"An Inconvenient Truth"
After he was robbed of the US presidency in 2000 due to dodgy dealings in Florida, Al Gore channelled his energy into warning the world about the dangers of climate change. The documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" combines the big fella's polished-to-perfection lecture with his unique perspective as the son of a Tennessee senator/tobacco farmer. Though a fantastic speaker, Gore never comes across as smug or superior and only gives off a "politician" vibe briefly, during his impassioned closing. As repeated shots of him beavering away at his laptop suggest, his environmentalism is an ongoing study, carefully considered and constructed, and so eloquently stated it cannot be denied. Sleepy when I arrived at the premiere, I was sober as Judge Dredd by the end and ready to do more. Melting glaciers, flooded coasts, desertified interiors, crazy weather, plant and animal species wiped out, millions of people displaced - the gang's all here. It may be inconvenient to know western society can't keep merrily going the way we're going, but it's the truth.
posted by Addster @ 9:30 PM
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Al Gore might have been robbed but at least the American people had the good sense to right the wrong 4 years later...right??? :-(
Never mind Bush in his second term, what about Howard in his fourth? If only Labor could find a convincing alternative candidate (not Kim Beazley!). Oh yeah, and a decent set of socially rather than economically centred policies. Never gonna happen, I know. They're too busy playing the point-scoring game. Labor's best chance is for Howard's successor to mess things up.
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