The Corporation
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Movie Reviews of The Corporation
Movie Review: Best Documentary You Will See - One of the best movies, period
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is just great. Actually, it starts a little slow, but then keeps getting better and better. The thrust of the movie is the global power of corporations. There are interviews with several CEO's, top economists (e.g. Milton Friedman) and others. Although the focus is global, the specifics amazed me.
Some highlights for me were:
1. Fox News convinced reporters to be in a show called the "Investigators" or some such thing. The reporters immediately did an actual investigation and came up with a damning show about Monsanto and its horrible, poisonous chemical getting into our milk supply (now banned in many countries, not the US). Fox refused to air it. The story keeps going as the reporters get fired, go to court, etc. It is riveting.
2. IBM provided the machinery, expertise, and monthly servicing of the punch card machines that were critical to the efficient operation of the Holocaust. Right after the war, IBM corporate headquarters managed to get hold of the profits made by its German office.
3. Bechtel Corporation, working with the Bolivian government and the World Bank, took over all rights to water in one city. Collecting rain water to drink without paying Bechtel was illegal. A popular uprising was eventually successful in returning the right to collect water to citizens. Close parallel to Ghandi's fight over right of people to collect salt.
There are many more equally interesting stories.
See this movie!
Movie Review: Brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
This film takes on an incredibly vast subject matter and wraps it all into plain, understandable, and entertaining video. The film is very clear in its examination and conclusions without being absolutist or ideological. Capitalism is not bad, but capitalism for the sake of capitalism is insanity. Furthermore, those benefiting from the insanity, must use more and more aggresive means to keep distracting those who are catching on. All of this insanity is rooted in the simple legal definition of a corporation, which give it rights without responsibility or accountability to the common good. We have a system that is by definition, amoral; therefore, inhuman - and disconnected from human souls.
It takes a fair amount of evidence before a bigger picture takes shape and it is not simple minded anti-corpratism / anti-establishment. In fact, this film is pro-establishment, pro-capitalist, and pro-corporation... but all these systems must serve a moral and human end - which they are currently failing to do. "Consumer Power" can be effective, but is not enough. The hope is always that with this information we can have evolution instead of revolution, but until power recognizes a moral responsibility, they may keep the lid on the pressure cooker - causing the explosion due in about 50 years when all the smokescreans no longer can cover the mess.
Either way, this film does one hell of a comprehensive job without missing depths or being confusing. Kudos to all involved.
Movie Review: Required Viewing for all Americans
Summary: 5 Stars
Somewhat chilling and utterly engrossing, this is a very important film to see, and once you see it, you'll want to tell everyone else to see it (like myself)! It's one of those films that confirms many of your suspicions about the sinister 'doings' of corporations , from psychological manipulation of the public to the self-professed 'good guys' that turn their cheek and 'play the game.' After watching, I was able to finally connect the dots and see what I feel is a much clearer picture of what really goes on in the boardrooms of america, and to what extent the corporate world REALLY DOES call the shots in federal level policymaking.
Conservatives should disregard the fact that Michael Moore makes a few cameos and give the film a try. No one on either side of the political aisle will be disappointed. You will be thankful that you know more today than you did yesterday...it is refreshing in this respect.
If I had the power, I would make this film required viewing material in our public high schools, so they can prepare themselves for the level of manipulation that they will receive as adults, and that they have already been subjected to in their youth. They would be old enough to understand what is happening, but young enough to break free of it and choose a life direction that, along with the rest of their generation, may one day redirect society into more positive and sustaining norms.
Movie Review: "Where there's devastation, there's opportunity."
Summary: 5 Stars
Who knew? The most bone chilling political thriller/horror movie of 2004 turned out to be....a documentary. While it's not exactly news to any thinking person that corporate greed and manipulation affects everyone's life on this planet in one way or the other, Jennifer Abbott and her co-directors have managed to deliver the message in a unique and engrossing fashion. Mixing the expected talking heads like Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky with the unexpected (several CEO's who are actually sympathetic to the cause) and the colorful (like a "corporate spy" who makes Nixon's "dirty tricks" experts look like Boy Scouts), the filmmakers give us the full perspective not only from the watchdogs, but from the brains to the belly of the beast itself. Tons of archival footage is cleverly interwoven. There are enough audacious "exposes" trotted out to keep conspiracy theorists, enviromentalists and human rights activists tossing and turning in sweat-soaked sheets for nights on end. Despite the somewhat relentlessly depressing (and admittedly somewhat one-sided) message, the film does eventually give some the viewer some glimmers of hope and perhaps even some inspiration. A plethora of extras (5 hours worth!) in this 2-disc DVD set make it worth the extra dollars. (If you like this one, I would highly recommend "Manufacturing Consent", a like-minded documentary by some of the same filmmakers involved with "The Corporation").Movie Review: Please See This Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this film with a good friend of mine who comes from a cattle ranching family. He was flabbergasted by this film, particularly the parts concerning the Bovine Growth Hormone, and vowed to have a long talk with his family about it.
This was the most educational film I have ever seen. I have long been the anti-corporate type, but feel this film gave me a lot of new perspectives and a more honest understanding of what and who I am actually dealing with. This isn't just the hogwash I here from other protesters, this is a very intelligent, very straight, very solid account of what a corporation actually is and does. This is NOT a Michael Moore film. Though he is in it, he is featured along side the men and women who have run these corporations, and not in a manor that is making fun of them. That is important because if I don't listen to both sides, then I really don't know what I am talking about. And, regardless of what side you are on, I feel this film is ESSENTIAL in bringing both sides up to par so they can at least complain about the right things.
I can't say enough about this film. Its VERY long, but I wouldn't have cut one minute. I honestly think its one of the most important films I've ever seen. I am going to buy copies for a lot of people, but from local retailers.
Thank you, and enjoy.