An Inconvenient Truth
Our planet is at the mercy of our hands, and we are on the path to self-destruction, like a ticking a time bomb. A vast majority of the world's scientists have predicted that we only have a decade to avert a massive catastrophe that could potentially lead to our entire planet into a tail-spin of major destruction. Some of these visions include floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves, many of which are already occurring more frequently. The most riveting of all issues, is that this a calamity of our own making.
Former Vice-President of the United States, Al Gore, rerouted away from politics for a moment, to focus on an eye-opening and evocative effort of persuasion to help save the Earth from irreversible change. He shocks us back to reality, proving that global warming is no longer a mere political issue, but the most extensive moral challenge of our time.
We are now sitting in the midst of a climate crisis that threatens life on Earth as we know it. Statistics on-screen revealed trends which serve not to frighten with fluff, but to alarm with hard facts. The film cuts right to the chase, flashing scenes of the horrific destruction of Hurricane Katrina, along with a series of comparative photographs from vanishing glaciers around the world, and data which never lies. Mind-blowing records of storms, floods, and other kinds of extreme weather have sky-rocketed, along with the effects of rising sea levels, diseases, and diminishing flora and fauna.
Gore is no scientist, but he convincingly portrays himself as an expert on the topic. His take on the issue is succinctly rounded up in this carefully crafted film. What started as a nationwide debate, sparked off a movement of educating the masses, on the very real, present and ever-growing threat of global warming.
