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I can somewhat understand the disgust bro, but it could be a pretty decent film. Its director, Gus Van Sant, was also the director of Good Will Hunting, which was an excellent film, also with Matt Damon. Van Sant also made Milk, which garnered a lot of critical acclaim but I admittedly fell asleep multiples times while watching it. (I might have just been sleepy at the time, not completely sure!).
Additionally, there have been movies portraying the energy industry in a somewhat negative light that have just been excellent films (see There Will Be Blood).
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But the purpose of a film is to entertain. And entertainment is not always entirely logical. A film without any emotion would probably be a pretty boring film.
Erin Brockovich for example was used to highlight an energy company contaminating groundwater. And while it was based on a true event, it was definitely dramatized and sensationalized, and that's what made it fun to watch. I don't necessarily watch a film to learn about what's going on in current events and the real world...
True. And Erin Brockovich also came to my mind when I saw this trailer. That was a pretty entertaining film...and I left it thinking those PG&E bastards are only out to make a quick buck at the expense of others. Same thing with A Civil Action, John Travolta fighting for the little guy and getting crushed by evil industrial corporations. It was all entertaining. It's just because of my interest in the subject matter of this new movie that I'm disappointed that this film will likely further entrench some misconceptions and stir up emotions about an important subject that most people don't know anything about--so their first opinions and beliefs to be formed on the subject will be that it's evil, immoral and one-sided. It just irkes me to hear people spout off the misconceptions and falsehoods, doing so with so much energy and confidence, but really they're just ill-informed and emotionally charged--a dangerous combination.
I agree. Fracking isn't even an issue at all. Any of the instances of contamination have come from flawed well bore design, not the fracking process itself. People don't realize that they frack this shit a mile or 2 under the water table. I'm in your boat that this is just going to incite people who don't have facts and could hinder progress being made in this field. Exploration & Production companies have created hundreds of thousands of solid paying jobs in past few years, despite the recession. Unemployment in North Dakota / Montana is almost non existent and fledgling cursory businesses are springing up all over the Bakken in order to provide goods and services to landmen and rough necks up there.
I think Matt Damon and John Krasinski will likely both give knock out performances and the movie will probably be entertaining and touching and garner critical acclaim, but the uneducated populace will parrot the views of the movie along with the views from documentaries like "Gasland" as if they are fact and gospel. They are neither.
Either way, I'm sure I will see the movie at some point, but OG is right in that there is a real danger here...
I almost brought this up myself. It's pretty disturbing how accepted this stuff is, in spite of how dishonest it may be. Gasland is laughably anti-scientific and has been effectively debunked by engineers and geologists.
Obviously, this new movie doesn't operate under the guise of a documentary, but it's nevertheless troubling due to the implicit agenda here.
Also, I missed that Krasinski has a major role. Lost a lot of respect for him.
He also does esurance commercials, so he's definitely sold out. He's a great actor and I like seeing him in stuff, but he's trying to make money and get his face out there. Hard to turn down a controversial role opposite Matt Damon that you know is going to be highly politicized and garner tons of attention. Smart career move, but you can't expect that a lot of Hollywood types are going to be on board with unconventional drilling here in the states. They want to shop at whole foods, and drive Priuses, and bitch about things they know nothing about without really effecting any change.
Well, when they are looking for debt to finance their solar powered, free trade, organic hemp factory, they can go ahead and march straight down to the Santa Monica credit union... Oh, wait...
Ok, well I know almost nothing about fracking. Seems like it's some process used to create cracks in underground rocks to release oil and gas. And like everything else energy related, this has economic benefits and environmental drawbacks. Looks like Promised Land emphasizes the latter, and uses some exaggeration to make it more entertaining (farms turning brown, etc). It also presents a relatable persona of the O&G worker played by Damon.
Is that a fair synopsis or am I totally off there...
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