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Jul. 9th, 2007 01:45 am54. Watch every nominated movie from the Academy Awards (excluding foreign film) from 2007-2009
I just finished watching An Inconvenient Truth. I was lucky enough to have been raised in a very environmentally conscious household. People laugh at me for going out of my way to carry bottles/cans around until I can recycle them instead of throwing them away, for example. So I didn't need this movie to prove to me that global warming is indeed happening and is a problem; I already believe that. In fact, having taken Resources Geology and having attended a number of other lectures in college, I knew a bit of the science in this movie already.
However, there were a few moments when the images and presentation made me sit frozen with shock. I might have gasped once or twice as well. There were times when the facts seemed a little too overwhelming, but then it quickly switched gears. I was actually amazed at how much it covered in such a small amount of time, to such a powerful degree. And I was impressed at the directing and composition as much as the raw content itself. Very moving. Near the end, I had tears in my eyes for a minute or so, but got over it by the end. Then, during the first few seconds of the credits rolling, as soon as Melissa Etheridge began singing, I actually started crying. Not really all that strange for me, but it definitely had a serious impact on me in a way I didn't think it would. At times it was harsh and shocking, other times it was dry and factual, other times it was humorous and factual, sometimes it was heartwarming and other times infuriating. An absolutely fascinating and moving movie.
Go now: http://www.climatecrisis.net
I just finished watching An Inconvenient Truth. I was lucky enough to have been raised in a very environmentally conscious household. People laugh at me for going out of my way to carry bottles/cans around until I can recycle them instead of throwing them away, for example. So I didn't need this movie to prove to me that global warming is indeed happening and is a problem; I already believe that. In fact, having taken Resources Geology and having attended a number of other lectures in college, I knew a bit of the science in this movie already.
However, there were a few moments when the images and presentation made me sit frozen with shock. I might have gasped once or twice as well. There were times when the facts seemed a little too overwhelming, but then it quickly switched gears. I was actually amazed at how much it covered in such a small amount of time, to such a powerful degree. And I was impressed at the directing and composition as much as the raw content itself. Very moving. Near the end, I had tears in my eyes for a minute or so, but got over it by the end. Then, during the first few seconds of the credits rolling, as soon as Melissa Etheridge began singing, I actually started crying. Not really all that strange for me, but it definitely had a serious impact on me in a way I didn't think it would. At times it was harsh and shocking, other times it was dry and factual, other times it was humorous and factual, sometimes it was heartwarming and other times infuriating. An absolutely fascinating and moving movie.
Go now: http://www.climatecrisis.net
