 | 映画原題: An Inconvenient Truth [ 映画邦題: アン・インコンビニエント・トゥルース] : 話題注目作劇場公開映画 |  | |  |  | |  | An Inconvenient Truth : Hollywood Cinema Director : シネマ作品監督紹介 | | An Inconvenient Truth : Actor [CAST・CREW] : アクター・アクトレス(男優・女優・声優)&ミュージシャン・アーティスト紹介 | | An Inconvenient Truth : 本国映画ライターによる映画の内容 with イングリッシュ : English Description of Story |  |  |  |  | Amazon.com:With the fate of our planet arguably hanging in the balance, An Inconvenient Truth may prove to be one of the most important and prescient documentaries of all time. As he jokingly refers to himself, "former President-elect" Al Gore felt an urgent personal calling to draw attention--as he had been doing throughout his political career--to the increasingly desperate crisis of global warming, and this riveting documentary is basically a filmed version (by respected TV director Davis Guggenheim) of the PowerPoint lecture that Gore has presented (by his own estimate, well over 1,000 times) to attentive audiences all over the world. Considering Gore's amiable, low-key approach to charts, graphs, statistics, and photographs that leave no room for doubt regarding the reality (not "theory") of global warming as Earth's ultimate environmental crisis, many viewers will be surprised by just how fascinating and convincing this no-frills film really is. As we learn about the milestone events that shaped his character (including his sister's death and young son's near-fatal injuries after being struck by a car), Gore sheds the stiff demeanor of his 2000 presidential campaign and impresses us as a man with a mission, transcending partisan politics with an impassioned plea for common sense, ethical forthrightness, and passionate purpose in reversing the harmful effects of global warming through personal and political responsibility. Some may accuse Gore of exploiting global warming as a Democratic platform, but his honest conviction regarding this "inconvenient truth" (i.e. overwhelming evidence of global warming that's troublesome to those whose interests are threatened by Gore's irrefutable message) is likely to silence all but the most obtusely stubborn detractors. By taking the high road and discreetly avoiding a full-on assault against the George W. Bush administration (which has steadfastly avoided "the inconvenient truth" with obfuscating spin control and policies favoring the oil industry), Gore effectively rises above political differences with a stern but hopeful eye toward a better future for our children.--Jeff Shannon |  |  |  |  | | | | | An Inconvenient Truth : 現地ハリウッド市民の評価 : 英語批評版 : Native Evaluation | | | | |  The Inconvenient truth is that Al Gore is bad for the environment / 2006-06-19
The greatest problem that the environment faces is that of Al Gore himself. He is the reason why so many people just throw their hands up and roll their eyes whenever the environmental problem is talked about. I myself have to say that anything dealing with Al Gore and the environment makes me have a sick churn to my stomach. He is always speaking the mantra "Me Myself I," he is always trying to take issues and make them (as he is a liberal politician) into horror stories...instead of fact by fact discussion, he sensationalizes and horrifies problems (usually to make him, Al Gore, look good and anyone (usually Republican) who disagrees with him, look bad). Basically, he cries aloud "the sky is falling so follow me." Ironically, he is about as sensationalist as people call people like myself, a Christian who believes in Bible prophecy. For me, I accept that there is an environmental problem, however I want mature and serious discussion, not A) a means to make a certain politician look like a messiah and not B) a horror movie that seems to come from a whining Stephen King. | | | | | | | | | | | |  Sensationalizing our Return from the Ice Age / 2006-06-18
Al Gore, the former Democratic candidate for President in 2000 who caved-in to Adolf Bush's theft of the Presidency like Kerry caved-in 4 years later over Ohio (much to the chagrin of many gob-smacked Democrats), has noticed that our planet is getting warmer. How percipient! Actually, until there are alligators lurking about the swamps in Minnesota again, our planet will continue its rise from the Ice Age. Until we reach our previously normal temperatures prior to that meteor putting us into the Ice Age, our planet will continue to get warmer until it is back to normal.
What Gore has done in this sensationalized movie that pretends to be a documentary, is to attempt to frighten us about the planet returning to normal. When he's not campaigning as a political candidate - telling us about his son's brush with death and his sister's death from cancer - he says global warming is not normal; he says our planet is dying. Rather than celebrate our planet's return from the Ice Age and alligators' eventual return in the future to the swamps of Minnesota, Gore says that ever-increasing carbon-dioxide emissions are scorching the earth. Changing weather patterns are blamed on man and his machines rather than being accredited to our planet's on-going return from the Ice Age. Like Chicken Licken crying that the "Sky is Falling", Gore is telling us that the planet is dying - Soylent Green fashion.
Gore says "Too many people go directly from denial to despair. They don't stop to think what can I do about it?" He may be right, but global warming has been going on ever since our rise from the Ice Age. Nobody can stop global warming - it is a natural response by our planet to get itself out of the Ice Age, which a meteor is to blame for making our planet so cold in the first place. Until we return to normal, earth will continue to warm. And politicians will continue to scare us. And Doom-sayers will continue to warn of impending Armageddon. | | | | | | | | | | | |  Important Film Raises Awareness, But Offers Only Simplistic Solutions / 2006-06-18
When they write the history of our Civilization, this film will take its place along with Gore's earlier book, "Earth in the Balance" as milestones in the evolution of American thought and consciousness on global warming. Unfortunately, the film, which does a good job at describing the seriousness of problem, never rises above simplistic solutions which are doomed to failure.
