Beanbioca
As Good As It Gets
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
Fleur
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Leofwine_draca
BEFORE THE FLOOD is an engaging documentary that reminded me of the same quality as a Werner Herzog film. It stars the constantly improving Leonardo DiCaprio as the host, exploring the topic of climate change and visiting various places in the world on the front line: the palm oil plantations of Indonesia, the melting ice shelves of Greenland, the horrendous tar pits of Canada. The topic is explored in a clear and concise way, without preaching, just focusing on facts and methodologies that could be utilised to prevent the kind of mass damage than mankind is doing to our planet. An all-star cast of interviewees helps to make this a thoroughly watchable documentary, perhaps one of the most important of our time.
Graham Harvey
I have been involved in climate change education & action for many years. I found this film lacking in direction. As a narrative, it seemed to lack direction of defining the problems and solutions in a hard hitting way. There was too much talking with experts including politicians. What I believe was needed in terms of giving the strength to the call to action was more visuals of current & possible disasters of the future. There was a strong sense of despondency that Leonardo seemed to have. This would have fitted in ok as the challenges present & future were shown. But the film needed to show more options for resolution & a sense of the wonderful in terms of what some nations are doing while balancing it out with the peril of inaction. I felt like Leonardo had given up hope, so why bother making the film. He needed to demonstrate more sense of danger danger danger... unless unless unless. These challenges should have one sitting up & paying attention but I felt like I was reclining as a somewhat miserable & pessimistic person told his story of the last 15 years. This was not meant to be a film about Leonardo & his associates. It was supposed to be a film of the people. I did not get a sense of that. Even the section filmed in India did not get amongst the local population. Instead we are listening to a well meaning but middle class Indian politician do a diatribe about US consumption. That point had some validity but again the solutions were not being effectively presented.
jlond19
A very good documentary that shows the reality that our world is living, that global warming is something real and also show why human are responsible of that, and that we are the ones that can make the change and help our world
marcebarrigab
The movie is about the problem of climate change. It's a documentary that interviews many different kinds of people that tell their points of view about climate change: the sea level is rising and if the climate changes it's a product of man.Dr. Piers sellers from NASA impressed me because he told the truth about what is going on with climate change. He proves whit a NASA simulator what is going to happen if we don't take care of the issue. He also mentioned that scientists and the media didn't tell the truth and details to the public about what is going on with the earth. Something that made an impression on me is that he always maintains positive that we can solve and overcome this huge problem. And also we can make change for the future. Also he said something different than others that when the north pole melts and the water rises, Europe is going to get colder.The movie is about how climate change is happening because of all the powerful companies and people who are in favor of making profits with the extraction of fossil fuels.I like the movie a lot because this film opened my eyes. I saw the truth and what is going on outside. Also the movie gets me very worried about the future . The movie has many facts that made it very interesting and entertaining for the public. I also liked that Leo traveled around the world and showed many places that are notorious for climate change. The movie shows the speech of Leo at the United Nations that was very inspiring. I rate the movie on a 8 of 10.
