An Inconvenient Truth

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.