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Friday, June 23, 2006
"It's not a political issue as much as it is a moral issue," Al Gore says about global warming. The movie "An Inconvenient Truth" offers a convincing case, and in many ways lives up to the blurb on its poster which claims it's "the most terrifying movie of the year." The documentary follows the former vice president as he tours the globe presenting a compelling lecture about how man's pollution has driven the planet to a "tipping point" that could be irreversible a generation from now unless drastic action is taken.
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It's hard to argue with the facts presented in "An Inconvenient Truth" -- and since I'm not a big oil tycoon I don't have to -- but there are some suspect areas when it comes to the filmmaking craft. Director Davis Guggenheim relies on a no-frills delivery to make his point. Much of the picture is simply Gore presenting his speech in a small theater setting.
So is this a great movie or did Guggenheim merely grab a camera and record a great lecture?
Also opening in Lawrence this week is the Adam Sandler comedy "Click." Sandler plays a man who is given a remote control that allows him to master his own life. He can fast-forward through the bad stuff or hit rewind when he wants to try something over. Too bad Sandler's remote couldn't help solve global warming.
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