Sprint to the Oscars -An Inconvenient Truth

The Sneaky Cheetah continues his quest to see every nominated film before the Academy Awards!

An Inconvenient Truth
nominated for Best Documentary Feature and Best Music (Original Song)


Everyone should see this film. If you take it's message to heart, it will change the way you live. I do know a few scientists (seriously!) that don't believe in global warming at all, but this film presents some overwhelming evidence that the planet is in trouble and we need to do something NOW! As far as a documentary, it's average. The best parts are a straight ahead presentation of Al Gore's Global Warming Power Point Presentation that he travels around the world showing to anyone who'll pay him. It's a great show. But a great documentary that does not make. The slide show is inter cut with vignettes about Gore's lifelong battle to get this message out. The film seriously drags when this happens. This is definitely something people should see to learn about, but I don't think this breaks any new ground as a documentary. I haven't seen any other docs nominated, but I'm sure a few of them are better works of the art of documentary film making.
It's also nominated for Best Song, "I Need to Wake Up", a Melissa Ethridge song played over the credits. It's a good song and fits the film, but 1 of the 3 Dreamgirls songs are gonna take this award. B

This is the first Academy Award nomination for director Davis Guggenheim and songwriter Melissa Ethridge.