Search - Water- The Great Mystery on DVD

Unstructured and short on information

Douglas Clinton | London, England | 06/08/2010

(2 out of 5 stars)

"There are the hints of some possibly interesting science being presented in this film, but they are heavily obscured by the rhetorical presentation, heavy religious overtones and deep inconsistencies. The "structure" of water is presented with cute computer graphics with no explanation as to how the structures form, how they persist and how they are erased. On the one hand the makers present the idea that simply thinking bad thoughts around water can alter its structure, and at the same time they claim to be able to capture water on a high plateau, transport it thousands of miles and then carry out experiments on it without altering its structure. There is the implication that vaporising will eliminate any stored structure, and yet also the implication that the water can retain its information after evaporating to clouds and falling as rain. Much of the theory is backed up with anecdotes which are hundreds of years old as "evidence".

Some of the researchers who are presented have some interesting hypotheses and evidence to present, but many of them are clearly on the fringe of their scientific communities. The titles they are given on screen are not greatly impressive in a lot of cases (in one case, being presented only as "Researcher") and arguments from priests, rabbis and other religious figures are presented as having equal weight to those from scientific institutes.

On the whole, the film is very wooly. As I said, there is clearly some interesting science which may come out of following some of these ideas, but this film presents nothing but the thinnest veneer of that on top of some very unstructured rhetoric."