Change Your Image
danielkent-1
Reviews
Talhotblond (2009)
Above average documentary. Very interesting and sad.
This documentary proves that love, or a twisted version of love, can lead to horrible things. This is not a simple case of online fraud. From the title and plot you can guess the true story is not going to end happy.
People who say this is brilliant obviously don't see its flaws. The POV fake narrator (which to me I would kinda find insulting) or the cross fade cuts to edit out the interviewees blabbering just looks bad.
But this story is explained very well, the pace is brilliant, the twists just make you as a very feel interested. Its a budget documentary that presented well. They did their research. If you keep with it it gets very interesting and shocking!
Stayed up late, watching this on ABC iView as an online "catch-up TV" documentary. I couldn't help but think how much the world depends on the internet. I could lost my job on Monday for complaining about work on Facebook. But then I have a network of contacts to email my resume to find another one on LinkedIn. I have meet people of the internet too. Luckily I said who I was truthfully. But what if I lied?
To me this documentary hits home. People live out their lives over the internet now. Its a fact and its sad. The internet has private information about everyone for anyone to seek. But you can also fake your life over the internet. Start chatting with people who are lonely and love hungry, its a recipe for disaster.
This documentary will clearly show just that. You never know who your talking too. The ending so worth the boring parts.
First Australians (2008)
Our most important history. Every Australian must see this.
Basically the series tells our history. But yeah, its not good. It re-enforces those stories, that you hear about but never fully got the whole picture. This documentary series about the beginnings of modern Australian...from the view of those who shot died for cattle, stolen from their parents, raped, got sick from nuclear bomb testings, removed from their lands, discriminated and controlled in every aspect of their lives.
Over the past 221 years, Australia, has gone though a lot. You can not say every aboriginal is right and every white person is evil. But if you look at history its pretty clear that racism isn't just words like it is today. We do have a lot of evil in our past and sometimes you hope this was documentary was a fictional work.
This documentary really does explain our past well...Tells of the beginning of Sydney, the stolen generations, the civil wars, the nuclear testings, the murderous killing fields, the freedom ride of black rights, are just some examples of what to expect in this series.
But really you have to use your imagination and listen to the words more..as there is only a handful pictures (due to the periods covered before film/photography was widely used in some parts)and a many epic shoots over the landscape. Told using excellent narration, interviews and the words written down by those directly involved. The music is fantastic.
But like I said its not the production values that make this series what it is. Seriously the claims made in this series will change your view of Australia, however when your watching this (especially if live overseas) you have understand, that a lot has happened in recent years and for the most part this sh*t doesn't happen anymore..or at least I hope so.
I can connect to the history of this as I am white, but my Nana has told me about the slums on the edge of her town in Northern NSW when she was younger, this street I live in right now WAS part of the slums land that the blacks lived on. I was born and grew up in Sydney/Central Coast so the story of Bennalong and the fact that I am a descendant of the first fleet and Arthur Phillip makes it an important part of my history too.
I brought the series on DVD, it was at the back of the shelf, in the only place in my large country town that sells it. I watched some episodes on television before, but missed out on most of them. Let me tell you, I never buy DVDs, I am 19 and I got no money to do that. But this one is worth it and I will keep it for the rest of my life.
This series is available for viewing on its website for free.