An Inconvenient Truth

A hint I think may be gathered by the various comments on this thread.I was quite amazed at the number of people who liked this film who want to make it "mandatory" or "compulsory".I think this gives us a little... Full review

Something very strange happens when you talk about Global Warming: science goes out the window and "belief" and "consensus" becomes the topic of discussion. It's because of that fact that I give a failing mark to Al Gore's documentary. Instead of... Full review

Before seeing this movie I thought that it might sway the debate on global warming. I assumed that the entire movie was going to be about global warming, and if it had been it would have been much more effective.... Full review

I thought that this was on the whole a good film - I can imagine it being an EXCELLENT film for teachers to show to a class to explain global warming, actually. It explains the facts very well, explains away... Full review

... If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to." - Roger EbertAfter the closing credits to An Inconvenient Truth rolled, I walked out to my car in the theater's parking... Full review

Let me start by saying that energy conservation and incentives to stop pollution are A Good Thing.Too bad the film isn't about that topic until the final credits are rolling.Al Gore is on a mission; however, it's not to save... Full review

Is Al Gore is doing a Chicken Little act in "An Inconvenient Truth"? I wish he were. This stunning documentary about global warming is a well-reasoned, clearly-proved, intelligent, cogent, irresistible torrent of scientific data, in a curiously warm, engaging, often... Full review

I just got out of a sneak preview of this film, and I must say that it is the best movie I've seen in the last year. Go see it!Whether you're a fan of Al Gore or not, he isn't... Full review

Plain and simple - all the negative comments here are from people that simply haven't seen it. See the movie before you try to disprove points that it's not trying to make. See the movie even if you think the... Full review

This is an aspect of Environmental Science 101 that everyone should learn. If you aren't big into charts and graphs, you may have a hard time sitting still by the end of the film, but that's the point. Cold, hard... Full review

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It was a well put together film," said Thomas Zorabedian, a professor of film studies. In the movie, the ice breakup triggers climate shifts that send massive tornadoes into Los Angeles. ... Full Review

of this year, there was nothing really planned, resulting in some great moments (although perhaps too few for some music lovers) in the documentary It Might Get Loud, by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). I just enjoyed seeing Jimmy Page play up close, it was the kind of thing that made me want to play music in the first place. ... Full Review

The film emerges, more skillfully than "Flock of Dodos," as an exceedingly clever vehicle for making science engaging to a general audience, and also presents climate-change science in a more complex light than the overtly partisan "An Inconvenient Truth. ... Full Review

An Inconvenient Truth didn't move me as it did many others, but it would be interesting to see if Guggenheim could make something that would liven up the convention broadcast. Davis Guggenheim , who won an Academy Award for his documentary An Inconvenient Truth , is reportedly working on a film about Senator Barack Obama that will be shown during the Democratic National Convention in late August, according to The Huffington Post . ... Full Review

Because of concerns about climate change , a lot of current environmentalist advocacy - including movies like "An Inconvenient Truth" - concentrates on the dire results of burning fossil fuels. ... Full Article

T he man of the documentary No Impact Man is Colin Beavan, the guy who came up with the arguably na?ve idea for his family to live a year in New York City with as little environmental impact as possible. ... Full Article

There was a magnetism between her and the full house, as she sang about love, loss, the victory of beating cancer and the importance of speaking out - be it for peace, to save the planet, or to ensure equal... ... Full Article

A gripping thriller about dolphin trafficking, "The Cove" is an eco-mentary that's as passionate and persuasive an argument for change as "An Inconvenient Truth." And it's a chronicle of a covert operation that reveals an ugly practice that takes place... ... Full Article

First the Emmys up the number of nominees in the top categories from five to six, and now the Oscars are following suit by doubling the number of nominees in the Best Picture category from five to 10. ... Full Article

LOS ANGELES - In a Friday afternoon shake-up, Paramount Pictures ousted two of its top film executives while putting a third, Adam Goodman, in charge of a motion picture group that had been struggling with lines of authority for the... ... Full Article