I'm a little floored by the 10 star ratings for this film. Sure, the overall story is one that people should know but this is not the vehicle to deliver it. You get absolutely no sense of who any of these people really are except in two tiny instances. Likewise, you get no depth of understanding of the issues TPB is being prosecuted over. I'm especially disappointed because this really is a story that everyone who values internet freedom should know but the film just doesn't deliver anything more than, "The big, mean movie and music conglomerates are out to get us little guys." There are so many reasonable arguments against what is being done to TPB but this film just resorts to snide remarks about industry calculations without showing WHY and HOW they miss the mark by so much.
In short, this documentary doesn't really work on either level a documentary should; it doesn't give the viewer a solid understanding of the issues at hand and it doesn't make you feel for the people involved.
In short, this documentary doesn't really work on either level a documentary should; it doesn't give the viewer a solid understanding of the issues at hand and it doesn't make you feel for the people involved.