Global warming and climate change are quintessential issue of major calamity which needs to be tackled as soon as possible from every individual human being. There is no doubt about it that this is happening. Even let us say that the global warming termed as a “hoax”, it is the least we owe to our Earth and environment. “An Inconvenient Truth” sliced into the layers of this slow demise of humanity succumbing to the nature’s way of punishment on our continuous deterioration towards it by us. It sensed the place in our minds deep within called conscience to look into that and do something about it. My next car purchase became a hybrid and I constantly try at my home to use the electrical resources in frugal manner. “The 11th Hour” starts promisingly on the origins and perspective on the issue but after a while it forms into a heavy lecture with monotonous settings and themes. It loses the grip in the middle and elongates into a fact explained clearly and emotionally in “An Inconvenient Truth”.
The purpose is truthful but there cannot be forgiveness for the wrong approach. The movie starts with people explaining the nature and humans. They make us understand that we are in nature and not a separate entity apart from it. The human colonization has enlarged into a big hole of economic destruction than formation. Elaboration goes on corporations and industries focusing on growth rather than the underlying purpose of living of co-existence among themselves and with the nature. From there almost twenty to thirty people who are very much concerned and actively participating in revival of environment talk honestly and sincerely to us on the possibilities and plausibility of the system of nature and the redemption humans can have. While their sincerity is appreciated, it starts to bring down the whole momentum of the film.
Recently I had a particular discussion with my friend Mathi. We started off with the concept of religion and its impacts. Then it migrated towards issues of serious concern and I said that money or economy is more destructive and deadly than religion right now. Mathi said religion is the single most force which can control and dominate people in an organized and powerful way to destroy any one regardless of their character. I accept that point and religion is potent enough to do that but at least many of us identify it for what it is. They know its capability and fall for it but the identification is done. Whereas economy is something which has developed and seeped into our system to drive every living thing possible and still operates in an open clandestine manner. No one realizes the slow poison effect of it. People are hooked up onto it and the only survival motto is to earn and spend. And I am glad that this movie discussed it. In fact it points that out as the origin of all the issue of corporation fighting tooth and nail to mint money. This view towards it shed the light on the attitude of the people in the current world. The movie does not blame but takes the action on some instances which is needed for a documentary. While corporations are now being forced some of it, individuals as such need an attitude adjustment towards climate change issue. They do not name economy as the sole villain but point out the problems in it which can be formed as win-win situation for everyone.
“An Inconvenient Truth” did the major job for this movie, awareness was created. In this movie concentrating on various erudite comments is good but the subject of interest should have been the ways of small things to make a difference for climate effect. It is been discussed during the final fifteen minutes in fast forward motion. Further elaboration on screen would have greatly achieved the intention and purpose of what movie aimed for.
I appreciate the effort to show case but as a documentary it transforms from engrossing start to a dragging lengthy lecture of contents shown in a very straight line moments. I am for the green project and would seriously recommend everyone to do their best in saving the environment. I would suggest “An Inconvenient Truth” for realizing the start and what can be done. Directors Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen along with creator and narrator Leonardo DiCaprio need more concentration on the presentation structure and varying momentums to convey their contents in the best way possible.
4 comments:
Good theme ! Is it a documentary?
Where we can get these movies to see !
Yes both "The 11th Hour" and "An Inconvenient Truth" are documentaries. I would strongly recommend to watch "An Inconvenient Truth". You might get it in Bangalore.
Ashok,
I recently read 'Jurassic Park' and in that one of the character called Ian Malcolm talks about a beautiful point. He says that we humans assume that we are ALL powerful and our assumption leads us to believe that we could destroy the planet. He argues that the earth has been here billion of years before the first human came to existence and the earth would survive the onslaught by us humans. May be the humans would end up destroying themselves in the worst possible scenario. The earth would survive and other living beings would again evolve albeit in a different way from what it is right now.
DO not get me wrong when I bring up this point. The initiatives that each of us take to 'Preserve' the earth is just for our survival and of the human beings. The earth would survive all these desecration we humans advertently & inadvertently do to it.
Cheers,
Nagesh.
Ohh Actually, thats exactly the point they are making in this movie too. They do not say Earth will be gone, they say that it will be all fine and just that humans will be extinct. So you are right on target on that :-) and yes I love "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World" and most of Crichton's book.
I mentioned the point of "owing" ourselves to the Earth is the good will out of it. End of day, yes we are fighting for our survival.
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