The Majestic Plastic Bag - A Mockumentary

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
  • Narrated by Academy Awards winner Jeremy Irons, Heal the Bay's "mockumentary" video shows the stark reality of California's plastic bag pollution situation. Heal the Bay, alongside a coalition of environmental and public health experts, pushed the State of California to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags: Prop 67 passed on Nov 8, 2017. But this plastic waste reduction legislation is only the beginning. Heal the Bay is on a mission to ban all single-use plastic.
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  • @comatosecupid
    @comatosecupid 11 лет назад +248

    This is the most meaningful mockumentry I have ever watched, I wish I had a pet plastic bag to save it from these dangers.

  • @jeffjack3801
    @jeffjack3801 4 года назад +1967

    Who else is watching this for a school project

  • @phubans
    @phubans 14 лет назад +80

    I cried. Truly, these bags are some of nature's most remarkable creatures.

    • @Rambertrat
      @Rambertrat Год назад +1

      Bro it's funny because it's a mockumentury

    • @Shinaxite
      @Shinaxite Год назад +3

      ​@@Rambertratit's very emotional 😭

  • @CrueKnight
    @CrueKnight 8 лет назад +302

    This is a true documentary.

    • @trusnunmontana1826
      @trusnunmontana1826 6 лет назад

      Crue Knight ruclips.net/video/v8kIRHfXN14/видео.html

    • @holmesy8168
      @holmesy8168 6 лет назад +6

      Crue Knight it’s not a documentary it’s a mockumentary

  • @fabville7375
    @fabville7375 8 лет назад +647

    I watched this in school XD

    • @sammieplier
      @sammieplier 8 лет назад +13

      SO DID I! XD

    • @oceanxwang6379
      @oceanxwang6379 8 лет назад +3

      +Ultra Phantasm Me too

    • @salaamahsuhailaahmohamed5632
      @salaamahsuhailaahmohamed5632 8 лет назад +11

      me too and we couldnt stop laughing! the teacher got so pissed she told us to shut our mouths with our lips

    • @TheFallenCinder
      @TheFallenCinder 8 лет назад +1

      i just did today lol
      hello fellow 10W peeps

    • @eleanor4349
      @eleanor4349 7 лет назад

      Arcadia Men same we have to make one like this 😂😂

  • @RNickeyMouse
    @RNickeyMouse 14 лет назад +137

    I love those urban tumbleweeds

    • @solohi
      @solohi 3 года назад +3

      Yes, they are very good at killing their predators.

    • @dimple5914
      @dimple5914 3 года назад

      Omg 11 years ago

  • @multiio1424
    @multiio1424 6 лет назад +391

    OK, you've convinced me. From now on I'll carry my poor little plastic bags to the shore and throw them into the sea myself. [jk]

    • @adrianapalomo133
      @adrianapalomo133 5 лет назад +18

      Best disions in life good job you'll save millions of bags lol 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @crustydustyshigamonbun91
      @crustydustyshigamonbun91 4 года назад +8

      @@alegriart it's a joke chill bruh

    • @ashleyvillarreal2546
      @ashleyvillarreal2546 3 года назад +1

      It's a tightrope with these mockumentaries...

    • @HotPinkst17
      @HotPinkst17 2 года назад +1

      ... thus demonstrating the dangers of satire. Below a certain level of intelligence, they don't see the joke and take it as a suggestion not a critique.

    • @elalan4879
      @elalan4879 6 месяцев назад

      @@HotPinkst17 the joke really flew over your head didnt it

  • @dilarakececi599
    @dilarakececi599 4 года назад +118

    “And our highly advanced high vision cameras captured a plastic bag in pitch dark for the first time in history. fENomINal”

  • @jeffmcmahon3278
    @jeffmcmahon3278 8 лет назад +72

    Which is why we in South Australia banned these things years ago. Our gulf waters are so much cleaner, our marine life so much healthier as a result.

    • @frog6648
      @frog6648 7 лет назад +7

      Jeff McMahon isn't the Great burial reef dying

    • @jakemoore1262
      @jakemoore1262 7 лет назад +1

      that doesn't exist poopy bum bum

    • @chuzzymcfuzzy3287
      @chuzzymcfuzzy3287 7 лет назад +9

      The Great Barrier Reef is in Queensland, on the other side of Australia.

