In “An Inconvenient Truth,” Al Gore rebuts the rumours of global warming that the skeptics believe.

The only problem with his rebuttals is that those skeptics won’t see this movie. And it’s too bad.

“An Inconvenient Truth,” opening today, is a documentary based on Gore’s lectures he’s held around the world about global warming. But it’s more than just a filmed version of Gore’s lecture, it’s also a look behind the scenes as Gore talks about growing up, his son’s near fatal accident, and of course, loosing the presidential election in 2000.

His evidence is striking, and would cause any skeptic about global warming to begin to doubt his stance. His delivery is smooth, a far cry from what we saw in the presidential election six years ago, when Bill Maher dubbed him “Bore.”

“I’m Al Gore and I used to be the next president of the United States,” he begins his lecture to much laughter.
“I don’t find that particularly funny,” he cuts back dryly.

Gore has been a champion for the environment since his university days, when a professor showed his class what would happen if carbon dioxide continued to be released into the atmosphere. This was thirty years ago, mind you. Unfortunately his professor’s predictions were correct.

“An Inconvenient Truth” is the most captivating documentary I’ve seen since “Bowling for Columbine.” And although one would expect a lot of jabs at the current administration due to their history and the lack of action from President Bush to do anything on the environmental front, there aren’t very many. And those that are in there are within context and tasteful.

The film makes you think about the world we live in and how we are destroying it. It also makes you question just how much Canada is really doing to help calm global warming. It makes you wonder if you should even have children, thinking about the world they could possibly live in ? and the world they will never know ever existed.

It’s not all doom and gloom though. Gore provides solutions that each person can do, assuring the audience that if everyone does just a little bit, we can reduce greenhouse gasses and slowly eliminate global warming.

“An Inconvenient Truth” is a film for everyone. And if you know someone who says global warming doesn’t exist? Make sure you take them with you to this movie.






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