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In my opinion this is a bad documentary. I see a lot of praise for it, but I see nothing but a disjointed, hard-to-follow argument, that feels like its backed

In my opinion this is a bad documentary. I see a lot of praise for it, but I see nothing but a disjointed, hard-to-follow argument, that feels like its backed by no (or irrelevant) facts. I leave the documentary feeling less enlightened, and more confused. It almost feels like the narrative is written by a high-school student with no ability to focus, or refine an idea -- and linking random pieces of information together to push a narrative. I think the Youtube video posted by user zajd in this thread perfectly lampoons Adam Curtis's style.

knz 9y ago
> disjointed, hard-to-follow argument, that feels like its backed by no (or irrelevant) facts Respectfully, I have to disagree. I watched this documentary for the first time last night and came away feeling that the jarring tone was deliberate (the whole point was that our unease about the chaos of the world is being exploited for political means). I'm curious if you were familiar with many of the events depicted in the documentary? I suspect it would have been harder to follow without some knowledge of these events.