Sabrina Aegbuniwe Response to Chasing Ice

            Originally, I started watching the movie expecting to dislike it.  I’ve never been one to be fascinated by environment, global warming, or anything of the sort.  But I can honestly say that I enjoyed what I saw of Chasing Ice. I liked it because it wasn’t really just a story about the environment.  It was a story about a man following his passion.  James Balog, an inspired photographer, documented the severe effects of global warming on number of glaciers throughout the world.  One thing I really liked about the documentary was that towards the beginning Balog even said that he didn’t really believe in global warming.  He said that he was a skeptic for a while.  But eventually he started to believe strongly in global warming.  Also, the fact that Balog is just a regular guy is amazing to me.  He’s just a photographer; he’s not a scientist or a global warming expert.  The fact that he could set up all those cameras all over the world and revisit each of them really shows dedication and perseverance.  My favorite scene was when he went to revisit a camera and he saw that it hadn't been working for a while.  He showed so much frustration and disappointment in that moment.  I feel like anybody watching the documentary at that moment, whether they’re a skeptic or not, would definitely be able to sympathize with him.  And I think that is really what the point of the documentary is, to be able to feel what Balog felt while filming the documentary.  Overall I think that it was a good documentary, and it really did open my eyes to how severe the effects of global warming can be.