An Inconvenient Truth

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"Hi, I'm Al Gore. I used to be the next president of the United States."

An Inconvenient Truth (IMDB)

After seeing this movie yesterday I began to wonder if other Lurkers had seen it and what their thoughts were.


Things I liked:

• Global warming was described in a digestible way that I think most of the population should be able to grasp.<>
  
• From my point of view, I found it refreshing to see a mixture of global perspective and experiences from Gore's life. <>
  
• The last 10% of the movie was spent briefing the viewer on steps we can take to slow down global warming. For people like my father and I, it wasn't quite enough to stave off that hopeless feeling.<>
  
• The credits were done in a creative and interesting way. A name would be shown, then a "thing" that the viewer could do to help the cause. Ride your bike, drive less, get a hybrid car if you can, recycle, etc etc. To keep people's attention, the transitions were done by moving a few letters or a word from one sentence to form the next sentence, if that makes sense.<>
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  Things I didn't like:
  • The first 90% of the film was spent, albeit effectively, convincing the viewer of the threat of global warming. I have known about this for practically my entire life and needed no further prodding. My dad has been talking about global warming for the past thirty years.<>
    
  • I fear that the film will get too much criticism for being somewhat self-indulgent. Some montages did strike me as irrelevant, but which I'm afraid will draw more attention than the actual message. I'm afraid it will be seen as "That movie where Al Gore wants attention" instead of "The movie that reminded the public that this is still an issue".<>
    
  • The South Park episode about Al Gore (and the one about Oprah) were not funny. They were stupid.<>
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    I highly recommend that everyone see it even if you feel like you already know what there is to know about global warming. I did too, and still enjoyed the movie. At the very least it is entertaining and will give more fodder against the neocons who deny global warming. Bring your friends! I would also very much like to hear what others thought of the movie.
    
    
    http://www.climatecrisis.net/ - the website for the "cause". Requires Javascript and flash.