How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016) Reviews

• Scientific consensus supports the tenets of this documentary

  drtimothybrewerton2016-07-09

  I don't understand the hostile reviews about this very powerful documentary or the guy who made it. There is nothing fake about it, as it takes us on a world journey demonstrating the devastating impact that climate change IS HAVING on the planet. The people are real people and the 97% of scientists who have evaluated the data, the facts, concur that the earth's climate is warming at an unprecedented rate but that it is man-made. NASA has published its own statement on this crucial topic and has made a list of all the scientific societies and government agencies that concur with this irrefutable position: "Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal." - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change See: http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/ People are hostile to this position, not because they have studied the facts, but because they are attached to a way of life driven by corporations (oil industry, meat and dairy industry, consumption) that they selfishly refuse to give up. In the face of the data, it is hard not to lose hope, but this documentary shows that hope remains alive!

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• Despite some grim reports, keep moving & creating says this doc

  SJFlann2016-01-29

  What can you say about a documentary of the planet, by the planet (its peoples) and for the planet? How can we prevent life perishing from the Earth? Find personal time or even better, a community organized viewing, to take in Josh Fox's wide tour of our planetary address. It also includes a tour of emotions ranging from fear to the realization that we're not giving up. Why? Because, as said in this work, we have the inventions to move beyond burning fossil fuels and it's time to get them working full scale. Two stellar sections (among many) include dialogues with Tim DeChristopher; (while you and I are recycling, he's blockin' illegal oil and gas leases – yeah,) and Ella Chou, a Chinese environmentalist who places the term Moral Imagination right in front. Thank you, Ella Chou. The doc puts it out there;'Hi people, get un-afraid. Work together to protect the ecosystems of our brilliant, one- of-a-kind home called Earth.'

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• Self Absorbed Troll

  starseed-869982016-02-14

  Is there really a guy out there who is so arrogant, so conceited, so self absorbed, and so redundant like this sentence? Yes there is. Josh is not a leader, he never has been. In fact, there are so many great people around the world that are leaders fighting for the environment and humanity that are not self-absorbed. This is a lesson Josh must still learn he's still an infant in the world of great humanity. I couldn't stand watching the film because of his creepy low droning, non-sensical voice. If you want a spoiler, I can't give you one, other than you're going to be bored out of your mind listening to the self promotions and lack of environmental coherency. My hat is off, and salute every real activist out there who has been on the ground who has suffered, who still suffers, and who are still fighting for everyone and not just themselves. And the title of this film should be given an award for the "dumbest film title of the year."

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• Find a city or town where this is being shown during the tour

  heyerflowers2016-03-17

  We went to see this documentary in our town this week during its tour and found that the content is motivating. We saw that we must make a commitment to speak out to our government representatives and become a community of people that are willing and able to fight oil and gas industries which have no conscience. This documentary made me get up and dance in tribute to the earth. The documentary tells us that green solutions are attainable; our nation has all the technology to do. This documentary helps us to see we are not alone in the fight against gas, oil, and fracked-gas infrastructure that we do not want or need, that those industries do not care that they are causing our planet great harm, and that we need to unite our nation toward going green. The documentary is long but worth the time spent watching it.

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• Director tried to hard to always interject himself in the film

  meghanwhite82016-07-11

  I like the premise of the documentary, but it seems as though the director wants to be in front of the camera instead of actually directing. For instance a story of a woman drowning in her house somehow becomes him discussing his integrity for not asking her husband to relive it. This happens pretty often throughout the film and is usually unnecessary taking away from the really story. This made it hard to watch with out getting annoyed at the attention seeking director. The other subjects in the doc were great and had intriguing stories. I wish there was more focus on how there actual stories rather than the director interjecting himself in everyone's story.

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