Earthlings

Well folks I've finally had enough courage to sit down and watch this movie. I purchased it instead of watching it online so that I would have my own copy to share with others. Boy is this movie an eye opener. Actually its more of an eye opener, its a movie that brings about great revelations. Earthlings has been dubbed "the vegan maker" and I can tell you that if I was not already a vegan prior to watching this film there would be no doubt in my mind that I would be after viewing this.

This movie is narrated by  Joaquin Phoenix who has been a vegan since he was 3 years old after a fishing incident with his family exposed him to animal suffering. This film takes the viewer through all types of animal abuse from factory farms, puppy mills, pet stores, fur trades and scientific experiments. The images in this movie are very graphic but I feel they need to be shown so that people watching will know the truth. Viewing this film brought me to tears and actually made me angry at how humans can be so cruel to other living creatures. I just wanted to reach through the television, slap the evil people and rescue the poor animals on the screen. I wanted to show those animals that not all humans are that hateful.

This film sealed the deal in my mind that I will never ever go back to eating or using anything that comes from an animal. Why would we want others to suffer so that we can have things we really don't even need? There are so many better alternatives in the world and no one had to experience pain for us to have them.

I feel that everyone should watch this film, vegan or not. The world  should be educated about what is really going on behind closed doors so that humans can have what they think they need and want from life.  People need to be shown how greedy and corrupt humans can really be.

This movie can be viewed in its entirety here