Film triggers global warming to Al Gore

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Film triggers global warming to Al Gore

By Ashlee Vance in Palo Alto

 

Published Monday 5th June 2006 19:06 GMT

 

Review As An Inconvenient Truth started, our worst nightmare seemed all

too near.

 

The movie opens with Al Gore's nasal drone serving as the voice over.

Images of a river and forest dominate the screen as Gore becomes

consumed with cheesy hokum and talk about his long lost days sitting on

the riverbank, chewing cud and communing with the mystic.

 

Our movie companion started gyrating, as she tried to hold in the

laughter. Our concerns were more desperate. We'd actually waited in line

for an hour to see this thing, and were now doubting that we could take

more than 10 minutes of the film. Surely, it could not continue like

this. Someone would make Gore stop.

 

Well, Gore doesn't stop, but the movie does get much, much better.

 

Broadly, An Inconvenient Truth is the most polished PowerPoint (Keynote,

actually) presentation you're going to find. During the majority of the

movie, Gore rolls out a dressed up version of the global warming spiel

he has been giving across the globe for years.

 

The basic science of global warming is delivered via a decently funny

animation. Countless images of melting ice caps and glaciers pepper the

screen. Charts galore show the dramatic rise in carbon dioxide over the

past forty years and the accompanying dramatic rise in temperature. More

charts show how no real scientist disputes the global warming trend,

while more than 50 per cent of journalists do raise objections to the

" theory. "

 

The photos prove the greatest selling point for Gore's agenda, while the

statistics and projections will likely scare the hell out of you.

 

It's rare to see dry information presented in such an entertaining way.

 

The movie is by no means a " movie " in the traditional sense, and it

suffers because of it. A true documentary may have been more gripping.

That said, this really is about the best stump speech for global warming

that one can imagine, and it's well worth the ticket price. Even

nay-sayers should drive their Hummers to the theaters if for no other

reason than gaining material for taunting hippies.

 

Of course, the hippies will dominate attendance for An Inconvenient

Truth and only become more convinced about how awful things are. Few

folks in the pro global warming camp will see this film, largely because

Al Gore is involved. The producers really should have talked Britney

Spears into taking on the main role with Gore serving more as a coach.

 

We were shocked to find a massive line outside of the local theatre for

An Inconvenient Truth, which happened to be showing on two screens. We

were even more shocked to find Al Gore likable. We never would have

voted for Gore before this movie but would consider it seriously now.

The man is human. Very human. Who knew?

 

We give An Inconvenient Truth 4 out of 5 duck-rabbits.

 

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