An Emotive Plea To The World (An Inconvenient Truth (DVD))

Member Name: adamp111

Product:	An Inconvenient Truth (DVD)
Date:	07/06/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Convincing, well researched, emotive

Disadvantages: Selective use of statistics

An Inconvenient Truth is an emotive plea to the world to change their ways. Al Gore is a lecturer in this extended documentary that attempts to globalise the issue of global warming.

The documentary starts with a broad approach to the beauty of our planet, demonstrated through images such as 'EarthRise', and a simple explanation of the mechanics of global warming. Then come the statistics.

Statistics, as we know, can be used deceptively - "Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything - Gregg Easterbrook". Whilst the statistics and, particularly graphs, have been carefully selected for maximum emotive impact, they still make a valid point; anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide are almost certainly going to cause wide-scale changes in the temperature of our atmosphere.

An Inconvenient Truth is lucky to have its greatest strengths in the form of wide-scale support from a body of scientific knowledge; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading authority on climate and climate change, and over the last 20 years has become increasingly convinced that we, humans, are causing changes to the temperature in our atmosphere.

The film is very emotive, and relies on emotion, photographs, and selective statistics to make an important point about global warming. It is, naturally, very educational and anyone with a casual interest in global warming would do well to see this DVD.

Summary: Al Gore launches a documentary that attempts to globalise 'global warming'