there's been a disturbing trend over the last 15 years to call films which are quite obviously propaganda and label them as documentary. at the center of this trend is Micheal moore, but both sides of every political issue seem gleefully willing to commit the same mistake in taxonomy. part of it stems from the fact that the word "propaganda" itself has been so indelibly married to nazism and soviet socialism that in any context it seems to connote inherent falsehood. while this is not necessarily the case it does seem to be the vast public perception of the issue. so instead of admitting to watching propaganda we get documentaries which are chock full of bias opinions specifically chosen to fulfill preconceived notions. when it comes to the issue of global warming on one side you have the propaganda of al gore and on the other side you have this little bit of propaganda. now personally i'm more inclined to believe the point of view that this movie states, the problem is that spotting some of the logical shortcomings is not that difficult of a task. add to that the kind of "i'm a victim" mentality brought on by people skeptical of anthropogenic global warming and you get to wonder if when they say their being persecuted whether it's just hyperbole or whether they really have no historical perspective of what constitutes persecution.
6 out of 10, as much as i want to agree with the subject matter, the obvious biases and numerous rational shortcomings are too much to ignore and do a great disservice to the message.
6 out of 10, as much as i want to agree with the subject matter, the obvious biases and numerous rational shortcomings are too much to ignore and do a great disservice to the message.