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It's real simple: a bunch of people sharing their experiences of how texting and driving destroyed their lives, whether perpetrators or victims. But I seriously urge everyone to watch this and cement it in your memory. It happens so quick.
Just today I was driving down my street when coming around the corner, my head turned to position something in my seat, were two women in the middle of the road. My gaze returned in time, and their lives were spared. Had I been mindlessly texting, they could be dead. Their attention was also turned, and there'd be time for neither of us.
The last story is especially moving, as we see family victim and perpetrator unite. Herzog has done a great service. Short, simple, effective, necessary.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/12/23
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"I want people to look at me, and look at what I did, and what I caused and say, 'I don't want to be that guy.,'" says Reggie Shaw. Shaw was texting while driving. His actions killed two men and injured another. Since, he has devoted his time to spreading awareness about the dangers of texting and driving. Megan O'Dell is a young woman whose father was killed in that car accident. She has forgiven Shaw, but, since the accident, these two people will never be the same. He will always feel remorseful for his actions and she will always feel as if her father was stolen from her. In "From One Second to the Next," directed by accomplished documentarian, Werner Herzog, culprits and victims alike share their stories in an effort to warn us about the dangers of texting and driving. It's a simple message and I know for a fact that every teen and adult in the U.S. has been told, time and time again, that texting while driving is dangerous. So, why does it continue to this very day? For several reasons. Some people truly don't care and some don't believe that anything bad will ever happen to them. Those who believe that are not the type that decide to occasionally text during their commute and find themselves short on luck, rather they're the careless repeat offenders that believe they are special. They're the spoiled, reckless teens and young adults. While I, somebody who does not text while driving, found these stories to be touching and devastating, I believe that these stories are unlikely to affect the problematic demographic that doesn't believe texting and driving to be a serious problem. If this were played in school, and we did watch many similar docs, my classmates would use that time to get some extra sleep or mock the people portrayed here. Since they lack the compassion to care, I believe that the only way to strike a chord with the aforementioned demographic is not by boring them with the stories of others, but by showing them what they can lose if they text and drive - their lives, the lives of their passengers, their cognitive or physical functions, or the things that they can't enjoy from behind bars.
We may disagree about how to prevent the problem at hand, but "From One Second to the Next" is not only poorly conceived, but also sloppily executed. Herzog captures glory shots that make the doc seem stagy and insincere and the inappropriately twangy soundtrack seems absolutely misplaced. Regardless, I believe that Herzog had the best of intentions, but I just don't foresee this documentary making any significant change.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/24/23
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A heart wrenching look at a handful of stories about the dangers of texting and driving. Simple message told effectively.
God, I feel like a piece of shit texting while watching.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/27/23
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Texting & Driving. Algo para reflexionar.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/02/23
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If you text and drive, you are, indeed, a stupid asshole.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/29/23
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A must watch documentary and powerful reminder about the dangers of texting while driving......and probably one of the most socially responsible documentaries I've ever seen. 4 Stars
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/10/23
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