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Presenting another film review: An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's award winning documentary.All documentaries are made with the noble purpose of bringing about some change in this world, creating awareness about little known issues. Sadly, a large number of them are quite drab, dwelling on very sordid tales of humanity. In the past, a few documentaries have, however managed to permeate social consciousness. Along with Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth falls into this category. The film is a taping of his presentation on global warming, which he has been giving in various locations across the world, to people of all age groups.The film / presentation addresses both the people who are sceptical about global warming and those who are aware about the problem, but are not aware of the seriousness of the situation. Finally, it ends with the mandatory hope that with people power, the crazy juggernaut of global warming can be slowed down. Gore's presentation is serious, with a number of facts, statistics and studies, along with simple interpretations of what these big numbers translate to in simple English. Gore makes no bones about the importance of USA in the issue, and neither does he dither from accepting that the world's sole superpower has been shirking from taking a stand on the issue.The film segues into parts of Gore's life, including his son's near fatal accident, his sister's death due to lung cancer and his loss to George Bush in the year 2000 Presidential Elections. Which do seem a tad bit pointless, but aren't as bad as they sound...All in all, this movie is definitely worth a watch. And encourage other people to watch it too. Because it will make more and more people aware, and cause a revolution. Because its all we have left.
"I'd rather be a failure at something i enjoy than be a success at something I hate."- George Burns
Its very satisfying to teach something new to kids. More so if they lack the financial means to gain this knowledge themselves. But what takes the cake is teaching a 30 year old the Kannada alphabet...He was just a little peeved at the fact that his son knew more than he did...watching the sheepish smile on his face when he messed up was probably the best thing I've seen in a long time. You should try it sometime...
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Clint Mansell/Kronos Quartet - SUMMER - Overturevia FoxyTunes Requiem for a Dream. Four words which still send a chill down my backbone. its half past midnight on a saturday morning, and i cannot, for the life of me, get the film out of my head. everywhere i look, everytime i blink my eyes, haunting, terrifying visuals cover the screen of my eyelids. Its one of those films whose effect stays on with you for a while.
The story is pretty small. The life of four interconnected people. Guy, guy's girlfriend, guy's best friend and guy's mom. the younger generation gets started into the business of distributing coke, but get addicted themselves. In the meantime, the mother is obsessed with a game show, which she hopes to get on. This obsession translates into a want for a slim weight. After a few unsuccessful attempts at dieting, she gives up and goes to a doctor, who gives her a few pills. Little does she know, its the same shit her son peddles to make money. the film goes through their slow but sure spiral descent.
What chills you the most while watching the film is the realism of the actors, as well as the special effects. The director keeps track of all the characters by cycling through their separate lives..each one as fucked as the next. I realise this review doesn't do any sort of justice to the film, as people who have seen the movie will realise. But then, this is for people who haven't, so...well, suffice to say that a guy like myself, with quite a strong temperament, was shivering for a full half an hout after watchin the film, along with three of my friends who watched it with me. My rating- 4.5! Watch it now, but only if you have a strong mind...