By now, most of us have heard of global warming. We've been told that our use of fossil fuels emits CO2 gases into the atmosphere which trap the suns rays, heating the planet up like a greenhouse. So maybe the temperature of the Earth has gone up a degree. So what? We've all got more pressing problems to worry about, right?
"An Inconvenient Truth" is designed to shock us into awareness that the changes that are happening are dramatic, and if unchanged, cataclysmic. Gore uses the analogy of a frog placed in a pot of water. If the water is heated gradually, the frog will be boiled alive before it notices. Similarly, the changes to our environment seem so subtle and gradual to us that we are lulled into inaction, but meanwhile processes are underway that could result in tremendous destruction.
This is essentially a film about a slide presentation on global warming that Gore has given, he says, over 1000 times. The film expands on the points in the slide show with footage of exotic locales, as well as personal reflections by Gore about his lifelong relationship with the topic of global warming. Yes, it's a documentary, but it's well-made, and its topic and predictions are so dramatic, that it holds our attention until the end.
This is Gore at his best: intelligent, articulate, clever, charming, even passionate at times. What gives the film its credibility is the personal relationship between Gore and the topic of global warming. We see the emergence and growing importance of the topic through the prism of Gore's life. Starting from when he first learned about the new theory of global warming as a student nearly 40 years ago through today, we track Gore's --and our-- growing understanding of the effects and consequences of the planet's warming.
There are plenty of charts, figures and statistics to impress any layman. But most dramatic and convincing are the photos of various locations a generation ago and today. We see glaciers that have disappeared, snows that have melted, huge lakes that have evaporated into deserts, and ice packs that are breaking up. Clearly, changes are occurring.
But then the film makes a subtle transition-- from what has occurred to what will occur. Gore gives his forecasts with the same confidence as his history, lulling the casual viewer into accepting that they carry the same degree of certainty. And if we didn't get it already, this is where we learn that this isn't just another Nova science film, this is a film with a mission. As Gore proclaims, "this is a MORAL issue", by which he means there are things we should be doing.
Unfortunately, this is where the film is the weakest. Gore pronounces that when the ice of Greenland melts, or half the ice of Antarctica melts, it will raise sea levels 20 feet. We then see very dramatic graphic effects of how this will alter coastlines in heavily populated areas of the Earth. Hundreds of millions will be at risk. But is this going to happen suddenly in the next few years? Or gradually over the next few centuries? Gore doesn't say. Probably because no one knows. And are there self-correcting mechanisms that could slow or reverse the effects of global warming, such as the growing scarcity of fossil fuels and the likely evolution to other sources of energy in the coming decades?
And here we get to the "inconvenient truth" that mars the film's mission: It's difficult to ask people to make certain sacrifices today when the future benefits of those sacrifices remain unclear or controversial at best. For example, most of the people who see this film will be receptive to idea of switching from a gas guzzler to a vehicle like the Prius. They will feel like they are doing the "right thing". But what if it turns out that all of the benefits of this are outweighed by the millions of new cars being added every year in countries like China and India. What if instead of asking people to switch to the Prius, we told them instead you can only drive one day a week. Then you might see a different reaction. When you REALLY ask people to make sacrifices, you'd better be able to tell them for sure what they're getting in return for what they are giving up.
In short, the film does not do justice to the vast complexity of issues that get in the way of the world facing up to this problem. It is not as simple as just knowing there is a problem. The world has economies in all stages of development with different values, cultures, governments, etc. Getting them all to agree on a common approach to reducing greenhouse gases will take more than showing everyone this film. But it would be a good start. | | | | | | | | | | | |  An Important Film / 2006-06-18
Chicago Tribune movie reviewer Michael Phillips wrote, "Like most films only more so, this one will be processed differently by different voters." This is sad, if it is indeed true, because this is not a "Democrat" or "Republican" film. It is an important film, and a timely film, and at the very least it deserves to be seen by the 20-25% of the country who fall into the moderate category (a.k.a. centrists, swing voters, etc). Obviously the big-business types and other die-hard Republicans are going to bash this project simply because it runs counter to their interests and is presented by one of their favorite villains, Al Gore. That should be expected, and their reviews are easy to spot; just look for the single stars. On the flip side, the liberals and greens were already behind Mr. Gore; this movie will not change their numbers. But IF you find yourself in the "middle ground" between these two extremes, I strongly urge you to see this film, not only for your own sake but for your children's sake. I give this movie five stars because I found it both enlightening and convincing, but only YOU can decide whether the message it contains is valid and pertinent to your own view of the world. Either way, it will have been a worthwhile use of your time to consider these issues. | | | | | | | | | | | | Recommended for every American! / 2006-06-17
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