Review of Sirius

Sirius (2013)
3/10
Not even close to "groundbreaking" as promised.
25 April 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Overall, it is a well produced documentary for the general public. For independent thinkers who have been investigating such subjects for a long time, there is really nothing new.

The first thing I disliked about it is that it started by talking about Hindu mythology, and how it may indicate that nuclear warfare may have happened thousands of years ago. First, the information about an alleged ancient nuclear blast in India, allegedly found in the Mahabharata, comes from a book called "Morning of the Magicians". Ancient aliens theorists have been repeating this disinformation for so many years that they actually ended up believing it can be found in the Mahabharata, while in fact, it comes from a fictional French book.

Anyway, even if this information was genuine, which is not, if they want to deal with such subject seriously, they should have stick to science and facts, not mythology. Interpreting religious symbolism and myths as historic facts is kind of starting with the wrong foot for an allegedly science/facts based documentary.

Also, right in the beginning, they briefly talked about UFOs in art, which is a very controversial subject. All image examples showed in the documentary regarding this specific subject were already cohesively refuted and debunked by sacred arts specialists from all over the world. What they called UFOs in the documentary, are actually notorious symbolic representations of the sun and moon, among other religious symbolism.

The above issues could, and should, be left out of the documentary, since they open a huge space for discrediting. In fact, such information doesn't really add to the film, so there's really no reason for it to be part of the it in the first place.

If you are a veteran truth seeker, like I am, you will find a numerous amount of clips and interviews taken from other previously released documentaries; Since this film targets the main public, this is not bad, but at least for me it felt like there was a lot of copy/paste material.

Another thing that slightly bothered me is that a big part of the film is very focused on Greer himself. I got the feeling that it should be called "Greer the movie" instead of Sirius. I know, he deserves recognition, but I think the overall result would be better if they had focused on the real information, not in Greer's life story and drama.

Regarding the title, Sirius, I felt like it has got a bit meaningless, since there's no reference to Sirius or the Canis Major constellation in the movie whatsoever. So, why name it Sirius?

As a side note, and I know this is controversial, I didn't like David Wilcock being part of the documentary. First, because his presence was not really needed; He spoke about issues that any other person could talk about, not about his personal research data. He didn't bring nothing special to the table. Second, because his credibility is highly compromised by now, after his miserably failed "ascension" predictions both in the Y2K and 2012. He doesn't add to the film at all, but obviously opens space for skepticism.

Another thing that's worthy of notice, is that many of the alleged free energy devices videos showed in the documentary were already and repeatedly debunked.

Finally, the "alien" body examination, which seemed to be the major card in this movie, was highly inconclusive. After all the DNA analysis, they have concluded that the DNA is human, although leaving margin for some unanswered questions regarding his genetic characteristics. They end up saying that it may be a deformed human, or it may be an alien...In other words; not even close to "groundbreaking" as promised in the overly exaggerated marketing campaign.

Regarding other previous Greer's productions, The Disclosure Project wins hands down. I still consider it to be the apex of his career.

Personally, I didn't have higher expectations regarding this documentary, so I was not disappointed. I know how marketing works so I don't fall for marketing hypes. However, for those who were expecting groundbreaking news from this movie, I would say it totally fails to deliver.

Overall, this documentary falls into a gray category. It doesn't offer complete enough information to convince skeptics and the average public about the existence of intelligent Alien life, nor it brings new information to veteran truth seekers and independent thinkers.
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