My Review of "An Inconvenient Truth".

[CaptainF]

Interesting film. I'm surprised that its making so much money, considering the oh so compelling format of Al Gore delivering a lecture.

I didn't find it that informative, considering that a lot of the information presented I already knew, which was a detraction, but it does nonetheless provide a compelling case for global warming and its consequences.

There are a few moments that could have been left on the cutting room floor, such as an utterly flog-the-dead-horse recap of Gore losing the 2000 election in dramatic montage form, and a few tidbits of his personal life which don't tie in too well with the overall focus of the film (though others do seem to have some relevance).

Overall, its not what I expected. Its not a flamebaiting movie of the Bush Administration (well, not nauseatingly any way), Its not Al Gore pulling his hair out in a rabid fit, its lucid, relaxed information, which only occasionally waxes pretentious.

4 out of 5 stars.

By the way, if you choose to see this movie, which I hope you will regardless of partisan affiliation, wait for it to come out on film. Otherwise you will almost certainly be forced to watch it with a bunch of bleeding heart hippie liberal types, the ones who like to yell and cry with feigned sadness at the screen.

In other words, annoying people.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I just saw the Futurama episode about global warming (for which Al Gore did a guest voice) last night, coincidentally. I plan not to see this movie, but I have come to accept that anthropic global warming is a real problem, at least insofar as I trust the scientific community.

 

[jalapeno_dude]

I'm fairly sure that once you see this movie, you will be unable to deny that global warming exists and is a problem without being intentionally stupid and ignorant (in which case you would still know that it's a problem, you would just ignore it).

That said, I find it difficult to believe that Gore won't run for something in 2008...

 

[Birdjaguar]

Good flick, I was surprised. And Al Gore was not terrible.

 

[Narz]

Thanks Dawg, when is it supposed to come out on DVD?

 

[Urederra]

I'm fairly sure that once you see this movie, you will be unable to deny that global warming exists and is a problem without being intentionally stupid and ignorant (in which case you would still know that it's a problem, you would just ignore it).

I have a problem with the anthropogenic part of global warming... and I don't think the documentary would solve it.

 

[jalapeno_dude]

I have a problem with the anthropogenic part of global warming... and I don't think the documentary would solve it.

Well, you won't know unless you watch it...

 

[Urederra]

Yeah... but i'd rather spend my time and money in real movies. The last (and only) time I went to watch a documentary in a theatre was Farhenheit 9/11, peer pressure driven, and I didn't like it that much. I prefer movies.

 

[Veritass]

I will not go to see it, because (1) I do not wish to contribute in any way to the ongoing fallacious hype, and (2) because I do not wish to be counted in some future statistical debacle wherein Al Gore demonstrates how 250 million of us are environmentalists because that's how many people came to see the movie.

 

[amadeus]

Thank you, Veritass!

That's one thing that gets on my nerves about being in one of the lower income brackets. I'm part of a statistic that's used by left-wing maniacs when I certainly didn't give them consent to say that they represent my views.

 

[Mulholland]

This movie came out on DVD recently and I watched it last night. I must say before seeing it I was a little sceptical about global warming and it's consequences but now I am much more worried than before. Political leanings aside I really reccomend this movie if you haven't seen it already.

 

[Narz]

This movie came out on DVD recently and I watched it last night.

Cool, thanks, I will add it to my GF's NetFlix.

 

[JollyRoger]

Thank you, Veritass!

That's one thing that gets on my nerves about being in one of the lower income brackets. I'm part of a statistic that's used by left-wing maniacs when I certainly didn't give them consent to say that they represent my views.

Easy soloution - pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get out of that low income bracket.

As for the Gore film - I will probably watch it once it comes out on DVD. I think the risks of global warming,while overhyped by Gore, are not being addressed seriously enough by the current administration.

 

[amadeus]

Easy soloution - pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get out of that low income bracket.

First, I'm in the process of doing that. Second, my post was four and a half months ago.

 

[Urederra]

LOL, this thread has been ed.

Well, It seems that the film hardly convinced anybody about global warming.

 

[Narz]

LOL, this thread has been ed.

Well, It seems that the film hardly convinced anybody about global warming.

Do people still need to be conviced?

 

[Chandrasekhar]

To people still need to be conviced?

Nope.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I have a soft spot in my heart for Al Gore, just because of his guest appearances on my all time second favorite TV show (Futurama). And I have finally accepted the reality of anthropic climate change, because it appears that most scientists recognize it. That said, I will probably never see this movie.

 

[Katheryn]

I thought it was great. I've been hearing about this kind of thing for quite a while so it didnt' shock me or anything.

I wasn't watching much TV back in the 90s so I missed Al Gore for the most part, hadn't seen him speak really. I was very impressed with him. There were times when he would go off into a sort of morose meandering, but other than that, he was very concise, articulate and a great communicator. I liked him immensely (except when he went off on a long story about himself!) when he was doing the lecture, he was wonderful.

 

[El_Machinae]

Firstly, ecology professors have been warning us about climate change before animal cloning was shown to be a viable theory. At least, that's when I was in lectures on this topic.

Secondly, people who spout that "this year is not worse than last year and that's proof that climate change is stupid" are encouraged to read some articles on the El Nino effect. This is just to make them aware of the different weather/climate cycles that this planet is under (there is more than just the four seasons!)

Thirdly: Gore is a populiser and not a scientist (I'll edit in a bit): Stanford has some excellent audio lectures on this topic. Stanford being the place that's kicking out excellent scientists.

edit: here is the feed, though I haven't listened to the more modern articles.
https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/itunes.stanford.edu.1770153.01770197