Enviromental science - Movie Review Example

Garbage: the revolution starts at home “Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home” is a documentary film written and directed by Andrew Nisker. The major theme of this film is about the negative effects of family households on environment. It argues that one of the major contributors of environmental pollution is the waste accumulated in the families. The director of this movie warns us that the future of the coming generation will be in jeopardy unless the current families take effective waste management mechanisms.

The story of this film revolves around an average urban family, the McDonalds. The director asks this family to keep their every scrap of the garbage for three months. Later he shows the family where it all goes and what its doing to the world. This documentary film is definitely an eye opener for everybody. The theme, which attracted me very much from this film, is the injudicious consumerism and tis consequences. Uncontrolled consumerism is one of the biggest curses facing by the current generation at present.

Since modern generation do not have much financial problems compared to the older generation, they consume many wanted and unwanted things. For example, it is the habit of many people to purchase latest mobile phones even if they have good mobile phones in their hand. In other words, many of the current consumers purchase goods not because of necessity but to keep their social status. While purchasing new things, they throw away the older ones. It should be noted that mobile phones like electronic goods have many toxic elements, which has the potential to destroy our environment.

For example, the lead batteries of the mobile phones have the ability to cause major environmental problems. This film warns the public about the negative effects of uncontrolled or injudicious consumerism. This film warns the public that “from organic waste to the stuff they flush down the potty, the plastic bags they use to the water they drink out of bottles, the air pollution they create when transporting the kids around, to using lights at Christmas, the McDonalds discover that for every action there is a reaction that affects them and the entire planet” (Nisker).

The biggest drawback of this film is that it gives us many problems and failed to give ample solutions. In other words, the film mainly focussing on the problem side of uncontrolled consumerism and it says less about the possible solutions. For example, it says that 1 trillion plastic bags are used in the world every five minutes. However, it says little about the alternate options available to the consumers instead of using plastic bags. Despite the minor drawbacks of this film, one thing I can definitely say; “this film definitely affected my mind in many ways”.

First of all, it revealed me the consequences of unwanted purchasing. Moreover, it revealed me the extent of damage I can cause to the future generation through my uncontrolled purchasing habits. To conclude, “Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home” is definitely a film, which includes a major lesson to the current generation. Works Cited Nisker, Andrew. “Garbage: The Revolution Starts At Home”. 2011. Web. 16 November 2012.