The Good:
Helen O'Hara,(http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/ReviewComplete.asp?FID=134187), supports Al Gore’s speech in his movie completely, saying it was powerful,intelligent and entertaining. She sees this film as a solution to the world’s nature disasters. Helen claims that Al Gore can turn a very boring topic into a very entertaining one, which makes this movie a must-watch for everyone. Not only scientists; but everyone and anyone. She also liked how he managed to portray his movie as a wake-up call to the world’s community and not a comeback from the loss he had in his previous presidential campaign.
The Bad:
Scott,(http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/review.php?movieID=inconvenienttruth), clearly did not enjoy the movie as much as Helen did. He views Al Gore with the complete opposite view Helen has for him. Firstly he sees Al Gore’s speech as something quite irrelevant to global warming, because Al Gore was selling himself off as a saint and a possible future candidate for presidency. One more point which Scott didn’t enjoy, was the fact that Al Gore tried to tie in his family deaths into his speech for the crowd’s sympathy; that wasn’t really necessary at all since it would not help raise the awareness of the global disaster but only beg for our pity.
My Opinion:
I honestly must agree with Helen. Al Gore’s documentary was truly amazing. I enjoyed how Al Gore managed to turn a very boring scientific subject into a very entertaining one to enjoy. He also is a great speaker, calm and intelligent.
A very good Task 4.
ReplyDeleteWell done, & thanks for your comment.
Hedley.