Directed by: Davis Guggenheim
Starring Cast: Al Gore
What’s it Rated?: PG for some thematic elements
Genre: Documentary, Environmental
Synopsis: A culmination of environmental messages is presented here as Al Gore gives a lecture to a live audience.
My Take: All I can say is “Is that the best you can do?”. I had always thought that An Inconvenient Truth was one of those films that if you can’t refute every argument, you will not be able to stop yourself from becoming an avid environmentalist. Nothing could be farther from the truth… inconvenient or not. With my limited knowledge on the subject of “Global Warming”, I was surprised at how easily it was to get through the statistics and charts that are presented in this film. Not only this, but Gore has to resort to intimidation just to get his point across, saying “Not one major scientist challenges this [Global Warming] belief”. I think this is a really cheap argument and a rather moot point seeing as how it’s not true at all. His statement is based on how out of more than 900 articles about Global Warming, not one was against it. Just 900+ articles; He never says who wrote the articles or which publication released them!
The outline is pretty good, I guess. Typical documentary style, partly narrated by Gore, part actual footage of Gore talking to a live audience. But one mistake I think they made was the use of cheesy, childish, “Simpsons” style animation sequences to explain certain concepts that were already explained. The animations did nothing more than throw me out of the film and make me feel really stupid.
Lastly I’d say, It’s easy to lie with statistics, and Gore has perfected this art beautifully.
Story: 6 out of 10
Humor: 6 out of 10
Suspense: 4 out 10 (10 out of 10 if you believe that GW is real)
Overall: 4 out of 10
-Graydon
3 comments:
No surprises, considering the star was the vice president of one of our worst administrations, (about to be eclipsed by the current administration, possibly, we'll have to see)known for lying to the American people. Obviously, with the slate of "important" people concerned about climate change, (the PC title of global warming)there is more than what meets the eye. It has been a convenient excuse for states to increase revenue by taxing drivers of "gas-guzzling" vehicles, and taxing anything else that theoretically could harm Mother Earth. This whole argument comes from a naturalist point of view. Yes, we are commanded to be stewards of God's creation, the liberals have taken this to an inconceivable proportion.
Good review. I have no desire to see a film that is based on pure rhetoric and manipulation. Thanks for letting me vent!!!
That sounds like a great movie; full of fallacies and idiotic reasoning.
I'm totally watching it!
Jon ~ Hey, no problem! Any time you need to let some more out, you know where to find me :-)
Sophia ~ Yeah you should, but make sure you can understand and refute any arguments... and don't pay to see it. Watch it online. Gore doesn't need any more revenue ;-)
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