Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
an inconvenient truth - turned out to be an inconvenient film as it was sent to me ages ago and every time i looked at the dvd on top of the machine, my heart sank and i looked around for something else to watch.
got round to watching it and there's nothing there that anyone who reads about climate change wouldn't know. though i guess i'm not the target audience. i don't know who is though, as i can't see a climate change denier watching the film let alone being swayed by al gore's slickly but stiffly pressented argument. and i can't see any fence-sitters being curious enough to watch it. who knows, maybe the film has yet to prove itself. i hope it's being shown in schools.
the film's premise was well presented and well argued, but one major failing is the way gore is placed into the story - he's portrayed almost messianically, bathed in light as he prepares to enter stage to deliver his message and there's an entirely unnecessary and vainglorious biographical thread in the doc that should have been cut out.
gore comes off as a bit of a humourless windbag. his attempts at jokes are excuciating; he kicks off his lectures with 'hi, i'm al gore and i used to be the next president of the usa'. baddum tish.
ps didn't realise how much of a hillbilly southern accent he has! he sounds like kenneth from 30 rock!
got round to watching it and there's nothing there that anyone who reads about climate change wouldn't know. though i guess i'm not the target audience. i don't know who is though, as i can't see a climate change denier watching the film let alone being swayed by al gore's slickly but stiffly pressented argument. and i can't see any fence-sitters being curious enough to watch it. who knows, maybe the film has yet to prove itself. i hope it's being shown in schools.
the film's premise was well presented and well argued, but one major failing is the way gore is placed into the story - he's portrayed almost messianically, bathed in light as he prepares to enter stage to deliver his message and there's an entirely unnecessary and vainglorious biographical thread in the doc that should have been cut out.
gore comes off as a bit of a humourless windbag. his attempts at jokes are excuciating; he kicks off his lectures with 'hi, i'm al gore and i used to be the next president of the usa'. baddum tish.
ps didn't realise how much of a hillbilly southern accent he has! he sounds like kenneth from 30 rock!
