Review of Zeitgeist: The Movie (2007) by David E — 04 Feb 2011

Peter Joseph's focus seems to be attention grabbing and conspiracy theories. The recent popularity in conspiracy theories, especially following 9/11, have propelled this movie to a stage that it cannot fill.

Though its intentions are seemingly good, its doubtful(not to say something else) referencing has made it practically a mockery at the academic level. It begins with religion, trying to disprove christianity and to link it to several other polytheistic religions, primarily Ancient Egyptian.

The rest of the movie focuses on 9/11 and the corrupt banking system. Although his ideas on the attacks are spine chillingly plausile and sometimes even undeniably true, he leaves the viewer all too often with sentences resembling "this guys said" or "a former FBI informant said" without specifying who these people are.

The part that focuses on the corruptness of the banking and the monetary system is laudable and is the highlight of the film. It's assertions are true and its revelatory nature leaves the viewer in disgust at the bankers.

At the end however Peter Joseph decides to leave us in the fetal position asking what is there to do, as he ends the movie in an almost paranoiac tone offering no solutions whatsoever.