Alleytom
I watched this for the first time today (Feb 2017) and it is a great movie, it gives an accurate accounting of why we are where we are here in America right now. This is why Trump got elected, both the Democrats and Republicans aligned themselves with the wall street bankers and sold us (the middle class) out. The press was involved by not reporting the truth about what was going on with sub prime mortgages because the banks were being forced to loan money to people who were not creditworthy. According to the movie the disintegration of our culture is the root cause of our current situation, I would take the spoiling of American children in the 1950s as the direct cause with a grain of salt, but the events portrayed in the movie from the 1970s to present are accurate. I highly recommend you take the time and watch it, too bad it is not shown in schools.
Free culture
Based on an external historic evidence content,the film is a plain,straightforward perspective of not too often analyzed as a sequence but,nevertheless important view of historical,social,financial and political events in our time.It is a powerful expose of evolving moral and social values of western society. Set in somewhat limited, but broad sociopolitical context,it serves not only as a message of warning,but as a generational appeal as well.Presented without a commentary by any opposing,converging ,or even a similar point of views, the film easily invites a flood of critical attacks. There is also perhaps some to be desired on its composition,editing choices,sound to images.etc.
Dana Arnason
As I write this, President-Elect Donald J. Trump has announced that the Writer/Director of this documentary is his Chief Strategist. Let that soak in for awhile and maybe watch this entire film again. I'll wait.So, a day of reckoning approaches, January 20th 2017 in fact, when the Grey Champion assumes command. This film lays out in rigid order the 5 W's; who, what, when, where, and why of, How did America get into this mess. 20 TRILLION dollars in debt! Destitute citizens, abused by fiscal policies that left them behind! Cities caving in on themselves, industries hollowed out, joblessness and poverty. This prescient film answers these charges, pointing at the guilty, and shows clearly the outlines of the problem. But to act? Who and when?The production values are superb, shot and cut to the standards we expect from high end producers. My only complaint is the intensity level, there is a lot to absorb in 90 minutes. I watched it in chunks.As to the content, little of it has been allowed any examination from the traditional, legacy media, which is no surprise, as the election of Trump45 so devastatingly exposed them all as Democrats with a byline. This material will be eye opening to many people, who have been lied to by their trusted news sources.
will-hickie
If you're a baby boomer you will probably not like this movie.Generation Zero takes a look at modern post WWI history and attempts to define where certain cycles begin and end, thus framing the motives and desires of the population in terms of where they fit in the cycle. Unlike many other movies in this genre it refreshingly doesn't get bogged down in conspiracy theories and new world order memes.Many of the ideas expressed in Generation Zero are not entirely new, but this is the first time I've seen them all presented together in one place. The cast is quite interesting, with a few well-known names, and does a decent job of explaining the various arguments and their subtlties.I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone who wants a quick, obviously abridged, history lesson. It pulls together many different factoids and personalities from as many different eras in an easy to digest way that most people would not experience otherwise.I only gave it an 8 out of 10 because it avoided disenting opinions and pretty much left out WWI entirely. Otherwise it was one of better documentaries on this topic that I've seen.
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