Olivia Mohnacs- Chasing Ice Response

Chasing Ice was definitely not what I expected it to be. I was pleasantly surprised that we were watching a film to start off class this year, but I figured it was going to be a monotonous bore filled with information. I was intrigued and interested within the first five minutes of this film. It was very interesting to me that James Balog was not an environmentalist and that this was not his real occupation. He was just a man on a journey and he was very persistent and passionate about the project. His daughters and family seemed so proud of him and I started thinking how cool it would be if he was my dad. It amazed me all the work and effort that he put into setting up all the technology and installing them into the sides of ice glaciers. Aside from how passionate he was, the language that he used in informing the audience and viewers of the severe problem we are facing in our environment was proposed in a very natural and informal way that it kept me interested the entire time and helped me understand the film more. I never really thought that ice could be all that intriguing but as the months went by and we literally saw it retreat into nothing right before our eyes it really struck reality to me. You hear about all these statistics, but no one really acts or listens unless they see a visual. I think that the intended audience can be environmentalists an anyone who is a skeptic, but it can also be directed towards us who are people that have an effect on this issue. It's crazy and scary at the same time that people can actually have this type of effect on our environment. It was very eye opening and a very informative and interesting film that I enjoyed and look forward to learning more about the environment that surrounds us.