Better Late Then Never

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

It sounded like a great idea: a patchwork picture of human life on Earth created from thousands of videos contributed by individual citizens. I eagerly looked forward to this movie, but in the end, I was disappointed overall. Here's why: 1. The geographical distribution of the selected video clips was not at all representative of the Earth's population. Instead, they were heavily skewed toward wealthy English-speaking countries. Out of the 90 minutes of film, only a few minutes were devoted to Africa and South America. And, among all the thousands of clips, there was not a single one from China - home to one-fifth of the world's population! 2. Women were severely underrepresented, both as filmmakers (judging by the narrators' voices) and as subjects. I would estimate that no more than 20% of the content was contributed by women. The few substantive clips that did focus on women often portrayed them in a context of helplessness (dead; gravely ill with cancer; complaining about their husband's lack of help; crying over an absent husband, bemoaning their ordinary lives).Apparently the filmmakers did try to increase representation from the developing world by sending envoys of videographers and cameras, but their efforts fell far short in that regard.3. Many of the longer clips that they chose to feature focused on families in terrible situations, people doing weird things, and melodramatic monologues (all from white people). Contrary to what other reviewers have said, I do not feel that the overall effect of the film was very positive. I know that the filmmakers strove for a balance between the ordinary and the extraordinary, but I think they erred too far toward the extraordinary and bizarre.4. There are some shocking and prolonged scenes of graphic animal cruelty. I had to cover my daughter's eyes during these moments. They were upsetting even for me.There were some parts of the film that I enjoyed. It was very clever how the filmmakers seamlessly spliced together common elements of an ordinary day from across the world: eggs frying in Spain and Canada; toilets flushing in Dubai and Sydney. (These sorts of collages were actually done better in the "Deleted Scenes" than in the movie itself, I thought.) Also, if you are watching on DVD, I would highly recommend turning on the titles that name the location of each clip. Without those titles, I would have spent the whole movie frantically trying to guess each place.

The life as it is. Naked an Row. I always had the notion of discrepancy between countries. What is right for us, for granted, another may be completely different. If I feel good, there is always someone who feels worse than ever and someone even better. Life in a Day is the maximum examples. The change in the camera. The change in vision. All of us in one way or another we have our problems, our way of solving it. And in the movie when all the stakeholders are willing to change. The one day be the day of the move. The day "today was not even bad" or "I have this problem, I will not change, but show you to learn how I am." Recommended and easy to read display, where are all heroes, connect a camera and answer "What is it you fear?I recommend that if only to see the epic fail in living room or bedroom.

"Life in a Day" is the result of a social experiment carried out by film legend Ridley Scott and YouTube. The objective was for participants to film their lives on Saturday 24th July 2010, answering a few simple questions along the way. Apparently 4500 hours of footage was received, of which around 90 minutes worth appears. The ultimate result is arguably a somewhat erratic film with a hurried tone, as it tries to condense as much as possible into one film of regular length.Nonetheless, it is a fascinating look into the diversity of the world, and of life itself. The tone of the film is optimistic and hopeful without seeming too preachy or air-headed. Indeed, the joys of the world are exhibited alongside the pain and frustration that equally must be endured. The film also endures as a fascinating time capsule, and should do so for future generations; life in Afghanistan (including the type of images you're unlikely to see), the 2010 Duisburg Love Parade disaster and the life of an American soldier's wife are all referenced. Worth a watch.

Real life is scary and intense and hard sometimes. But real life is real. There's no escaping it. You either accept it or... well I don't know. But a few years ago when YouTube/Google asked us, the people, to submit a video or two of our life on that day, I of course took the challenge. Wasn't surprised to not see my video, but I'm sure most didn't see their videos there.This is literately just a series of videos people submitted. Some with music, others without. The sequence was what made this interesting. It showed early morning, then morning, afternoon and evening. They had a few questions they had answered, including what's in your pocket, what do you love the most, and what do you fear. The answers were mind boggling.I was amazed by what YouTube/Google included in the videos. Being in a very politically correct world where you don't offend people and thus religion and politics are never mentioned, they included some. The one that impressed me was a guy in a ranch with his son and wife, who said he loved his "Heavenly Father" the most. Reality. Some people are religious, some aren't.There were a few scenes I'd rather had not seen, including animal cruelty, but I accepted it because it's reality. That's how life is every day. There were scenes of people happy, some almost angry, some sad and crying. This was blended in perfectly. And they ended it beautifully as well.I rate this 8/10 for a very well done sequence.