    • @ElloRowell
      @ElloRowell 7 лет назад

      jake moore you sound immature

    • @yourmumabcdefg821
      @yourmumabcdefg821 5 лет назад +3

      I live in Queensland and single use plastic bags are banned here too

  • @josilongson9132
    @josilongson9132 Год назад +21

    I used this on a presentation over plastic bags for a GT class in elementary school and it is still one of the best videos I’ve ever seen

  • @haythemoldaccount7953
    @haythemoldaccount7953 4 года назад +282

    1:46 baby getting his ass wiped lmaoo 😂😅😂

  • @icowman997
    @icowman997 9 лет назад +331

    Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind

  • @joe____
    @joe____ 9 лет назад +170

    We must protect the species of plastic bags lest they be endangered

  • @nino16521
    @nino16521 9 лет назад +148

    Lol now I just realized that the channel is called "Heal the Bay" and not "Health eBay."
    But nice video, I liked it a lot.

  • @SoUlEaTeRFullmetal8
    @SoUlEaTeRFullmetal8 9 лет назад +281

    I couldn't stop laughing. Drinking water was not a wise decision.

  • @zea5340
    @zea5340 8 лет назад +70

    do u ever feel
    like a plastic bag
    flowing through the wind
    wanting to start again?

  • @CutterScene
    @CutterScene 13 лет назад +27

    the serious depiction of the dangerous, voracious Teacup Yorkie still gets me every time :) Jeremy Irons is a very accomplished voice actor. I really feel he could have also been awesome as the voice of V in V for Vendetta (sorry Hugo Weaving)

  • @BlondeOnTV
    @BlondeOnTV 8 лет назад +31

    I could listen to this man read a dictionary! Unmistakable genius of expressiveness.

  • @Glogirl3000
    @Glogirl3000 12 лет назад +13

    This is such a creative way to let the people know what's really behind the plastic bag!

  • @Mega1belieber
    @Mega1belieber 13 лет назад +4

    My teacher showed this to me and my class last year. She gave us an assignment. I can't believe people littler that much. Our generation needs to do more for this enviroment.

  • @ZDoggMD
    @ZDoggMD 14 лет назад +40

    Compelling!

    • @solohi
      @solohi 3 года назад +1

      Dark humor

    • @Fenrir1897
      @Fenrir1897 2 года назад

      Deep message

  • @notaxis
    @notaxis 10 лет назад +238

    You know you're on the weird side of RUclips when you're watching a documentary about plastic bags

    • @brokendictionary8344
      @brokendictionary8344 7 лет назад

      no taxis ikr

    • @isabellach
      @isabellach 3 года назад +3

      dont u mean a Mockumentary lol ;)

    • @dogeboi6452
      @dogeboi6452 3 года назад +1

      Yeah pretty much

    • @WorldOfDeepThought
      @WorldOfDeepThought 2 года назад +2

      Judging from your comment you've never been on the weird side of RUclips.

    • @notaxis
      @notaxis 2 года назад +1

      @@WorldOfDeepThought this comment is 7yrs old

  • @OphiaIu
    @OphiaIu 2 года назад +4

    My teacher showed this to me for school-
    This was the best lesson ever.

  • @kylestubbs8867
    @kylestubbs8867 10 лет назад +19

    1:26 It takes a lot a guts to say that with a straight face and monochromatic voice.

  • @jeremiahbarlow1924
    @jeremiahbarlow1924 5 лет назад +1

    The closing title should include, "No plastic bags were harmed in the making of this film."

  • @indigovae3579
    @indigovae3579 6 лет назад +41

    i watched this in school to talk about eco-friendly stuff or something like that and when it ended there was this one student who said "so wait. the plastic bags have thoughts and feelings?" or something like that and i and the rest of the class thought how stupid that was.even the teacher told her that it's not real. she wasn't asking as a joke either. she was genuinely THAT stupid!!😂😂😂

  • @MrDave7575
    @MrDave7575 10 лет назад +5

    Absolutely brilliantly creativity.
    I really felt for the bag, we must our utmost to help them.

