Saturday, March 01, 2008

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

Documentary which is mostly comprised of a lecture about the issue of global warming. It addresses mainly the phenomenon and its consequences. Its causes are addressed in very general terms, and the individual action is addressed only in brief guidelines during the end credits. I was a bit appalled that the specific fact that cattle raising (and all the economy that surrounds it) is the main responsible for global warming was not mentioned once in the film; it thus reinforces the myth that automobiles are that main responsible -- they are mentioned several times. Those final guidelines should include "lower your cow meat consumption". Anyway, as I said, this is primarily about the acknowledgement of the problem and its consequences; as such it fares well.

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