The End of the World as We Know It

An Inconvenient Truth (5/5 stars)

I'm not even going to bother going into the specifics of what's in the movie here too much. Just go see it. Make other people see it too. Especially those who are opposed or are moderates on the issue. Even if you already think you're going to agree wholeheartedly with the movie's message there's probably a few things in here that will still shock you an make your viewpoint even clearer.

This, despite what you might think, is not a preaching to the choir film. Although I am a little afraid that only the choir will go see it. The opposing viewpoint is criticized and debunked fairly, even though it doesn't necessarily see it. I think the only people who would not like this movie are those that are so insanely blinded by their politically conservative nature that they will immediately dismiss anything that's seen as a liberal issue. Or maybe some of the same people who still think that evolution is up for debate. Or maybe even people who think the world is flat. It is pretty amazing how successful the campaign of uncertainty and doubt against the scientifc findings has actually been. I will mention one fact from the movie. The number out of 982 peer-reviewed studies that contract the fact that global warming exists and is caused by human beings? Zero. The percentage of mainstream press articles which cast doubt on these scientific findings? Fifty-three percent.

To those who would say that the film is one sided: there are simply not two equally opposing and rational viewpoints to every issue. To those who say the movie is a scare tactic: what do you expect, when the subject is the possible annihilation of the planet? I wish people would understand that this should not be a political issue at all, but it is (as is said in the movie) a moral one. We're killing the planet. That is wrong in itself, but any concern about doing something about it is totally secondary. Even if you think that there are economic concerns that need to be balanced with environmental concerns? What if *is* no planet where the economy can even exist?

I only wish that Al Gore had brought out the personality that he has in this movie and made this THE issue in 2000. He's actually *funny*, personable, and the subject matter is pretty hard to ignore. I think he would've won in a landslide.