An Inconvenient Truth does a good job of presenting the latest scientific facts and figures. Gore does know his stuff on this issue, and the film gives hard-hitting examples of the potential consequences of inaction. But the film spends far too much time telling the latest version of Gore’s worn-out life story, packaging him as a crusader who experienced an awakening, and now sees that saving the earth is a “moral imperative.”
And it only gives its last five minutes to the question of what is to be done, demanding that audience members reduce their personal carbon emissions by carpooling, checking tire pressure, buying low-wattage light bulbs, changing the settings on home thermostats and so on. This conclusion falls horribly flat after the film has spent so much time showing that climate change is a global problem, driven by vast forces like the oil economy and population growth.more...
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