it's nice to see an activist doc that's not embarrassing to me as cineaste and/or liberal. Al Gore is a strange fish...between this film and Spike Jonze's short piece on the first issue of WHOLPHIN, i'm entirely convinced that i misjudged the man when i only grudgingly supported his candidacy in 2000. (which is his fault...his dry charisma remained his best-kept-secret for unknown reasons.) Bill Clinton he's not, but he can make a good impression when he lets his guard down, and he does that quite a lot in this movie. after hearing months of the explanation "it's not ABOUT Al Gore, it's about global warming" to people who didn't care to see "that Al Gore movie", i was surprised to find that the movie really is kind of about Al Gore, but the biographical elements are all tied directly into the bigger issue at hand (and the issue couldn't be much bigger), and it paints a portrait of a man whose concern for our planet's well being has consumed his life in the most productive possible way.
it's the kind of film that makes me guilty that i'm not going to do as much about what i've seen as i know i ought to.
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