"I used to be the next President of the United States"
I saw "An Inconvenient Truth", directed by Davis Guggenheim, on Wednesday. It's a critically acclaimed documentary-type dealie that warns of the effects of global warming. Starring Al Gore.
Basically the film follows Al Gore as he tours around the world giving his lecture "1000 or more" times, basically a high-tech, graph-i-licious slide show. With random additions of Gore looking pensive.
It took me a while to decide how I felt about it. It's the first full-length documentary that I've watched all the way through, and even then I nodded off in the middle due to tiredness and being cold in the theatre... however, I think the overall message of the film made a good point: we are creating ridiculous amounts of greenhouse gases, and should attempt to cut back. The cartoons, graphs, diagrams, photos, etc. of the presentation were quite effective and shocking, but the film would have been more effective if it just followed Gore's presentation. I would rather watch that than cuts to Gore looking out plane windows, flashbacks in highly pixelated form (which drove me completely bonkers), and weird segues to the next section of the film.
Many times I thought the film was ending but then it just looped back into the next segment. Also, I read that one plane flight creates about the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as
an entire year's worth of vehicle driving...and Gore was jetting around quite a bit.
Hm. So, in conclusion I recommend watching it, but I would wait for VHS/DVD.
Basically the film follows Al Gore as he tours around the world giving his lecture "1000 or more" times, basically a high-tech, graph-i-licious slide show. With random additions of Gore looking pensive.
It took me a while to decide how I felt about it. It's the first full-length documentary that I've watched all the way through, and even then I nodded off in the middle due to tiredness and being cold in the theatre... however, I think the overall message of the film made a good point: we are creating ridiculous amounts of greenhouse gases, and should attempt to cut back. The cartoons, graphs, diagrams, photos, etc. of the presentation were quite effective and shocking, but the film would have been more effective if it just followed Gore's presentation. I would rather watch that than cuts to Gore looking out plane windows, flashbacks in highly pixelated form (which drove me completely bonkers), and weird segues to the next section of the film.
Many times I thought the film was ending but then it just looped back into the next segment. Also, I read that one plane flight creates about the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as
an entire year's worth of vehicle driving...and Gore was jetting around quite a bit.
Hm. So, in conclusion I recommend watching it, but I would wait for VHS/DVD.
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