Review of An Inconvenient Truth (2006) by Dawdlingpoet — 24 Nov 2021

I think its difficult with a 'movie' or feature length documentary such as this, to satisfy people fully because there will be people who will watch such things and laugh or shrug it off as being politically motivated or even complete fantasy. There was a show on TV a year or so back called 'The Great Global Warming Swindle' I believe, which claimed that global warming is completely made up, so there are those who will be against the premise of this show from the get go, although is that a fault of Mr. Gore? there will always be people against such things... but back to the documentary and I thought it was somewhat more interesting than I had presumed it would be. The documentary doesn't only show you Mr. Gore giving his lecture to a room full of people but it also shows footage of the effects that this environmental problem has caused to date, you know of polar ice caps melting and so on, that sort of thing, as well as including animated diagrams that show the change in climate in Europe and one or possibly two(?) short animated cartoons that try to make a point about what it might be like in the future.

Mr. Gore explains his long passion for environmental issues and his personal, family background, how he wa sbrought up partly in the countryside and his love for that setting and the environment in general obviously. You can tell that he is quite passionate about this subject which does help it, if this were a lecture being given by someone who was half hearted about the subject or who otherwise just read blankly from an auto cue then you'd be turning off alot quicker one way or the other! No I was fairly intrigued to keep watching given his clear passion for the subject, so that did help and the footage put in context to what he was explaining made it more compelling to me. I think if you have an interest and a belief in this issue then its worth a watch as it certainly is quite compelling, although there will be its critics but it isn't *as* dry, viewing wise, as I thought it might be. It is a bit like a souped up modern geography lesson I suppose, you know with the extra footage and diagrams used to back up the speech/lecutre given, it isn't exactly action packed but it isn't without any interest and I did watch it right through to the end. You have to be a bit open minded I think, I can't help but feel that it may be slightly naive to completely go along with everything said, while I do believe in the basic premise of global warming and im all for saving energy and looking after the environment, for future generations and all of that, sure but somehow you can't help but feel like hold off a second, is all thats being said really, you know, as its said? hmmm... I think it makes for a good show to use if you want to discuss the issue and I believe this is shown in schools, so perhaps it really is a geography lesson for some lol I'd be fine with that, I just think its good to use your head and take in whats said here and also keep that grain of salt handy as well, if you understand what im saying.

I think it seems like a pretty well made documentary, it is quite long and you may get a bit bored after a while but I found myself sitting it out until the end and I was left afterwards thinking that it had been worth it to watch it, I just think its important to keep an open mind and if your already very critical or disbelieving of the whole idea of climate change/global warming then you can probably guess what your reaction to this will be, although I will again say that Mr. Gore does put across his points quite forcefully and you can tell he wholeheartedly believes what he's saying. I have to say I was partially intrigued to watch this just to see how an American felt about the issue, knowing that America doesn't have a good track record when it comes to tackling the issue and it was nice to see how he points out the difference between different continents (Asia, India, Europe) and the action their governments have agreed to where this issue is concerned, compared to what the US government is doing, shame on them! whether this may change with the new President in power and whatever else, I'm not sure...

Yes I would recommend this for anyone who's already got an interest in the subject matter, its got a good mix of live lecture/speech and footage and animation that backs up whats being said. It is fairly compelling viewing, although I found myself switching off a bit after the first hour or so but I did stick with it until the end and after having seen it, I thought it was worthwhile viewing, so I would recommend it, although of course, like I say, its probably not for everyone and also given the political aspect, I do feel its only common sense that you should have an open mind and keep that grain of salt handy because as much as I do agree with the basic premises, you know you can't help but feel like there must be some degree of political propaganda at play.