  • @njlimn6430
    @njlimn6430 4 года назад +15

    bruh the dog could have died with his head in the plastic bag-

  • @Ongarukat
    @Ongarukat 12 лет назад +5

    It depends on what your goals are, and how sturdy your bag is. I've been using the same shopping bags for groceries since I moved out on my own, roughly 18 months ago. Instead of 200 plastic bags, my groceries during that time have been packaged in TWO reinforced recycled bags. That's a huge difference, and IMO if people started carrying sturdy reusable bags with them everywhere, we'd see less garbage in landfills and oceans and less petroleum&water used on manufacturing a throwaway item.

  • @ocubex
    @ocubex 14 лет назад +9

    Lovew the part of capturing it in night vision for the first time, phenomenal!!!

  • @OLIVAfilmes
    @OLIVAfilmes 14 лет назад +4

    In the world of documentary, THE MAJESTIC PLASTIC BAG is, in my opinio, a great piece. Innovative, creative, factual...it may leave sub-subjects out, but every communicational tool does! Great work!

  • @drewshepherd6373
    @drewshepherd6373 6 лет назад +6

    This is truly touching and I have even watched this at my school thanks 🙏🏻

  • @vulpix9801
    @vulpix9801 3 года назад +3

    i like how they recorded it flowing and them not getting the plastic

  • @em-gb5ei
    @em-gb5ei 6 лет назад +1

    Probably the most moving and educational documentary I've seen yet...

  • @0x0008
    @0x0008 6 месяцев назад +2

    "literally dozens of animals" was *chef's kiss*

  • @RedVelvet_EdgeMuffin
    @RedVelvet_EdgeMuffin 7 лет назад +10

    Heart warming... FREE THE BAGS! :,) Be free little baggy, be free..

    • @Fenrir1897
      @Fenrir1897 2 года назад

      Are you dumb, stupid or dumb?

  • @Pinh3adlarry
    @Pinh3adlarry 8 лет назад +19

    i had to watch this at school, all the kids in class were trying not to burst out laughing.

    • @dsavereide
      @dsavereide 8 лет назад +9

      +Camille Regan It is meant to be funny, absurdly funny. Laughing would have been fine as long as you didn't miss the point.

    • @xXPhrOgeXx
      @xXPhrOgeXx 5 лет назад +1

      same here

  • @afriantapia139
    @afriantapia139 4 года назад +4

    I just had to watch it not in school but at home in classroom

  • @ladapoltavska3343
    @ladapoltavska3343 6 лет назад +1

    What I like the most about this video is that it not just the usual kind of movies we got used to. It is more about art rather than social appeal. Definitely, love it! The idea is brilliant.

  • @MeaghanEdwards
    @MeaghanEdwards 9 лет назад +1

    Very well done documentary. Love Jeremy's narration and the message.

  • @adamel324
    @adamel324 8 лет назад +5

    We had to watch this at school me and my frenid lafte like hell in lunch

  • @honasa85
    @honasa85 14 лет назад +7

    This is way awesome dude! Promotes awareness to the population... Keep making more!

  • @EcoVeganGal
    @EcoVeganGal 12 лет назад +5

    Love this - so well done and informative. Plus it's pretty darn entertaining, because it's true

  • @ZeroPlasticWeek
    @ZeroPlasticWeek 11 лет назад +1

    What a great way to make people aware of what really happens with a plastic bag!
    Very well done indeed!

  • @waltervenezianijr
    @waltervenezianijr 2 месяца назад +1

    I CRIED SO MUCH I CRIED AND CRIED THIS FILM IS A MASTERPIECE!!!!

  • @evanbaldonado
    @evanbaldonado 8 лет назад +14

    Great video! Success is in the bag ;)

  • @mediocreindigo
    @mediocreindigo 9 лет назад +4

    Plastic bags are clever creatures...
    We must outsmart them.

  • @thatguy2605
    @thatguy2605 7 лет назад +3

    "Home to literally *DOZENS* of animals "

  • @TrotFox-cg1bk
    @TrotFox-cg1bk 4 года назад +1

    This is the best documentary ever made

  • @christytam2022
    @christytam2022 11 лет назад

    Last month the group came to my school and talked about it. Best guest speaker ever.

