Movie Review:Bag it!

Yesterday, I watched the documentary film entitled Bag it! It is a documentary film that tells a story about plastic bag. There is so many things that are explained in the movie about plastic bags, such as that plastic bags are now overused by people for things that is only single uses, like plastic cups, mineral water’ bottles, food packages, etc; how plastic bags are actually dangerous for humans’ health because it contains several dangerous chemicals and minerals; how the foreign countries like America, England, India, and other nations have their own rules about plastic bags; whatever the topic the movie really tells us many useful information that I have never realized before. It open my eyes, make me know that a seemingly innocent thing like plastic bags can bring a great destruction towards the earth. 

Actually the movie also tells us how to minimize the use plastic bags. But unfortunately for me, it is really difficult to do in real life, in other words, it is a simple theory but the practice is difficult. For example, the actor tell us we must bring our own water bottle so we don’t need to buy coffee that use a single use cups or mineral water bottle that we will just throw away when we finish it but actually in my opinion, it is really a difficult thing to do. I mean, you see, humans’ lives are hectic now! Everyone is so busy running around to keep away with time! With works, families, schools, and other aspects of lives that humans need to live humans tend to make their life simple! And who would be willing to make their life difficult to bring around a coffee thermos or their own water bottle around when you can just buy it around with affordable price in a limited time? And compared to junk food that use paper plates like McDonald and friends, who is willing to bring their own lunchbox when you are so busy that you even doesn’t have time to cook? In foreign countries that are already improved like America, England, France, and others it is surely difficult to be care about a plastic bag when you feel like you must run around the place in order to get living. 

I admit the documentary tell us that there are people who actually concern about the plastic bags and its long-term damage result (I think the movie is made to influence us and make us realize the dangers too)  but again how many people that are concerned about it compared to the people who are don’t give a damn about it? Maybe the people know the danger but there are not many people who care enough to do something and in turn make their life difficult. They are choose an easy but dangerous live rather than a difficult but healthy live. Sound selfish? Humans are egocentric creature anyway. In a certain degree, humans will just always think about themselves first before cares about other people. 

So really…this movie is educational, this movie give us inspirations, this movie open our eyes, but to save the earth from the plastic bags/garbage through this movie…maybe it is not give too much help to the earth. It is really a human’s thought…do something when it is already too late. But well…why not be more optimistic? A change for one human can make a great change to the earth. So let’s just try to change ourselves through this movie, let’s be more responsible towards our plastic garbage from now on! And I hope…it will led to the better life and better earth from now.