Earthlings (The Film)
 

About a year ago I started phasing meat out of my diet. Approximately 6 months ago I became a vegetarian. I am currently working on phasing all animal products out of my life but it may take a while since I'm in love with cheese and cheesecake :/ However, this is not about me. This is about animals and what I believe is the most important documentary ever made.

Earthlings has very much changed how I view the world. I had already stopped eating meat by the time I had seen it, but my eyes were opened to how truly fucked up the world is. It chronicles the inner workings (in respect to animals) of the entertainment, food, and fur industries. It is narrated by Joaquin Phoenix and the soundtrack is provided by Moby, who's music fits surprisingly well. It is hands down the most disturbing movie I have ever seen, especially when you realize that this kind of thing happens every day, all day, and most likely will never stop.

I'm really hoping that some of you will give this movie a go. It's only 90 minutes, and at the very least I'd like you to see what kind of pain and suffering is required to give you hamburgers, pepperoni, chicken, leather, suede, etc. In the words of Shaun Monson, the director of Earthlings:


I know that I have become another one of "those annoying vegetarians", but I haven't felt this passionate about something like this in a long time and the biggest problem facing this issue is that people are willfully ignorant. I'd be extremely happy if even just one person watched this documentary. It's free to watch and the link is at the top of the thread. Thanks.


PS. The movie only contains things that happen regularly, no outliers.
PPS. My girlfriend talked to Shaun Monson on Facebook, that's where I got the quote.
PPPS. If you don't separate yourself from the equation you are actively supporting this kind of torture.

Hands down the most relevant and most impacting documentaries of our time. I strongly believe that I have never felt so much emotion with so much weight before viewing this film, and the pertinence has been embedded within my motives and beliefs today.

I also agree with you Phantom, even if you aren't interested in pursuing a vegetarian or vegan diet and lifestyle, you should still shed your innocence and expose yourself to the life and strife of the animal before it becomes your "product". There is no such thing as a happy cow in the food industry. Animals do not enjoy performance arts. And leather/fur/hide can easily be avoided by the faux options we have available in this time.

Seriously. Plus, the morningstar black bean burgers and soy-chicken nuggets I've had are actually better tasting than a hamburger or chicken nuggets.

The animals that I consume. I don't really care what happens to them before they get to my plate. I would torture them myself if I could as long as they got into my belly and tasted pretty damn good.

Bleh, my aunt buys the Morningstar stuff because she's vegetarian and I've tried it but it's not my cup of tea at all.

I've cut back on red meat in general since I started trying to eat better but there is no way that I'm letting go of fish and chicken.

Also, you guys care so much about the treatment of animals before they reach your plate what about the murderous conditions of the plants that you consume before they reach your plate? huh? All those pesticides that they have to endure.

Having said all of that I will watch it but it won't have any effect on me as these type of documentaries never do. I watched Food Inc. and it didn't do anything for me.

Honestly your lack of empathy for animals disgusts me.

I watched the documentary, it was so sickening and sad. I think more people need to see it. I thought the worst part was the skinned cow. The poor kittens with eye infections that had to be used for science was awful. I've seen many Peta campaigns about how cats are used for research.

It's a lack of empathy for animals that I'm going to consume not for the ones that I consider pets or domesticated.

Oh and I completely didn't see that you mentioned Peta. They are the worst of the worst!

First of all, why do you only care for your pets? What makes your pets so much more important than a cow or a pig or a chicken, animals which are all as smart if not smarter than what you own? What makes humans better than other animals? Is it ok for us to essentially torture millions living things just to make you something that tastes good but is in no way necessary? You're exhibiting a general disregard for life, and that's really sad.

Also, what exactly makes PETA so terrible?

I only care for pets because I'm not going to be eating them that's why. I'm not trying to say that the other animals aren't important or are of lesser intelligence. It's just that I plan to eat them and they will have to die for me to consume them. Also , I see that you decided to disregard the plant life that is being killed to fill your dietary needs.

PETA may have good intentions but they go about it the wrong way consistently.

I agree with their intentions sometimes but holy shit do they fail execution wise.

Going after Super Mario Bros over the Tanuka Suit? Going after Assassians Creed video game over whaling? There is a whole laundry list of things similar to those two.

Wow, you're really just not that compassionate of a person, are you? Your blatant cruelty is applauded for it's pride, that's for sure.

Your quote, that's called, "speciesism". Not to say that you care. But one day, at the rate of our unified and somewhat general sense of over consumption and lack of compassion, we will lose animals. And one thing that humans tend to forget, is we need them for sustainability, they however, do not need us.

The point is that it's a choice. You're saying the taste of animals is more important that their life. The pain they go through is worth the food you're eating.

And while PETA may seem crazy to you, they're just trying to fight things that give people the impression that animals are lesser and it's ok to kill them.