Saw this movie 10 years ago and bought it so friends who had not seen it before could understand what Climate Change is doing to our earth. I am looking forward to also buying the sequel that should be out soon.

My first impression upon watching this documentary was utter amazement and fear. In fact, "An Inconvenient Truth" is billed as the scariest movie you'll ever see. Could it be that life on Earth as we know it will end within the next 50 years? It did not take me long to feel that this may be the most important documentary of all time (and the scariest one)!

In this documentary, Al Gore draws attention to the crisis of global warming. Gore blames CO2 for the temperature hikes we are experiencing worldwide. This documentary is basically a filmed version of the lectures that Gore has presented over 1,000 times to audiences all over the world.

Gore left me no room for doubt regarding the reality of global warming as Earth's ultimate environmental crisis and eventual doom. I was fascinated and convinced by his thorough presentation. And I am not alone to feel this way. Here is what other reviewers on amazon.com have said about this documentary:

A. A must see; a must think.

B. The most important film I have ever seen.

C. Very important; watch & watch again.

D. What in the world are we waiting for?

E. Required Viewing.

F. Save this planet by individual action.

G. Eye-opening!

H. Al Gore is the smartest man on this doomed planet!

I. Great inspiring movie. Please see it and let's change the way we live.

J. The truth is very disturbing, but you need to see it.

K. Don't Blow it! Good planets are hard to find.

L. Spread the Truth.

M. A must see for every resident of planet earth.

N. Stunning! Seeing this film is one of the most important things you can do all year.

O. Only 50 years from now... If you LOVE your CHILDREN, do you part to help NOW!

Al Gore's message is quite clear: Our planet is dying due to the fact that the world is steadily getting warmer. The question is what does this mean for all of humanity and what can we do about it? This film argues the case that the effects of global warming will continue, and indeed steadily get worse.

As I was reading the reviews on amazon.com, I found more and more people disagreeing with Al Gore. Some accused him of political manipulation. He is instilling fear in us in order for us to vote for him on the next presidential race. In other words, unless we vote for him, global warming is going to get worse and the icecaps are going to melt and we are all going to die by drowning!

Some mistrust Gore. Some have exclaimed, "Isn't this the guy who said he invented the internet!?" Others believe that he is selling snake oil and that there is no truth in his claims. After all, they say, he is not a scientist. Shouldn't this documentary have been presented by a scientist? Furthermore, why did Gore not do something about Global Warming when he was vice-president and in a better position to do so?

Many scientists in fact argue that his facts are not sound and that there is no correlation between CO2 and global warming.

So which is it? Is Al Gore right and doomsday is within 50 years from now, or is this just an exaggeration and unsound science?

Now I am not a scientist and am very new to this subject. With that said, here is the other side of the coin:

(1) Gore says that Earth is heating up because of man-made pollutants, which are raising the level of CO2 in the air. This CO2 traps the radiated heat from the Earth, thus warming up our planet. However, not only is Earth heating up, but all of the other planets in the solar system as well. If this is so, then our man made CO2 emissions aren't the major reason for the heating of the planet. If you visit the NASA website, you'll see that the Martian ice caps are melting too! So what could be the reason for this global warming? The primary source of heat on Earth, or anywhere in our solar system, is the Sun. If it wasn't for the sun, Earth would be a ball of ice. Our Sun goes through cycles. The Earth warms or cools with increased or decreased solar activity in the sun. This is not hard to visualize since a slight change in the Sun's angle turns summer to winter or winter to summer, a difference of several degrees! Our sun could therefore be the main reason behind our global warming.

(2) The earth has had many cooling and warming cycles for thousands of years, long before man could possibly contribute to it. The planet has seen far more severe climate changes than what we might experience and such changes have neither destroyed the planet nor the life upon it.

(3) One volcanic eruption (such as Mt. Pinatubo's volcanic eruption in the 90's) causes far more pollution and Co2 gases than our industries. During the Gulf War in 1991, when Saddam Hussein set fire to the Kuwaiti oil fields, more pollutants had been released in the air in one go than in any other time in history.

(4) We exhale CO2! Does this mean in order to have less CO2 in the air we must have less people on our planet? We are presently 6 billion people on Earth, and this number is rapidly increasing.

(5) Sea level has been rising at a rate of 1.8 mm per year for the past millenniums. Many scientists believe that the worst case scenario is a 2 feet rise in sea level within the next 100 years! Gore believes that we will be seeing a sea level rise of 20 feet in the next 50 years.

In a nutshell, no one really knows enough about the global climate to really say what definitively will happen within the next 50 years. In fact, no one really knows what the weather will be in the next few days (`This will be a sunny weekend,' exclaims the weatherman, only to have a rainy weekend).

The best we can do is to listen to all sides of an issue and then come to an educated opinion of our own. We should not let others do the thinking for us. This doesn't mean we can keep polluting the air we breathe. Everyone should do their part in trying to keep the environment clean.

I certainly enjoyed this movie and I think it's worth seeing. At least it got me thinking!

Great and truthful movie.

This documentary is a real eye opener and people should see it so they can understand what's going on with our planet and how we can make a difference.. we're at the point of no return.. so change needs to happen!!

Kind of discouraging, but unfortunately he’s right. This should NOT be a controversial topic: it’s slresdy happening

I was pretty shocked watching the video about our planet and the environmental changes that are happening. Al Gore got a lot of flack about this and really should have received countless awards. It is worth watching and learning about the truth so we can do we can make changes today so our planet will be taken care of for generations to come.

I had to watch this movie for my Film Appreciation class. To be honest I started this movie thinking I would be fighting off Mr Sandman the entire time but it was very interesting. A lot of good points were raised along with a lot of new information I didn't know. It was definitely eye opening.
I enjoyed this film.

This is a very insightful and educational documentary that is required viewing to help gain a fundamental knowledge of climate change. Then, don't forgot to watch the sequel which gives us an updated view a decade later, as our climate continues to deteriorate each day.