I watched the documentary starring former Vice President and Presidential candidate Al Gore on global warming called “An Inconvenient Truth”.
I found the film thought provoking and engaging, but I’m still glad I waited to see it on DVD.
I think I mentioned before that as a rule I do not go to a movie theater to see a documentary film (maybe if the film is shown in an IMAX theater I would consider it, but otherwise I don’t see the point).
I just don’t feel like shelling out money to view a documentary in a theater. Nothing about seeing a documentary film in a theater will enhance the experience so what’s the point.
I do watch documentaries on regular television and will rent a DVD of one if the price is not too high (price of a movie ticket would be too high).
“An Inconvenient Truth” is a good film as far as documentaries go.
The film pretty succinctly summarizes in understandable language and terms global warming and surrounding issues.
The film does this by following Al Gore around as he gives speeches to audiences at various venues around the world.
Gore is the narrator in the film and tells the story of how he got involved in the global warming issue, how he tried many years ago during his time in the US Congress to get legislation passed to deal with the situation and how he now travels the world warning about the effects of global warming and the danger it posses to the world.
Interspersed in Gore’s narration are stories from his life and the lessons he learned from his life experiences. He tangles his life experiences with global warming and his travels around the world to warn people of the serious issue of global warming..
This technique of relating ones life in some way with the subject of global warming makes the subject matter even easier to digest and understand and in the process enables one to learn more about Al Gore.
My experience with documentary films is very modest so assigning a grade to one is kind of difficult, but I have seen many documentaries on natural phenomena and a few on historical topics so I will use those exposures to help inform my grading.
“An Inconvenient Truth” is a timely piece of critical importance and (as I said earlier) it summarizes global warming and its impact in such an understandable and enjoyable way that I must give it a grade of A.
An Inconvenient Truth” may be one of the most important films made in recent history. It behooves all to see it (if they want to understand global warming and some of its consequences).