  • @possibly_angel517
    @possibly_angel517 4 года назад +13

    is no one going to talk about the butt wiping

  • @gondal4
    @gondal4 8 лет назад +8

    This is easily my favourite video on RUclips.

  • @jameskohls1168
    @jameskohls1168 10 лет назад +35

    "Extremely Inspirational Documentary"
    -James G. Kohls

    • @violettaschmieder2096
      @violettaschmieder2096 9 лет назад +3

      Always nice to quote yourself isn't it?

    • @SueMead
      @SueMead 9 лет назад

      James Kohls Whilst in poor taste, and I'm not sure why you're posting as if a quote that may have been published, I concur. The problem is, it's only inspirational to those that give a shit. Violetta Schmieder There's greater youtube crimes than this, I'm sure you'll agree.

    • @jbh759
      @jbh759 9 лет назад

      Violetta Schmieder "Hey, this is fun, you should try it."
      -EG Gamer

    • @violettaschmieder2096
      @violettaschmieder2096 9 лет назад +2

      ok ;) Let's see...
      "Having to write an essay about it can ruin you everything" -V.Schmieder

    • @violettaschmieder2096
      @violettaschmieder2096 8 лет назад

      Sue Mead Maybe you couldnt sence it in my comment sue, but it wasnt meant as criticism, but harmless and funny. "There's greater youtube crimes than this, I'm sure you'll agree" -Sue Mead
      Nice punctuation, by the way ;D

  • @towns3nd1
    @towns3nd1 14 лет назад +1

    Well done and informative. I believe this should be a "must-watch" in all grade schools, public and private. The subject is important to all future generations, as are the detrimental destruction of the rainforests and the coral reefs.

  • @Lolaxas
    @Lolaxas 12 лет назад

    Sorry for the stupid question but are those merchant ships dumping trash, I mean are they sent out there to do it?

  • @gabriellaandmakaylaeldridg8279
    @gabriellaandmakaylaeldridg8279 9 лет назад +6

    LOL! So halarious! My science lab teacher showed my class this and we laughed our heads off! :D

    • @flattrain5834
      @flattrain5834 4 года назад

      Gabriella and Makayla Eldridge same

  • @algaegaming3834
    @algaegaming3834 8 лет назад +6

    Absolutely phenomonal

  • @bySartex
    @bySartex 5 лет назад +3

    This music is amazing. Somebody know the name of it?

  • @Cristhian318
    @Cristhian318 6 лет назад

    This is one of the best documentaries I've ever watched.

  • @shivakartik5852
    @shivakartik5852 7 лет назад

    This is a great idea. It really shows the story about the bags.. We should really work on fixing the problems in the garbage patch..

  • @lexslife802
    @lexslife802 6 лет назад +3

    “The most Lustrious creatures...The plastic bag.”

    • @lexslife802
      @lexslife802 6 лет назад

      I almost Freaking died of laughter when it said that 😂

  • @sultrysnow
    @sultrysnow 11 лет назад +4

    Wow! This was AMAZING! And it teaches people without lecturing! I learned & laughed & I feel inspired. Thank you!

  • @machie13
    @machie13 13 лет назад +5

    i love his voice, so classy :)

  • @sierracuban
    @sierracuban 10 лет назад

    I am a California transplant.....Went to school in Huntington Park, Calif. since the 5th grade in 1964 to HS graduation in 1971.....Climbed the mountains of the Sierra and the deserts in the late 1970's.....I am now almost 61 years old and live in Miami, Florida, but the Southland is still my home....It will always be my home......California continues to be NUMBER ONE in environmental protection, and that makes me proud.....What happens in California spreads to the entire nation....Here in Florida, cars use unleaded gasoline and have catalytic converters thanks to California's pollution standards from the 1970's.......Car companies and oil companies had to change their stubborn ways and make cleaner cars and gasoline for California, and because of California, the whole country reaped the benefits of cleaner air......( They were not going to make clean cars for just one part of the country ) .......So keep fighting for the environment there as we also do here in Florida.......CM González, ( Sierra Cuban ) Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos de América

  • @seanpeters3690
    @seanpeters3690 4 года назад

    I can't believe this video was posted in 2010. This video was way ahead of it's time.

