Movie #925 "Tapped" was just an okay documentary. I had higher expectations of it than what was delivered. I thought it would convince me never to use bottled water again, but it didn't. The focus was pretty wide here, and it didn't zone it on what the average consumer could do about the problem, which we don't really cause here, unless we don't try to recycle. We were told, as a society, that if we used bottle water, it would be very safe and goof for the environment, because the bottles would be recycled. Well, we were sold a bill of goods, because there aren't that many places that are worried about recycling them. So the bottles, according to this film, land in our oceans. Also, the movie spends a lot of time telling us that companies, esp. Nestles, invade areas, and without asking permission, pump the water out to put into the bottles. I think that both those problems are not caused by John Q. Public, directly, and that focus should be on better recycling of the bottles so they just go back into making new bottles that we can use, or make them out of something bother than plastic. But the decision this film comes up with, I think (though not stated, really) is that we just shouldn't buy them. I don't like that answer. I liked bottled water. It's convenient, and I recycle the bottles. Always. I have never drunk so much water than when I can carry bottled water around, in my purse, in my hand, etc. I DO NOT like those metal or plastic bottles. I have about 10 of them and I don't use them at all ---- I've tried all kinds and I either don't like the taste or they are too big and cumbersome to fill and carry around. If this movie was made for us to stop and think about the issue, then it was successful that way, and it made me esp. angry at Nestle's and the original people who told us bottled water would be safe and environmental, when it isn't, I guess.
Tapped2009NR76 minutes I give it 3 stars out of 5.
The high cost -- to both the environment and our health -- of bottled water is the subject of this documentary that enlists activists, environmentalists, community leaders and others to expose the dark side of the bottled water industry. Americans may rethink their obsession with bottled H20 when they learn of the unregulated industry's willingness to ignore environmental and health concerns, and the problems that arise as a result.
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