No offence taken Machinamentum, that was just my take on it. The underlying assumptions of the movie for me are that humanity in general, and humanity alone, are responsible for the state of the world we live in. It isn't thrown in your face as such, but the question of who or what has been running things is never even addressed. By missing that crucial issue out of the equation I feel the result is unbalanced.
I've found that when watching any kind of movie, whether its for entertainment or for education as this was intended, it is essential to identify the underlying assumptions that are never mentioned but are always taken for granted, ie require no explanation. 9 times out of 10 those assumptions need questioning before anything based on them can be considered valid. If you don't you end up in the realm of "everyone knows that" which is no good for anything.
I don't react to it on an emotional level in the way you suggest- it isn't a personal issue for me. I faced that particular battle in the past and resolved it (well, most of the time anyway
.) But in a way this video reminds me of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" which takes all the problems of the world (real and imagined) and heaps them onto the general public's shoulders; the standard "the planet is dying and it's all your fault" line that politicians and the media bombard us with every day in a thousand ways.
Don't get me wrong; I am not suggesting for a moment that there is any sinister intent with this film. I just think the foundational premises it is built on are flawed.
But like you, it might be a good idea for me to watch it again. And I agree about the film waking people up to certain aspects of reality- none of us got to where we are in one giant leap, I'd bet it was a series of steps for all of us.
Blessings
Steve