  • @TommyMcGuinness
    @TommyMcGuinness 9 лет назад +12

    "...the yorkie's talons..."

  • @18nationarmy
    @18nationarmy 11 лет назад +4

    so beautiful. i cried.

  • @ozspotterhd3261
    @ozspotterhd3261 8 лет назад +12

    My teacher at the end said " it's horrendous" lol

  • @samtgodfrey
    @samtgodfrey 4 года назад +1

    In my area in NY state they are still everywhere but at least often be reused and returned to the markets for recycle. This video is a great message, fun, and very well done. There's hope for the future yet!

  • @TRickedYourAss
    @TRickedYourAss 13 лет назад +1

    I love this so much every time I see a plastic bag in the air I just stop what ever I am doing and I watch it like a fat kid watches cake

  • @maz4800
    @maz4800 8 лет назад +33

    I watched this in school I couldn't stop laughing its so weird and random but good job making this

  • @G4mer4Fun1
    @G4mer4Fun1 8 лет назад +29

    ich habe die Hausaufgaben erledigt :-)

    • @luka3276
      @luka3276 8 лет назад +5

      +Justus Ich btw auch :-)

    • @lucagoecke4008
      @lucagoecke4008 8 лет назад +4

      +Justus *Sehr vorbildlich*

    • @G4mer4Fun1
      @G4mer4Fun1 8 лет назад +3

      +Justus ist auf jeden Fall ein sehr earnstes Thema

    • @lucagoecke4008
      @lucagoecke4008 8 лет назад +1

      +Justus _-wich includes all facets of plastic bags ;-D-_

    • @ahmadsaeed4926
      @ahmadsaeed4926 7 лет назад

      Justus Was war deine Hausaufgabe ?

  • @dregn3
    @dregn3 8 лет назад +12

    I am actually doing an essay ont this at school

  • @vidblogger12
    @vidblogger12 9 лет назад +2

    My teacher showed this in class. Best documentary ever.

  • @bware0fme
    @bware0fme 14 лет назад +1

    I saw this months ago and still remember this video every time I see a plastic bag on its journey

  • @ddaavviidd7
    @ddaavviidd7 3 года назад +4

    Im watching this in my english lesson in 2021 lmao

  • @TehSlan
    @TehSlan 14 лет назад +12

    2:20 "Home to literally dozens of animals!" LOL

    • @dogeboi6452
      @dogeboi6452 3 года назад

      Is it just me ho saw this comment just at 2:20

  • @thefruitofpassion927
    @thefruitofpassion927 8 лет назад +8

    This was awesome!
    Now I wanna make a mockumentary for a class project XD

    • @ozspotterhd3261
      @ozspotterhd3261 8 лет назад

      Very powerful 😢

    • @thefruitofpassion927
      @thefruitofpassion927 8 лет назад +1

      ***** I'm unclear on what you mean by "it's rubbish." If you are saying you think this is a stupid video, I have to disagree. I mean mocumentaries might seem like a stupid thing, but really they are pretty hard to pull off, and are, in my opinion, comically genius considering the principle is to poke fun of something, make it funny, yet use documentary techniques so it needs to look serious, and the actors need to sound like they aren't in on it. This video I think was very well done, and it even had a promotional message in it.

    • @a1ms865
      @a1ms865 7 лет назад

      No you idiot. He meant that the plastic bag itself is rubbish. Jeez.

    • @thefruitofpassion927
      @thefruitofpassion927 7 лет назад

      prove it

    • @a1ms865
      @a1ms865 7 лет назад

      CNN Breaking News Report. Jake Tapper here, plastic bags are rubbish and a waste of space.

  • @AngelowDoom
    @AngelowDoom 14 лет назад

    And if you bring your own reusable bags. What will you then use as binliners?

  • @jamsa5924
    @jamsa5924 7 лет назад +2

    wow, how majestic and beautiful

  • @Breannabreaddfsv
    @Breannabreaddfsv 3 года назад +3

    We watched this at school ;-;

  • @robertocampo1644
    @robertocampo1644 9 лет назад +6

    Is plastic bag species is now endangered?

