imdb-uo When making this film, the filmmakers themselves were obviously in denial that great civilizations actually do collapse when they extend themselves beyond finite resources; none are exempt. Thus, resulting in a much less significant and myopic film on Rupert and implied paranoia rather than an exploration of the horrific and historic truth he was actually trying to share. It's only a matter of time between paranoia and prediction.The filmmakers were handed a lifetime of research and information and let it slip through their fingers in ignorance and disbelief. The film contains a powerful message, but the filmmakers naively focused on the messenger.

pimlankhorst This is my first review on IMDb. I usually am too lazy to do this things but felt i had to give one now.This man is a very very wise man. He connects all the dots. CIA criminal activities, Peak oil, our worthless money, systems breaking down everywhere, the need for living in harmony with our earth again and even spirituality.I would encourage everyone to watch this movie because in fact it is basic information everybody needs to know about. This is the way the world works. And the more people know this the sooner we can change it.Brilliant.

bob the moo I had never heard of Michael Ruppert before watching this documentary and, being honest, it is likely that I will never hear of him again but it is more than likely that the future may make me hark back to the basic points that he makes in this film. Collapse is basically an interview with Ruppert where he presents his views on a world that is unsustainable and unwilling to really make the hard decisions and face the stark reality of the situation that perhaps could help us cope when the systems and world that we accept live in now starts to collapse. Taking the reliance on oil as his starting point, Ruppert takes us through a world where time is running out and that the economic collapse that he predicted will only the first of many.Essentially what this film does is the equivalent of getting stuck at a bus stop listening to a guy who is convinced that the world is going to come to an end and that "they" are just keeping us in the dark for some reason. I don't mean this as negatively as it sounds but it is fair to say that this film doesn't hide the fact that at times Ruppert gets carried away with himself, doesn't always cope well with having the totally open stage that he has in the interview, gets passionate, is obsessive and does happen to make statements that (out of context) come off as paranoid and doomsday in nature. It is also fair to say that, unless you already share his mindset, that there will be several times during the film where he goes further than you will be willing to go or says things that either don't make sense, seem like a stretch or that you just plain disagree with.Mostly the film lets him talk so it is only fair that these moments are left in the film because it does let us see that, being frank, Ruppert is obsessive and that perhaps some of what he says is exaggerated and extreme but this is not to say that he is 100% wrong. So while I personally don't agree with him on the imminent nature of the collapse of the oil reserves (or that they are significantly smaller than "they" are telling us), one cannot really argue that from plastics to fuel, we really have put all our eggs into the "oil" basket and that supplies are simply not infinite. Likewise, because all of our eggs are in one place, moving them may well be possible in small numbers but if we suddenly have no basket – we're going to have a load of broken eggs. At this level the film is engaging and provides plenty to think about and I think that Ruppert is at his best when he is talking generally because his basic points are hard to argue; it is only when he gets into specifics or gets tied up in details that he begins to say "they" too often or get a bit more emotional.These moments hurt the film by hurting him, although in fairness since the documentary is technically about him, then it is all part of the film and is a good bit of balance. So yes, Collapse will lose you at some point but it will also engage you at many more; it isn't the most factual of documentaries nor is it the best in terms of structure but I found it mostly very engaging and it sent me onto news sites and opinion sites on the internet to read up on some of the less "opinion" related "facts" that it Ruppert presents. Worth seeing for its faults because it is engaging and provides much to think about, even if your conclusions may not lie as far out there as Ruppert's.

surface6669 I just watched a slightly edited version of this film on the "Planet Green" channel, and boy am I glad that I didn't pay any money to see it!The guy that's highlighted in this movie is a classic alarmist, and I guess he hasn't even found a way to make any money off of his claims, which is pretty sad all on it's own. After watching the entire movie, it's a wonder to me whether the movie's title is really about the subject matter that this alarmist was talking about or the alarmist himself.I've seen this guy speak locally on local govt. access TV, and this is some of the nonsense that he spouts: -"more than half of the predictions that he made in this movie have come true, and they will all come true eventually" -"economic growth is NOT possible with out oil, and there is NO substitutes or replacements for oil"...which is not true at all! -"around 1890 or so, oil started to be used and the human population soared to 7 billion, and those 5+ billion people ONLY exist because of oil" -"there are 10 calories of hydrocarbon energy (from oil & natural gas primarily) in every 1 calorie of food consumed in the industrialized world today" -"it take 30 years to change an energy infrastructure" -"Peak Oil arrived at the end of 2005"...which is not true. -he's had no income for about a year -"human industrial civilization is collapsing, period, and it cannot be reversed" -"he is right about 80% of the time", and "he's been 'right' for two decades" now -"the FDIC is insolvent"...which it isn't! -"Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac are getting ready to ask for another $150 billion" -"the U.S. govt. is a 'servant' of the Federal Reserve system, specifically the Federal Reserve Bank of NY" -he's against fiat currency & fractional reserve banking...even though he clearly doesn't understand either concept!-"there will be another round of bailouts very soon" in the USA-"methanol is a net energy loser" -Saudi Arabia has 25% of the known oil on the planet, and they have passed Peak Oil as well"...which really isn't true as no one knows how much oil Saudi Arabia (or any of the OPEC nations) really has! -big states (like CA, OH, MI) will start to not pay into their state pension plans by the end of this year -the Federal Reserve can't "print any more money" (something that his buddy Ron Paul keeps saying)...the Fed doesn't print any money, the U.S. Treasury does! -we will "see $2000 gold by the end of this year", but he "doesn't advocate buying gold" anymore...sure, sure! -oil will spike "to $100/barrel within the next couple of months" -Wall Street is betting against states & local governments through CDOs -"the 'cliff event' will come no later than the summer of 2010" -he fully endorses state secessionist movements as he says that states will secede "whether they want to or not" -he can't pay his own rent in Venice, CA, and he hasn't seen any money from this movie & his speaking engagements yet -Greece, Romania, Thailand, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the UK, Japan are all going to "go down" soon -the CIA has been smuggling & dealing drugs since 1979...which is the REAL REASON why he became famous across the U.S. in the first place! -there aren't enough U.S. troops in the USA to enforce martial law but "not everyone should own a gun", and the major West coast ports will be protected by the military -CA may "split into 3-4 states eventually" -"we are reverting to a feudal society", and "in a short period of time, living conditions will be back to Victorian society" -he's no longer in favor of building nuclear power plants, and he thinks that "we're long past Peak Uranium"...which isn't true at all! -he thinks that the "govt. should get out of the way & let us save ourselves" -he thinks that state governments "should disengage from the federal govt." -he's "never owned a house in his entire life" -he thinks that "the faster the system goes down, the better"Ugh...Peak Oil is real...nothing can change that in my mind...it's simple math, but this guy is basically a wacko & a fear-monger IMHO. We broke through the Malthusian Cycle with the Industrial Revolution. Don't bother watching this movie, even if the viewing is for free!