What was the last good documentary you saw?

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I just watched "Gashole" on netflix.

Man oh man! I knew we were getting screwed by oil companies but I didn't know the depths of the penetration.

I also watched "The Corporation" which was supposed to turn me against big business but it actually gave me some great marketing ideas.

For you documentary watchers out there, what was the title of last one you saw that left an impression?
  • I have a copy of "The Corporation" I was going to watch tonight or in the next few days...

    One that left an impression was "Too Big to Fail"

    I'll look for Gashole...
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  • Profile picture of the author lcombs
    The last good documentary I saw was Vietnam" in HD on the history channel.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      The last good one I saw was on the history channel too. The Life of Jesse James.

      Brad Pitt played Jesse James, made it real good. :p

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    'The Blues Brothers,' all about safe driving practices
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Not exactly a documentary, but I don't watch much TV or many movies, so...

    Carl Sagan's Cosmos was awe inspiring for me. You can watch all 13 episodes for online for free.

    Cosmos - Full Episodes and Clips streaming online - Hulu
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    • Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Not exactly a documentary, but I don't watch much TV or many movies, so...

      Carl Sagan's Cosmos was awe inspiring for me. You can watch all 13 episodes for online for free.

      Cosmos - Full Episodes and Clips streaming online - Hulu
      Cosmos is great to see return free on Hulu -

      Did you ever watch the James Burke series "Connections"? They should bring that back...that was a great show (imo)
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      • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
        Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate View Post

        Cosmos is great to see return free on Hulu -

        Did you ever watch the James Burke series "Connections"? They should bring that back...that was a great show (imo)
        Can't say that have. Same general topic?
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        • Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

          Can't say that have. Same general topic?
          It showed how a lot of things in the history of the world were connected - great series - as well as it's successors: The Day the Universe Changed, and Connections 2.

          For instance, they might start the show talking about Napoleon, and end with Space Flight - all the while taking you on the whys and wherefores of how they are connected.

          Connections is a ten-episode documentary television series created, written and presented by science historian James Burke. It took an interdisciplinary approach to the history of science and invention and demonstrated how various discoveries, scientific achievements, and historical world events were built from one another successively in an interconnected way to bring about particular aspects of modern technology. The series was noted for Burke's crisp and enthusiastic presentation (and dry humour), historical reenactments, and intricate working models.
          The popular success of the series led to the production of The Day the Universe Changed, a similar program but showing a more linear history of several important scientific developments.
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          • Profile picture of the author peterjohns
            I was watching "Moon For Sale" last night and its amazing.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Not exactly a documentary, but I don't watch much TV or many movies, so...

      Carl Sagan's Cosmos was awe inspiring for me. You can watch all 13 episodes for online for free.

      Cosmos - Full Episodes and Clips streaming online - Hulu
      I enjoy astrophysics and such light entertainment myself. It is nice to turn to something easy on the mind after reading the psychologically challenging, brain-altering treatise, "Horace Bartholomew Schmidt, The Man In Plaid."

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      • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
        Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

        I enjoy astrophysics and such light entertainment myself. It is nice to turn to something easy on the mind after reading the psychologically challenging, brain-altering treatise, "Horace Bartholomew Schmidt, The Man In Plaid."

        (He's a country singer too!)
        I can imagine how you feel. Horace is a little too, um ... "deep" for me, so I try not to step in the Schmidt ... um, I mean I try not to overload my brain on too much Horace.
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          Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

          I can imagine how you feel. Horace is a little too, um ... "deep" for me, so I try not to step in the Schmidt ... um, I mean I try not to overload my brain on too much Horace.
          As Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) said as he was dying in Apocalypse Now, "The horace, the horace".
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        • Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

          I can imagine how you feel. Horace is a little too, um ... "deep" for me, so I try not to step in the Schmidt ... um, I mean I try not to overload my brain on too much Horace.


          Try BOB!
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      • Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

        I enjoy astrophysics and such light entertainment myself. It is nice to turn to something easy on the mind after reading the psychologically challenging, brain-altering treatise, "Horace Bartholomew Schmidt, The Man In Plaid."

        (He's a country singer too!)


        Try BOB!
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryC
    It's between Catfish and Exit Through the Gift Shop. In both cases, it's not clear that they are pure documentaries, but that's part of what makes them interesting.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Ten
    How Beer Saved The World was the documentary that I saw last... at least the whole thing.
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    Food, Inc. & Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dying. Very inspiring.
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    The best documentary ever -- past, present, or future -- is, "The Life and Times of Horace Bartholomew Schmidt."
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    We can't always focus on such socially relevant topics as Horace Bartholomew Schmidt, so for documentaries on topics of lesser import:

    We can't talk about the documentary, "Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story," on this forum, so don't say anything about it: Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story

    Food Inc. is a good documentary: Food, Inc.

    "Enron, The Smartest Guys in the Room," is entertaining (tip of the iceberg):
    Independent Lens . ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room | PBS
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  • Profile picture of the author scottsdaleins
    I watched one about Graffiti called "Bomb It". It was pretty cool to show the whole culture and history of graffiti in certain cities. The doc covered the topic from a global perspective, traveling to Brazil and across Europe. Interesting to see the different reasons why people do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonParker
    Saw a few I liked recently...

    King of Kong... About guys who compete in classic arcade games for world records

    Superheroes... About people who dress up like superheroes and fight crime in maj cities

    There was another one I can't think of the name... About people who are addicted to online role playing gams and people were getting married to other people they met playing those games.
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