    • @FredicoFinjay
      @FredicoFinjay 9 лет назад +1

      +robert ocampo If only...

    • @robertocampo1644
      @robertocampo1644 9 лет назад

      Fredico Finjay What?

    • @FredicoFinjay
      @FredicoFinjay 9 лет назад +1

      robert ocampo If only the plastic bag was endangered.

    • @robertocampo1644
      @robertocampo1644 9 лет назад

      Fredico Finjay Oh ok

    • @BradRLee
      @BradRLee 8 лет назад +6

      +robert ocampo You dumbass, the Plastic Bag is a *sub-species* of the common Paper Bag. The key difference being the Plastic Bag is much quicker and agile as it is found in urban areas and must escape from the territory of any Foam Cups that they enter (As they are very aggressive if provoked.) The Paper Bag on the other hand, lives in forests where it can camouflage with surrounding trees.

  • @joaomanuelaraujo250
    @joaomanuelaraujo250 4 года назад +3

    Maybe next time he should just pick up the plastic bag

  • @matthewmspace
    @matthewmspace 11 лет назад +1

    That was extremely well done. And we need to use reusable bags, not plastic ones.

  • @gabrielleleejarrett4779
    @gabrielleleejarrett4779 3 года назад +1

    Watched this for my environmental politics class. It's both hilarious but also very brooding simultaneously. Definitely a powerful message!

  • @aquariumkids
    @aquariumkids 8 лет назад +4

    Very informative!

  • @bridgeball6473
    @bridgeball6473 10 лет назад +4

    i never knew that a plastic bag was a creature!

  • @flothefluff1176
    @flothefluff1176 3 года назад +4

    Who else is watching this for school

  • @GoldenJaguar777
    @GoldenJaguar777 11 лет назад +1

    So rare... I hope I can spot one before I die! They look so majestic!

  • @vapump9623
    @vapump9623 10 лет назад

    So by washing them people will use more energy and water.
    In the middle of a drought.
    Is this really the best outcome?

  • @jlee5452
    @jlee5452 3 года назад +2

    Anyone from Germany here who also have to watch this for school and summarize it?

  • @whickma3203
    @whickma3203 3 года назад +13

    who else is watching this for 2020 online lessons🙄✋

  • @BareBonesComedy
    @BareBonesComedy 8 лет назад +4

    Phenomenal

  • @justdodod3398
    @justdodod3398 3 года назад +1

    props to the camerman for flying

  • @Wollemiwanderer
    @Wollemiwanderer 12 лет назад +1

    we so need one for Australia, especially with 5 of the 6 species of marine turtles living on the Great Barrier Reef. Great vid!

  • @shirleyfurst804
    @shirleyfurst804 9 лет назад +4

    Good film but disgusting outcome.

  • @hasanozay648
    @hasanozay648 3 года назад +4

    Wer kommt auch aus der 9e hahaha😂😂
    Wegen Frau Bohn 😂😂

  • @kingbugz7076
    @kingbugz7076 9 лет назад +5

    "these bags aint loyal"
    -Baruk Oobumah

  • @jessiehoagland294
    @jessiehoagland294 10 лет назад +1

    Congratulations on over 2 million views! Sadly, a plastic bag followed my teenager home today... ...and so we had to watch the video AGAIN! Even better the second, and third time around!

  • @ashleyvillarreal2546
    @ashleyvillarreal2546 3 года назад +1

    I think banning plastic bags primarily raised awareness (although I have yet to find a study w/ proof of this, just have seen awareness spread from personal experience). It's a good step in the right direction, just not the end-all solution. Overall, people just haven't adopted the habits that will lead to a significant reduction in widespread plastic waste. If I use my resusable bag for 4 years and only have the option of getting paper when I forget it, that still amounts to X amount of plastic bags that won't ever end up in my hands. The ban is a bandaid. We need campaigns that meet people where they are and physically impact people in their daily lives. Most people won't make changes otherwise. We should be re-thinking all systems that still promote plastic use in other areas. E.g. using refillable containers at grocery stores or compostable or cloth bags for produce instead of plastic that's still there. Also, wonder what would happen if we taxed companies for using plastic when they could use something else?