A Critical film review of Anthropocene, The humane epoch

A Critical Review of “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch” The video Anthropocene: The Human Epoch represents a critical approach to the anthropogenic influences on the environment as opposed to the natural processes that had been going on before the development of human emergence on earth. With the facts and critical approaches, the film creates a multifaceted approach to the detrimental influences by humans. It starts with the chapter on extraction and ends with the chapter on extinction. Consequently, the problem of human negative effects on the environment goes hand in hand with the upcoming inability to share natural diversity and a safe natural environment because of the problems of a demographic explosion, environmental pollution, technological fossils, urbanization, and more. Therefore, the problem is relevant to all countries of the world, and the narrator makes the only distinction between lands used for human needs and those filled with ice. The information in the film is presented in such a way that a viewer gains the imagery of the facts and phenomena highlighted. It is about the information encrypted in natural resources and further affected by humans because of mining, agriculture, pollution, and the overall landscape change. Changing the perspective from developing to developed countries, the problem appears to be the same for all because humans take these destructive influences on their environment for granted. Nevertheless, making big pauses and focusing on the images in countries with their ordinary lifestyles, scenery, and people describing their jobs and practical features, the video is valuable in terms of instigating the critical thinking process among viewers. Hence, it is possible to claim that the problems raised in the video are objective and balanced. However, one of the problematic aspects throughout watching the video is the narrator’s inclusions after listening to the remarks of different characters involved. The problem is that it creates a confusing point that does not let a viewer perceive the message smoothly and straight to the point. Although it further becomes clear, the perspective gets blurred with the interruption of each part in the video. Nevertheless, by presenting facts, statistical data, and critical viewpoints, the goal by the authors is achieved through listening to people who benefit from the planet’s destruction as a norm for their survival. This critical perspective serves for being informative and, therefore, encourages viewers to be more involved in the ongoing tragedy humanity has to endure and prepare itself for the worst outcomes in the short and long run. Therefore, the video is recommended for a wide audience of viewers, as it aims at sensing everyone’s perspective of the environmental disaster humans have already faced and are going to get worse because of no change in their attitudes toward nature. Accordingly, it is more like a set of guidelines on where humans failed and why the Anthropocene is a period of continuous destruction. Hence, out of 100 points, the video is worth at least 90. Moreover, the film uses rich imagery of different sceneries and people to connect the ordinary lives of humans and their negative influences on the environment. It touches on the industrial, urban, and dense areas to demonstrate the multifaceted vector of destruction highlighted in different parts of the film. Starting with the extraction, the film, therefore, leads viewers toward irreversible extinction and further collapse of humanity concerning sustainable and safe life prospects.