If An Inconvenient Truth can reach beyond preaching to the choir and actually affect the views of global warming deniers it may become the most important movie ever made. If An Inconvenient Truth can reach beyond preaching to the choir and actually affect the views of global warming deniers it may become the most important movie ever made. I said that twice because I want to highlight the fact that I really mean it, without hyperbole.
I went to see it not expecting to be hugely influenced. I was already aware, or so I thought, of the effects of global warming. I was already a member of what appears to be a disturbingly small minority who recognise that there is no uncertainty among scientists about whether global warming is happening or whether it is caused by human activity. It is, and it is. I went because I wanted to show my support.
But it turns out there was a hell of a lot that I didn’t know. About the extent of our destruction of the world, about the importance of getting our shit in order, and most importantly about the fact that we have the means to do it.
Plus, it’s funny. And it has a clip from Futurama.