Bag It

My son told me about this and asked me to watch it, I did, and the last few days since watching this documentary can only be described as conscious. When I put something away in the fridge, I try to choose a container I will use again. When I use a Ziplock I wash it out and put it away to be used again. I haven't forgotten my cloth and reusable plastic bags to use at the store. IKEA has some for .75 that fold up small enough to fit a couple or three in your purse or one in your pocket. I did forget my car cup when I went for coffee and I felt bad about it, not just slightly remiss. I've been watching the recycle symbols on things I buy to make sure they have a 1 or 2. I will be writing to companies to ask them to make sure they are using those recyclables. I will also request they make large refill sizes for soap and the like. I'd use bar soap but it kills my skin.This documentary is that eye opening. It will change how you think about everything you consume. Watch it and encourage others to as well, try not to be too obnoxious about it :).All in all it was an easy film to watch, entertaining as well as informative. Dragged a bit towards the end but not so much I was wondering when it would be over.04/03/2015I just wanted to update that we haven't purchased but one new box of plastic storage bags since we watched this, and they are for long term storage, and will used again. We still use plastic trash bags, as we don't see any way to do away with them and keep sanitary.On a side note, since we have been using reusable containers our crisper and our meat keeper are much cleaner, and our produce keeps longer, our stuff in the freezer keeps better. So not only does using single use bags hurt the environment, they cost you more money, as your food doesn't last as long.Thanks for the documentary. Good stuff.

The combination of a light touch and humor, real emotion (halfway intofilming the on-screen narrator finds he is going to have a baby, sosuddenly the issue involved gets much more personal), intelligentpresentation of facts without screaming in your ear or overstatement,and the (sadly comic) attempts to be balanced and get the chemicalindustry to go on the record add up to a much more enjoyable andeffective environmental documentary than most.This is the kind of film that makes you want to change your own habits,and believe you can make a difference, while never feeling like you'resitting through a 'this is good for you' lecture. It reminded me ofMichael Moore's documentaries, in its playful tone about a seriousissue, but this has a lighter, less sarcastic, more lovable hand.This would also be a terrific educational tool for 'tweens and teens(there's probably a bit too much slightly, good naturedly ribald humorfor little kids, and some of the sad images of wildlife killed orinjured by plastics might be a bit upsetting for tots).Kudos to all involved for this timely and important work that willcertainly effect my relationship to plastics in my world.

Some people are hard to convert to recycling. Take my wife, for example. She's a hard case. If it's convenient, she's for it -- unless of course it's destroying innocent living creatures and pushing endangered species like sea turtles and marine birds over the edge into extinction.This movie gives the facts -- the eye-glazing numbers of bags, the tons of pollutants, the size and constituents of the plastic gyres whirling in the sea -- but it's the images that get you: Nests full of the remains of dead seabirds -- feathers, bones and ... dozens of plastic bottlecaps. The contents of the stomachs of dead whales -- enough plastic bags to take care of an afternoon's work in the checkout lane. The miserable sight of sea turtles killing themselves by munching plastic bags that look enticingly like a delicious jellyfish -- the sea turtle's natural diet.Give humanity a planet, and we'll screw it up. But give the right people a video camera and a budget, and they might just convict enough of us to save it.

A fair amount of decent research seems to have gone into this movie and the presentation of the information was clear and engaging. The only problem is that they weren't able to do a very good job of incorporating contradicting viewpoints for them to be able to make the case more fully because many of the people they wanted to interview for those viewpoints were unwilling to be video interviewed.Overall though, this documentary moved me to consider more carefully my use and disposal of plastics, which was the main goal of the movie. Well done, "Bag It", you accomplished your goal.

My 14 year old son had us watch this. When I saw that it was over an hour long, I thought, "Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into!" But it was actually very well done and interesting as well as informative. We watched it with our friends, and they liked it as well. Since watching this documentary, our families have been working on reducing our use of plastic, especially plastic bags. It's really sad to see what plastics are doing to the oceans and wildlife. Highly recommend watching!

It was really worth taking the time to watch!! It was eye opening and educational. The documentary flowed from beginning to end. There was only one thing I didn't like in the documentary, and that was an unscientific experiment he ran that honestly could have had the potential to be extremely powerful if done differently/correctly. This experiment was attempting to show the negative impact of all the body care products people use that are made out of chemicals and how they are absorbed into our body creating negative consequences to our physical health. Other then that, it is REALLY good and worth the time to watch!!

Very interesting movie. It's a wake up call for sure, and unlike many of the issues with which we are presented, there is something every person can do to impact this one. Really good film.

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