiting for the "ah-ha!" moment but it never transpired. Well deserved 7.

The message and the intentions behind this documentary are good. This could have been a much better documentary with more impact had they not added what sounds like an AI voice throughout. The AI voice in combination with the special effects took me out of it. The message and information is something that needs to be out there and people should watch this documentary for that alone but it was a struggle for me to sit through it as the aforementioned choices consistently took me out of the story. I just think they missed the mark with how they delivered the message. But it is definitely a message that many need to hear.

I like to think I'm a conscientious person when it comes to the environment and consumption, but I feel sick to learn how bad these problems are. The documentary did a great job showing how corporations lie to us and compel us to buy. And it revealed the huge scope of the environmental and health disasters brewing. I took two stars off for the annoying AI and graphics and for leaving the viewer without any real solutions. As a budding minimalist I can see how mindless consumption is contributing to pollution and waste. I just hope I can get my friends and family to watch this documentary. Schools and universities should make it required viewing. We need to get the younger generations thinking about it and help solve this disaster!

Yeah, we all know Amazon is a monster... This can only be informative to newbies to consumerist ideology. Or those seriously in denial, but why would they watch this? How would they even come across it? There's about 20 minutes of this that is informative or interesting to me. 20 minutes overall.

Otherwise it's relying on some garishly colourful visuals and some basic animation as a gimmick for the narrative approach. That app teaching you how to become rich by increasing sales and wrecking the environment at all costs is pretty cringe, both in the dialogue and the design. I would've preferred straightforward documentary narration with hard-hitting facts.

A very uncomfortable reality check on how businesses work at a macro level.

Something that could've been added was how we can make it better (the solutions part was briefly showcased in the end)

But it's a must watch for everyone who believes and doing good for the planet and understanding the problem in depth.

Highly recommended and a great work by the team who took the leap of faith in putting it together. Kudos to all the business professionals who came out and share the truths about how big companies operate.

I hope this serves as a reminder on where are we heading as humanity and what kind of future are we passing on to our future generations.