First, the not so good. "Music and Lyrics" looked promising, as romantic comedies go. Hugh Grant's movies often have a dry, quirky humor that can be quite enjoyable. Sometimes they are a little satirical, like last year's "American Dreamz," which, while you can argue about the sophistication and success of its satire, was a fairly enjoyable satire of American culture. I also will admit to having enjoyed "About a Boy" and "Love Actually." This movie, however, was a disappointment. It started out somewhat promising - the opening scene, which consists of a terrible 80's style music video, was pretty amusing. The majority of the movie was passable, but the ending was inexcusable. Not only was it completely cheesy, it lacked any internal coherence with the rest of the movie. I won't say anymore, since I might give away something for those of you who dare to see it.So, on to the good. While some of my readers may be skeptical, my wife and I thoroughly
enjoyed "An Inconvenient Truth." I'll admit, I enjoy well-made documentaries, and this one qualifies. I'm not positive where I land on the global warming issue, although I do not find it nearly as easy to dismiss as some people do. Al Gore makes a convincing argument that it is a pressing danger - certainly enough to warrant further investigation. My one criticism of the documentary is that there are several sections that deal slightly with his political career, and I think these could have been left out. The sad truth is that many people will be turned off from this documentary because they don't agree with Gore on political grounds. However, I would challenge anyone to try to watch "An Inconvenient Truth" with an open mind, free of any disagreements with Gore's politics. The reality is that if Gore is right about global warming, we (meaning the entire human race) have a great deal to lose. If he is incorrect, curtailing pollution and conserving energy is still a very good thing. We have a great deal to gain, and very little to lose, by taking this issue seriously.
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its been more than awhile. i almost gave up making it a dialy routine check. so on to global warming, is it somewhat phsyco that i am actually kind of excited to see what our world will go through because of this?? nice. haha. miss ya man. keep posting.
justin
Thank you Jake, ridicule as motivation does work.
Justin . . . umm, yeah, a little psycho. :) Myself, I'm hopeful that more people will start to take things more seriously - Americans in particular could stand to be more concerned with our level of energy consumption and pollution. Sorry its taken me so long to post - I do plan to be posting more often now.
I cannot make any judgments on Gore's politics, simply because I haven't had the time to keep up with them. But I do find a bit of irony (if I could even call it that) in the whole enterprise, which leads me to the question of: how much jet-fuel did Gore burn while promoting his endeavor to be more friendly to the environment? It seems to me that if you want to be a poster child for being more eco-friendly, then you should find other ways to market your ideas instead of using ones that only contribute to the problem.
On a completely different but slightly connected note: I also found it interesting this past weekend that, while watching the History Channel, some scientists were working out scenarios of how to cope with a possible mini Ice Age--much like the one that hit in the 14th century. Here's why it strikes me as interesting: these scientists are running predictions for such an event taking place this century. Yet, other scientists are running predictions for global warming for this century.
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