Opinion of "No Impact Man."

While I watched the movie “No Impact Man” I found myself becoming frustrated. The movie aggravated me because I felt like he was doing too much for the environment. His family’s goal was to create as little or no environmental impact as possible. I did not think that they would end up accomplishing their goal because it was such a drastic change in their lifestyle. I believe that Colin’s wife, Michelle, definitely cheated during this project because it was very hard for her and she was very comfortable with her daily routines. I think that one of the easiest adjustments for the family was to stop using the car and trains because they lived in New York City, which was a convenient place to use a bike. I also think that the food was not too hard for the family, but they definitely missed their take-out food. The change that really annoyed me was using no toilet paper. That is disgusting that they used a cloth to wipe themselves all the time. They did not really talk about not using toilet paper and how they felt about it, but it was said that they were no longer using toilet paper in their apartment.

Another thing that frustrated me in this movie was the electricity. They only did it for six months, but they also had a two-year-old daughter who was probably afraid of the dark. It is also unsafe to surround their apartment with candles when there is a child running around. They also used their cellphones throughout the movie, which meant that at some point they were using electricity. Today, there is no way that a parent can go without a phone to be reached at when they have a child. Anything could happen or an emergency where the parent needs to be contacted. At the end of the movie I was impressed by how much the family did accomplish and how much they helped the environment, but some of the changes they made were ridiculous.