Haven’t been posting much lately due to a busy calendar and I apologise for that. I did have time a few nights ago to hike over to the Sunshine to finally see Davis Guggenheim’s An Inconvenient Truth, which I was going to review here the following morning. Needless to say, the free time to scribble down a decent review hasn’t materialised.
I need to run to meet someone about two minutes ago if I want to be on time and rather than penning a rushed review of Guggenheim’s film I’ll point you to Chuck Tryon’s review, which is better than I would have written anyway had I had the time. Also, the film opened in D.C. this past Friday, Desson Thomson’s WaPo review, too, is a good read.
Like many others I suggest you see the movie, critique for yourself the logic within Gore’s presentation, observe first hand and listen to the man who “used to be the next president of the United States”, as he introduces himself. Whether you exit the theatre agreeing or disagreeing with the causes of warming, I’m confident you will feel your time was well spent.
NB: I’ve seen way more Powerpoint presentations than any human should be subjected to, I can tell you Gore’s slide-show is neither dull nor badly done. Going geek here for a second, in addition to actually being programmed in Apple’s Keynote (read this link, it’s an interesting bit by Apple re making the slides for An Inconvenient Truth) and not Microsoft Powerpoint for the obvious technical reasons, the team who helped with graphics, Duarte, did an outstanding job.
The movie trailer is here.
UPDATE: David Remnick (The New Yorker) weighs in here.
