An Inconvenient truth, or a great way to be bitter??
I believe that this film, having seen it fully before, can only be fully appreciated if it is seen through to the end, to be able to truly understand the extent/messages that Al Gore is purveying to you as the audience, and quintessentially to the predecessors of the world who are going to have to live with the ever rising levels of global warming, and the effects it is having on the earth around us/them.
I believe that although the film was primarily to educated fellow viewers to understand the effects of global warming and how to possibly halt/adapt the way the people of the world are living as a whole, the fact of Al Gore not receiving the 'title' of American president was portrayed far too much for a film which was based on changing the way people live there day to day lives...
I do believe the film is a very successful way to inform and educate the world as a whole through a successful form of medium, but when the main topics of carbon emissions and melting polar ice caps, suddenly transform into a 'sob story' of what 'should have' happened, shows that Al Gore is more than likely riding a media fuelled band wagon, by getting his own bitterness across, as well as what he believes would not have happened to the world if he was in presidential control of America, but the fact is, he did not make the presidential role, whether it was fixed or not. So the viewers along with the rest of the world will never know whether the promises and theories Al Gore is protesting about would have actually materialised...
In conclusion I believe that the film as a whole is a great way to educate and inform all ages of what is happening/going on in the physical world around them, but the continual bitterness also displayed throughout the film to continually remind the viewer Al Gore did not receive the governing role he strived for, results in a very lacklustre message as a whole.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
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Possibly...however you could also interpret it as part of the message..
ReplyDeletemake the wrong decision and face the consequences. As citizens of democracies we have the ultimate say...Al Gore can talk about climate change ..but we make all the millions of decisions that could result in climate change ...including voting for the wrong party.
Think about this when you tick the box that says CONSERVATIVES next year.
It is interesting that you were distracted by the 'bitterness' of Al Gore however the USA government that was in power at the time of the film was a monstrously selfish, energy intensive powerhouse of ignorance lead by a set of climate change sceptics with a hatred of anything UnAmerican and a love of money and oil.
Who can blame him?