Zeitgeist breaks down the world you live in a painfully eye opening way. The documentary starts by exposing religion in a similar way to Bill Maher's Religulous, which I also found well worth the watch. It then continues to expose inconsistencies surrounding 9/11, our countries economical system and even foreign affairs. The stomach-churning argument of the film relies on the fact that all of these elements are linked. Zeitgeist exposes a dreadful lie which has been delivered unto the people for centuries.
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| Zeitgeist Directed by Peter Joseph My Opinion: Enlightening, exhausting, defeating |
With a matter-of-fact diction, Zeitgeist lays down the data with a powerful fist that leaves the viewer utterly convinced. Throughout the film's 123 minutes, my jaw stuck fast to the floor and my eyelids to my brow. The documentary delivers each element of its argument in a clean, organized fashion. Despite the overwhelming overload of questionable information, one remains quite a distance from confusion. Unfortunately for my straining eyes,this film relies too heavily on text on the screen. I have a pretty decently sized screen at my disposal, but I was forced to pause the film for to lean over my coffee table, squinting at the screen. Perhaps there is just too much to tell in one little documentary, but I for one absorbed.
Watching Zeitgeist is a bit like being reborn into a new age of knowledge. Although it has been successfully disproven, Zeitgeist makes you question things you've never questioned before even itself. All in all, Zeitgeist exposes the world as a dark place poisoned by power and manipulation. In the end, it encourages us to become strong and undivided, to reconnect with nature, to know and share the truth. Unfortunately for the mission of Zeitgeist, the majority of the population will choose to remain in blissful ignorance.
