Expelled
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Okay, so we went to see Expelled last weekend, and since most of my blogging cabal was there, I agreed with John and Neil that we would all blog about it. You can read their comments here and here. I wanted to blog, but I was way too deep into our foray into the fun of online streaming conferences at Generals. So, now I can finally get around to saying that I thought it was a great movie and I’d highly recommend it. Was it filmed a little like propaganda? Maybe. Was it a little heavy-handed? Maybe. It doesn’t matter, though. Why? Because the point of the movie was to take on the lack of freedom forced upon us by science and the media. It had an hour and a half to beat the point in, because the organizations on the other side of the issue seem to have the other twenty-two and a half hours every day to make their point. Sure Richard Dawkins was not given the entire movie to explain his beliefs and he was reduced down to some quick interviews and sound bites, but it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter because Dawkins has every opportunity through his books, television interviews, television guest spots, etc. to spout his beliefs to anyone interested. I’ve heard him complain about the movie, but it’s ridiculous because he is in no way under-represented in today’s media. He has more opportunity than anybody else in that film to speak his mind, so I don’t see it at all unfair if he wasn’t given an entire hour to explain himself. So, no matter what your personal beliefs about the origin of humanity, I recommend you see this movie. If it does nothing else, it will at least give you a little perspective on freedom in the scientific community that you won’t hear anywhere else.
