keithdt
Joined Apr 2015
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First, I wanted to add a note regarding the United Nations treaty he talks about at the end. Halfway through, the decade commitment to protect 30% of the ocean is currently estimated at only 3% implemented. Further, the current Trump administration has officially withdrawn from the U. S. commitment.
As for the film, maybe my expectations are somewhat different from many of the reviewers, but I felt it was somewhat lacking in details, data and specifics, while having an overabundance of generalities. Also, it felt a little too long.
Still, it is a very worthwhile film (i would say a 7.5) with a worthwhile message, some excellent sections and wonderful videography.
As for the film, maybe my expectations are somewhat different from many of the reviewers, but I felt it was somewhat lacking in details, data and specifics, while having an overabundance of generalities. Also, it felt a little too long.
Still, it is a very worthwhile film (i would say a 7.5) with a worthwhile message, some excellent sections and wonderful videography.
As far as I'm concerned, this is the worst movie ever made. It is stupefyingly bad in every conceivable way. There is absolutely nothing good I can say about this movie. I watched it to the end slightly because I actually paid a small amount of money to rent it (sunk cost fallacy lives), but mostly out of a mix of morbid curiosity and a slight hope that the ending might somehow add some slight value to this. The plot itself is utterly nonsensical. As to the characters none of them act or speak in any way even slightly resembling the types of political leaders they are supposed to portray. Instead, they mutter inanities that one might expect from political leaders of a junior high at best.
While it's not a great movie, it is still interesting and worthwhile. A lot of what gives it value is that is based on a true story, Although there's a lot of looseness from the true story, it seems to capture it the general gist of the story pretty well. Though far from Oscar material, the film was competently made and decently acted.
It's based on the Choate Rosemary Hall drug scandal, which can easily be googled. There's a nice story from by Newsweek around the time the film was released based upon an interview with Derek Oatis, the real-life protagonist. Since the film doesn't really say what happened afterwards, he was sentenced to 5 years of probation and 5,000 hours of community service. At the time of the Newsweek article, he was an attorney practicing civil and criminal law, so it was nice to learn that his life wasn't ruined by this.
It's based on the Choate Rosemary Hall drug scandal, which can easily be googled. There's a nice story from by Newsweek around the time the film was released based upon an interview with Derek Oatis, the real-life protagonist. Since the film doesn't really say what happened afterwards, he was sentenced to 5 years of probation and 5,000 hours of community service. At the time of the Newsweek article, he was an attorney practicing civil and criminal law, so it was nice to learn that his life wasn't ruined by this.