Dawn of the Dead is very much in fact a message movie. There are kinds of subtext to that film. Consumerism, castle doctrine, the fear one generation has of the next. Heck the entire film can read as an allegory for the end of segregation.

Greeeeaaaaat, Akiva Goldsman one of the most hacky hack writers in Hollywood. He has the preternatural ability to take interesting stories and turn them into nuance free schlock. I don't think he's met a story he hasn't blanded into oblivion.

At the same time Nosedive seems little more than finger wagging and accusation its saved only by the cathartic ending, winning performances, and inspired direction. It doesn't really say anything new, it doesn't explore unexplored territory, its just very judgmental and smug.

Hunh, who knew a rehashing of a subpar YA Novel The Third Wave would be so well regarded.This episode really reminds me why I never got around to finishing Season 1 the absolute finger wagging smugness and absolute disdain for technology. That really is what made the previous episode so good is it wasn't just some…

>(Listen, fracking is very bad technique, and even a basic description of it should make anyone with a shred of environmental responsibility say 'whoa, what!?'. So I'm not going to spend an hour and a half on it.

Again, his roomate was convicted for literally the same thing that he did at the same time the only thing that got him off was that they had sex a few days before.

He admitted that he had sex with someone who could not consent, and his roomate was convicted for literally the same crime. He only got off because it was the 90s and apparrently back then consent on one day meant consent on all days in the future.

Is it okay to watch his pre-1977 films when he was a holocaust survivor and his wife was murdered while with child at 8 1/2 months, and to boycott everything after he raped a 13 year old and was run out of the country to avoid prosecution?

Ahh Polanski the man that deserves sympathy and hatred all at the same time. His wife was murdered by Charles Manson and his child was horribly ripped from her womb during the murder. Polanski tries to go on with his life and then drugs and rapes a 13 year old and runs away when prosecuted for it.

I really don't think its as cut an dry as you make it to be and there seems to be real ethical discussion about how documentary filmmakers present and do their work.

>…which I'm fine with, to be clear, but my point is: these things
you're describing aren't newspapers, they're artistic editorials.

This is why we need to learn to rely on outside evidence more not just our own subjective interpretations. If an entire field of science is telling you something is happening that their field specializes in and your first urge is to reject it because it flies in the face of a sacred cow or previously held belief it…

> I was also having a waking dream about being abducted at the same time.

I thank you to not insult my understanding of documentaries. I've been studying film since I was 12 and been watching documentaries just as long.

I guess we agree to disagree then. By your own loose definition any piece or segment on the tv news is a piece of art. Heck even editorials, or a newspaper piece is a piece of art. A picture a family takes to document an event is a piece of art. This definition is so loose as to include everything as art.

I'd say outside of stuff like Nova, Morris and documentaries actually produced and made by academics or professionals in the field they are covering or at least have some kind of background in the field are the best documentaries, but aren't the best films. But you know what, they aren't trying to be films they are…

See its about your goals though. Whenever I argue with a conspiracy theorist it is not to change their mind but to challenge their suppositions for anyone who reads their craziness. A rational and measured response can at least reach those who might be starting to believe or be on the fence. Evidence doesn't work well…

>How do we explain that so much of the current conspiracy theory nonsense
comes from The Right where many self-identified-as-Christians come
from?

Exactly this is what happens when film students with absolutely no education in journalistic integrity or understanding of the responsibilities of reporting something make documentaries. They have neither the training nor the inclination to parse facts from suppositions as they likely never spent any time learning…

>I mean, people who think of documentaries as "documents of facts" have got it all wrong.