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An Honest Review of An Inconvenient Truth, The Documentary

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An Inconvenient truth is a documentary that strives to educate the public on the rising concerns of global warming. The discussion is facilitated by Al Gore who talks about the urgency of these environmental issues. The main focus is on scientific opinion, causes, and effects global warming has on our planet in the present and future. Ultimately, the end argument is that action needs to be taken now. Personally, I enjoy topics like this and love learning more. Al Gore is a familiar face to some of us and the visuals and statistics he provides are very impactful. I honestly thought it might be a little boring but it did a great job of holding my attention. The documentary really does grab at your emotions and draws the viewer in, which we all know is very effective. It also does not end with all this overwhelming information and nothing for you to do with it. We tend to forget there are little things we can do in our life that effect the use of energy. We can also use our own voice to speak up for bigger changes and the documentary does a great job of reinforcing this.




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