watched in environmental science

Watched in an English course for the purpose of rhetorical analysis

Probably the most one-sided documentary I've ever seen.

An incredibly important subject is squandered in what is a shoddily composed documentary that cannot figure out if it wants to be historical account or poised condemnation. The film's attempts to pander to both fails considerably.

Holy shit fuck off. This is so fucking obnoxious you obnoxious fucking cunts. You make me want to vote R and I'm a fucking socialist you absolute self-fellating fucks.

Film #5 of Scavenger Hunt 46
Task 9: something with a question

Nothing surprising here. First, it should be said this is about the EV-1, a car from GM, rather than about electric vehicles in general. The film presents a compelling case that GM was never interested in having the EV-1 succeed and sabotaged the car from the beginning. They also present a case for parties aiding and abetting killing the EV-1, and anyone with any minuscule education in the subject matter will know what's coming - government and big oil.

Overall, decent documentary but nothing for the already educated viewer. If you know about the issues of global climate change, carbon footprint and emissions, you know everything here. This was well constructed enough that I am interested to see the followup, just to see if there's anything there I don't already know.

An interesting look into the death of GM’s EV1 electrical car — while not a great film technically, and somewhat dry and one sided, the doc proves to be another disappointing case of how politicians have ruined great things for the common good only to line their own pockets with the ever evil dollar.

dnsjcjdjskcj i watched this in a sociology class and i dont care like oh why dont we have electric cars? bc people are poor and other ppl are dumb and we all wanna die

An activist documentary film that spends more time chronicling GM's PR disaster than it does the economic forces behind the failures of the electric car.

Was weirdly heartened to see Mel Gibson in this and I'm not sure why? It's not even like it was from a "more innocent time" or anything. Maybe I'm just heartened by the implication that doing your part to help prevent gas-powered vehicles from accelerating the fate of the planet is more important than whether or not you're a good person. Which is true.

The doc itself is fine. A little cheesy, but informative. And it seems to have had some impact in the end, if this year's Super Bowl commercials (one for an electric Hummer among them) are any indication. Or Tesla's stock price. Here's hoping it's all not too little, too late.

I watched this in careers class
I absolutely despise careers class

Not enough research. Should have been called "Who killed the GM EV1?".

As far as erotic thrillers go, this one is fairly disappointing. It's about as sexy as a Duracell commercial, and in terms of the mystery at the film's core, I have to admit I figured out who did it long before the closing credits. Still, the car itself turns in a sleek, economical performance and I also enjoyed Tom Hanks in a small but pivotal role as himself.

So if numerous close-ups of electric charging nozzles being forcefully inserted into thirsty sockets gets your engine running, then this just might be a ride worth taking. But if you're expecting Basic Instinct-levels of lurid melodrama, then you might want to tap the brakes.

Viewed on "On Demand" HD

Answer: Pretty much everyone involved with it, except the actual product team. Sad.

Informative but cinematically flawed.

It was interesting but not without it flaws. Definitely one sided.

A

Be careful, this movie is anger-inducing.

I watched it in science class in high school, like 11-12 years ago and I'm still super pissed about it today.

Because this was relevant in APES for some reason.

Was weirdly heartened to see Mel Gibson in this and I'm not sure why? It's not even like it was from a "more innocent time" or anything. Maybe I'm just heartened by the implication that doing your part to help prevent gas-powered vehicles from accelerating the fate of the planet is more important than whether or not you're a good person. Which is true.

The doc itself is fine. A little cheesy, but informative. And it seems to have had some impact in the end, if this year's Super Bowl commercials (one for an electric Hummer among them) are any indication. Or Tesla's stock price. Here's hoping it's all not too little, too late.

This film presents a useful (and weirdly haunting) illustration of the many problems capitalism presents for democracy. After all, there are vast structural limitations to pursuing environmental politics via conventional electoral processes. The problem has a name—yet the film manages to avoid ever mentioning capitalism. There are other minor problems. Mel Gibson makes an appearance (as someone who leased the EV-1), presumably before an anti-Semitic rant mercifully diminished his stature in Hollywood. The film's naive faith in the superiority of Democrats on environmental matters is just silly. Still it's worth a viewing because it brings attention to the pathology of our current system and the stark contradiction of so-called "green capitalism"—even if it doesn't do this self-consciously and allows the argument to become a simple story about greedy individuals and bad corporations.

We all know the answer to this without even have to watch this film.

Hopefully Tesla buries these other car companies

DVD, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006: 92 minute 2006 feature with 5.1 Dolby Digital original English audio and soft French subtitles, Scene selection, 10 deleted scenes totaling 18 minutes, 15 minute bonus featurette Jump Starting The Future, 4 minute Meeky Rosie music video, trailers for 16 other films

A searing indictment of big business and greed, Who Killed The Electric Car? is a well-tuned doc that simultaneously entertains and enrages.