Spring Break
Environmental Movie Shown To Full Theater
Timothy Bleasdale
Issue date: 9/18/06 Section: News
Critics have praised the film as powerful and moving and the New York Times called it "intellectually exhilarating."
However, not all critics praised the documentary. Many, such as Peter Schweizer of USA Today, called the film hypocritical and politically biased. In his review, Schweizer gave various examples of how the former vice president has failed to make some of the very changes he asks viewers to make in the film.
"The issue here is not simply Gore's hypocrisy; it's a question of credibility," writes Schweizer.
Many critics, advocates and opponents alike have expressed dismay at the political nature of the documentary.
Opponents claim that given the extremely political life Al Gore has lived, the film cannot be anything other than biased. Advocates worry that the only people that will watch the film are those that already agree with the views it presents.
"The only disappointing part of the movie was that it had to be political. Everyone here in the audience tonight probably already agreed with Gore on these issues," said Robin Donohue, a 5th-semester environmental management and engineering major and president of the Forestry and Wildlife Club.
Gore addresses this very issue in the film explaining that given the threat to the survival of life on Earth, global warming should be a moral issue and not a political one.
EcoHusky also had a booth outside the theater explaining the basics of global warming.
The group offered a short global warming quiz for the audience to take before the show to win an EcoHusky T-shirt.
"This was an awareness event," explained OEP intern Jenny Sayers, a 5th-semester environmental science and anthropology major who helped organize the event. "We wanted people to be able to see the objective facts and hopefully take them to heart."
However, not all critics praised the documentary. Many, such as Peter Schweizer of USA Today, called the film hypocritical and politically biased. In his review, Schweizer gave various examples of how the former vice president has failed to make some of the very changes he asks viewers to make in the film.
"The issue here is not simply Gore's hypocrisy; it's a question of credibility," writes Schweizer.
Many critics, advocates and opponents alike have expressed dismay at the political nature of the documentary.
Opponents claim that given the extremely political life Al Gore has lived, the film cannot be anything other than biased. Advocates worry that the only people that will watch the film are those that already agree with the views it presents.
"The only disappointing part of the movie was that it had to be political. Everyone here in the audience tonight probably already agreed with Gore on these issues," said Robin Donohue, a 5th-semester environmental management and engineering major and president of the Forestry and Wildlife Club.
Gore addresses this very issue in the film explaining that given the threat to the survival of life on Earth, global warming should be a moral issue and not a political one.
EcoHusky also had a booth outside the theater explaining the basics of global warming.
The group offered a short global warming quiz for the audience to take before the show to win an EcoHusky T-shirt.
"This was an awareness event," explained OEP intern Jenny Sayers, a 5th-semester environmental science and anthropology major who helped organize the event. "We wanted people to be able to see the objective facts and hopefully take them to heart."
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