an inconvenient truth
you know, al gore has gotten a lot more charismatic since he won lost the 2000 elections. he's got this scholarly avuncular folksy southern charm thing going on.
i thought it was a very well done movie, terrifyingly informative. interestingly it wasn't just a movie based off of his global warming talks, it was a movie about his global warming talks, so a portion of the movie focused on al gore himself, his motivations and thoughts about the whole issue, his formative past and the process that led him to what he's doing now.
also he used the global warming clip from futurama which is so totally awesome. i wonder if he had some kind of deal with matt groening that he would do his own voice as al gore's head (and emperor of the moon) in exchange for being able to use that clip. they had to give him something good to get him to say "peace out ya'll!!"
i know quiet_light was concerned about the lasting impact of the movie, whether people would just watch the movie, absorb the information and then leave, and go about their lives as normal but the entire last portion of the movie (and the credits) focused on personal responsibility and personal action. they had this whole great list of things that viewers should do, from contact elected representatives to simply trying to live more energy efficiently or supportive of green energy. of course, it would have helped a whole lot if they had put that same information up on the website they mention at the end, climatecrisis.net, but at least as far as i can tell they haven't yet.
however, stopglobalwarming.org does have an action items list that covers a lot of it.
i don't care if you think you already know everything this movie will say, i hope you all see it anyways.
i thought it was a very well done movie, terrifyingly informative. interestingly it wasn't just a movie based off of his global warming talks, it was a movie about his global warming talks, so a portion of the movie focused on al gore himself, his motivations and thoughts about the whole issue, his formative past and the process that led him to what he's doing now.
also he used the global warming clip from futurama which is so totally awesome. i wonder if he had some kind of deal with matt groening that he would do his own voice as al gore's head (and emperor of the moon) in exchange for being able to use that clip. they had to give him something good to get him to say "peace out ya'll!!"
i know quiet_light was concerned about the lasting impact of the movie, whether people would just watch the movie, absorb the information and then leave, and go about their lives as normal but the entire last portion of the movie (and the credits) focused on personal responsibility and personal action. they had this whole great list of things that viewers should do, from contact elected representatives to simply trying to live more energy efficiently or supportive of green energy. of course, it would have helped a whole lot if they had put that same information up on the website they mention at the end, climatecrisis.net, but at least as far as i can tell they haven't yet.
however, stopglobalwarming.org does have an action items list that covers a lot of it.
i don't care if you think you already know everything this movie will say, i hope you all see it anyways.