Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

pattisonk Pegi Vail's documentary "Gringo Trails," explores the causes and effects of tourism in developing destinations, where he uses destinations in South America, Africa, and Thailand as examples. Vail takes a distinct approach as to what one would expect from a documentary about tourism, where he tries to raise the awareness that traveling to new and unknown places are not always the best. Vail shows that the sudden flux in tourism at such destinations deteriorate its ambiance that make people want to go there. Overall, this documentary is eye-opening for its audience, in which it makes viewers think about what their effect on a particular culture is.

moorem-86757 Gringo Trails is a documentary by: Pegi Vail. The film features the arrogance of Americans as tourists when they visit other countries. As they visit these countries they have the mindset that the United States is better than everyone else. So when the Americans are touring they cause destruction to these countries environments. I found the documentary interesting in the sense of showing Americans this perspective to get us to stop and think about what we typically do when we visit other places. Also it shows us instead how we should act. I feel that if it wasn't for this documentary people (we) wouldn't take a moment to stop and think about this. I remember this one scene where there was this giant cultural party where the entire shoreline was just flooded with nothing but beer bottles and knocked up people sleeping. This just kind of gives you a disgusted feeling of how tourists can cause a major impact on the environment. In this case turning the beauty of a beach into a place for drunks to crash. I would recommend this for people to watch to educate them and to show them the havoc they can do to a country as they are labeled as tourists without acknowledging it, plus it can destroy and deteriorate a country packed with: nature, beauty, and culture.

Jen Langan The film Gringo Trails allows the audience to see the real effects of tourism and a new perspective of the problems that it causes on both a local and global scale. It informs us of the evolving industry of tourism as well as the negative impacts that it has on the environment. This documentary shows the far off places of the Bolivian jungle, the beaches of Thailand, the deserts of Timbuktu, Mali, and Bhutan. These locations that were once hidden gems have been transformed over the years and turned it into an unauthentic experiences. Gringo Trails does an amazing job of pointing out that when visiting a foreign country, you are a 'guest' and should act as one.

carterjg-24607 In the film, Gringo Trials, I enjoyed many aspects. I really liked the quote that introduced the film. The subtitles that are throughout the film are also a good size and an easy to read font. I also like the way that the interviews are spread throughout the film. Another thing I like is how the film shows how ecotourism is destroying different part of the world such as: the Bolivian jungle and Koh Phangan island. As for some things that need improvement, some of the pictures used at the beginning that show how the man was rescued were very grainy and could have been made high- definition. Some of the interview footage was also of poor quality. Overall, this is a very good film and has a lot of good messages spread throughout. I would definitely recommend it.