Now available on Amazon Prime and Tubi, is the documentary film, Science Friction.
Science Friction was produced by Brian Dunning, and directed by Emery Emery.
I love documentary films and television shows. I know some people who find them to be boring, but not me. I love them. I feel like documentaries are a great way to learn about a wide variety of subjects, from history to science, and from current events to lifestyles, and everything in between.
I love to learn, so watching documentaries satisfies my desire to learn new things.
I often do very well on the trivia game show, Jeopardy. I attribute that to watching a lot of documentaries. I always say that I know a little bit about a lot of things, which in a way is true. Why else do I know the answers to so many different questions under different subjects?
The newly released documentary, Science Friction, explores the information presented in documentary movies and television series, and just how truthful they truly are.
Huh? Documentaries are NOT factual and truthful? Please don’t say that.
This film interviews many people who are experts in their fields, and how things they said were taken out of context, or twisted around, to tell viewers things that they never truly said. Basically, many documentaries are simply a lot of “smoke and mirrors.” If you are unfamiliar with that expression is simply means “the obscuring or embellishing of the truth of a situation with misleading or irrelevant information” (definition from Oxford Language and Google).
I had the opportunity to check out this film in order to do this review.
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The first documentary in question in this film is the series Ancient Aliens.
OH NO! I am a HUGE fan of the series. I always say that that this series really makes you think and question the world as we know it. After seeing this documentary and learning how things experts said were twisted around, now I don’t know what to think of the series. I feel like they have been lying the whole time. Of course, that is not necessarily the case. Some of the expert opinions and information could very well be factual, but as an ordinary person, how can I determine what is real and what was said and done simply to boost ratings?
Another instance the film touched upon was footage from what some think is evidence of Champ, the Lake Champlain “monster,” similar to Nessie from Loch Ness in Scotland. The footage leads viewers to think it’s the creature at the surface of the water. It’s “potato quality” (poor quality) footage, but it does appear to be something long and dark on the surface of the water that appears to be moving.
The way the scene was set up, footage from an interview with a research scientist was cropped so it was taken out of context, making it appear as if the scientist believes that it’s hard evidence that “Champ” exists. The truth of the matter is that the scientist said what we were looking at was the point where two opposing waves meet up, therefore trying to “cancel” each other out, causing that strange, rolling wave that is shown in the footage. That’s all it is, and its identical to footage in Loch Ness that leads people to believe they are seeing “Nessie.”
At one point the film interviews a COMEDIAN whose opinions were taken as factual information was an “expert.”
Wow. Just wow.
The entire documentary was very eye-opening to me, and now it makes me question EVERYTHING in documentaries I’ve watched over the years. How much of it is true? How much of it is just “smoke and mirrors” in order to get more views and better ratings?
It’s such a shame that movie makers would stoop that low.
If you are interested in watching this film, check it out NOW on Amazon Prime and Tubi (TubiTV.com).
Below is the film’s trailer for your enjoyment.
Kimberly
*I received a free screener link in order to watch this film for my review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.
