Surprisingly incoherent and boring

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Gasland effectively conveys how serious the threat to the environment is from fracking without confusing the viewer with complex statistics. The facts and figures it does contain are presented in ways that allow the viewer to fully digest what the implications are while also capturing the audience's attention as the facts associated with environmental risks of fracking would astonish any viewer. The visual aid that a documentary brings is also helpful in encouraging the audience to have a specific point of view. It allows the viewer to witness firsthand the environmental effects that fracking is having, such as water contamination, land destruction, alteration of the geological formations and aesthetically displeasing drilling pads. Visual evidence is extremely powerful at convincing the viewer of what is fact, Josh Fox uses this to his advantage by providing recordings, from numerous households, of tap water being lit on fire after a fracking drilling pad caused a contamination in the water source. The style that the documentary is made in (a road trip diary) lets the viewer become immersed in the story, as though they are travelling with Fox on this adventure through South America. It allows them to experience the interest, shock and devastation that Fox goes through in this documentary, connecting the audience to the issue of fracking on an emotional level. The interview aspect of the documentary portrays the personal experience of those affected by fracking and of those associated with the process, which builds confidence in the viewer that the information they are gaining is genuine.

You do realize that none of this film is based on fact, right? Since Fox made "Gasland" he declines to participate in interviews and answer questions about the most pertinent images and "facts" to his documentary. It really is kind of amazing how people just eat up what they are spoon fed through effective lies. If you want the truth watch, counter documentaries like "Truthland" or "FrackNation." A documentary like this has led to drilling bans for multiple counties and states, and I am dumbfounded that the American people can believe a story whose only crutch is complete fiction. The tag-line of the documentary is "Can you light your water on fire?" Fox himself admitted that flammable water is a natural phenomena, that has happened well before fracking. Just get the facts people...

I worked on the Marcellus Shale and can honestly say that the documentary is incredibly accurate. It's too bad that he doesn't cover the incidents such as the truck drivers who died from errant sparks from flashlights looking into their tankers, or the frac tank that blew and killed a man in Armstrong County PA, or the "water treatment" facility that burned to the ground when drip gas (about 1%-3%) of the production water pulled from the pits ignited the storage tanks in New Castle PA around Sept of 08 or 09 that committed insurance fraud to get the plant rebuilt, or the plant that exploded in Youngstown several months later for the same reason. I just hope Gasland 2 covers the CMU report about the increased levels of brine from 34 municipalities NOT set up to treat the production water discharging directly into the Ohio River watershed that leads all the way to the Gulf, and when treated with chlorination, the chemicals turn into carcinogenic bromides. And the "Bio's" methanes which are freed up and sent to the surface from the drilling and fracking process and not necessarily from water well drilling. Funny how a well can produce fresh water for decades until the land is fractured, and all of the sudden its the water well's fault. I have a relative who is a lawyer for the industry and admits 3-4% of the concrete lined wells fail. It just takes one! You know, like BP Horizon was just ONE!

Excellent movie on the truth about fracking. Re-watched this again recently and it plays more powerful now more than ever with the spread of fracking to more states. I'm shocked at how many pro fracking morons are posting negative reviews here. Some even were stupid enough to say, well I didn't see the movie but I still think its bs. The Bush crowd just never gains any brain cells. Not one of you people who posted a negative review has a water well next to one of these fracking wells. Easy to post negative reviews from your cushy suburban house while drinking water from your public water utility. I happen to see first hand the effect of this type of drilling. I can't go a day here in the NYC area without a least a dozen pro natural gas commercials polluting the airwaves. Like the old saying, keep saying something is the truth and eventually people will believe it. Just like the BP commercials about the Gulf. For the people who do live on planet earth, check the movie out. It can be painful to watch at times, but its 1 of the more important movies that deal with pollution that you will ever see.