Review of Soylent Green (1973) by Pablo G — 10 Jun 2017
At first it begins like a Captain Planet episode where it dumps the whole 'we are stupid, the earth sucks now' PSAs.
However this message, while still a backbone of the entire story, is slowly absorbed into the audience by SHOWING what's going on.
And I don't mean 'poverty is an issue' but 'poverty is a way of life, corruption, theift, overpopulation is the norm'.
The fact that these dystopian issues are so permanent and socially tolerated is what shocked me the most.
While some of these predictions sound silly, that's only in magnitude. I am seeing these issues in my own life and I also relate to that message of 'this is the norm NOW.'.
I would recommend this film as a film but also as a study of modern politics; again, some things sound silly but most of what is showed feels plausible 50 years from now.
This review of Soylent Green (1973) was written by Pablo G on 10 Jun 2017.
Soylent Green has generally received positive reviews.
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