Turn Mankind’s Darkest Hour Into Its Finest
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s 11th Hour is due out soon, and from watching the trailer for the film I really enjoyed the perspective that it presented. The film addresses the failures of political and corporate leadership, but counterbalances that with a focus on the importance of youth being at the forefront of change, and that they may very well represent, to generations to come, those that acted when action was most crucially needed. It is a fresh new perspective that I think very empowering.
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August 15th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I look forward to seeing it. Looks great.
August 15th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
We need to “redesign design itself.”
Wonderfully put.
I believe this film has the potential to be one of the most important films of all time. I hope it is widely publicized increasing the chances of reaching that potential.
[Awkward sentence? Oh well. It's late.]
August 15th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
I do not think that this will be one of the most important films of all times. I think it is an important part of a larger movement, an idea that incorporates so much more than just one film. Docs such as this, and An Inconvenient Truth, along with a rising awareness amongst writers and all those who are concerned, are part of a movement. I only hope that the era of denial and dismissal of scientific date comes to an end soon, before its too late. One of the people that wrote a comment about the movie on youtube mentioned a book saying that global warming was a hoax…of course, the authors of the book are from the Cato Institue.
This movie does stand to have a substantial impact. We, as citizens, simply need to stand up to those interests bent on denying the truth of it, and say that they are wrong. That we do care.
At the end of the day, even if man made global warming turns out to be false, how will we as a species suffer if we make our world a better place to live in than when we inherited it? We could be the first generation to ever do such a thing. That would be revolutionary.
August 15th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
I get to see it tomorrow. I’ve seen a new movie coming out friday called Arctic Tale which is kind of like March of the Penguins with a bigger environmental message a couple times already, and the message is much in the same vein as 11th Hour.
http://www.arctictalemovie.com/
Worth checking out, but it’s not animated, and probably not the best movie for super young ‘uns to see.
August 15th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
That certainly would be revolutionary… but I don’t think our position is any different than 5 years ago when I started this whole attempt for revolution. I remember a film released under Keanu Reeves and Alanis Morissette called The Great Warming. Same deal. What changed?
Tonight I watched a show called The Power Of Ten. It’s a game show that has it’s players guess the percentage of americans that responded in a certain way to a poll. It’s very informative - apparently 58 percent of americans still think that girls shouldn’t be allowed to try out for a boy’s american football team. The discussion on the show was that if someone didn’t like the way America was as it is, they should get out. These things are offensive to me and they show me that the world isn’t progressing near as fast as we need to be progressing to save ourselves. I mean… I’m going to fight hard - that’s a promise - however, we need a different plan, and a different outlook on our situation. Each of us on this site who advocate for world peace and efficiency need to be leaders. I know that in the town I live in of 10 000, there are only a handful of people who give any sign of caring about the state of the world these days. I’ve been working on my parents for years - trying to get them to understand the imperfections of the world, but they are the same people they were when I was born, maybe just a little grouchier now. How do we battle willful ignorance like this?
August 15th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
What changed? The information changed. For many years corps. and or the right were able to confuse the issue by claiming that global warming was still a great unknown. That all the facts were not known. That scientists still hadn’t decided.
Then all the credible sources said hey, its real, wake up. So we are slowly starting to wake up. Individuals do not start movements, people do. Prince Charles has been talking about Global Warming for years, and everyone laughed at him. Then suddenly he was right, and everyone had to swallow their willful skepticism.
August 15th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
The trailer looks great, I can’t wait to see it. I’m skeptical that enough people will take it to heart to make a difference, but I guess even if it gets a few people to change then it’s done it’s work.
August 15th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
yeah i totally can’t wait for this film. where gore’s film offered a very scary (and effective) image of what’s going on with our climate, this seems like the next step - a light of hope, a look at how we’re going to change things if we just try.
August 15th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
[quote comment="23289"]What changed? The information changed. For many years corps. and or the right were able to confuse the issue by claiming that global warming was still a great unknown. That all the facts were not known. That scientists still hadn’t decided.
Then all the credible sources said hey, its real, wake up. So we are slowly starting to wake up. Individuals do not start movements, people do. Prince Charles has been talking about Global Warming for years, and everyone laughed at him. Then suddenly he was right, and everyone had to swallow their willful skepticism.[/quote]
No, you’re right. It’s what we have to do… we can’t turn this country into a war torn country like Iraq over this issue (I roll my eyes). We have to share the information, however, let’s be serious. At the current rate, we’re done. Forget speedwalking, we’ve got to start sprinting. And out of curiousity… what did you mean when you said “Individuals do not start movements, people do”? It sounds as if you slipped up on that one, but I’m none the less curious.
And yeah, it was an obvious attempt by industry to stall the country on any progressive legislation for improving environmental conditions. However, this is still a capitalist country, and the industries aren’t going to just give up and claim defeat. It was a stall, and NOW we’re finally at the fight we should have been at years ago. I say that as long as people in this country can still spend summers at rich cottages and watch their 64 ” TV’s all winter, the change that is needed will not come.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:10 am
As a person working in the environmental field for several years, change has occurred, albeit slow. It’s comforting to know that some of the ideas we were taught in college and/or university have to be altered since it reflects the necessity for change. Believe it or not and as tedious as it is to those of us who are directly involved, the environmental legislation gets better with each amendment.
The work that Leonardo and Mr. Gore have accomplished has added ammunition to our cause because the industries that we’re so quick to point our fingers at (myself, included) have to answer to shareholders, except perhaps the tourism industry (?). Yes, the percentage of shareholders is small compared to the general public but influential, nonetheless. I’ve had first hand experience in producing the work that we diligently do for the corporate office because shareholders asked for it.
August 16th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
are the amount of comments in any way related to how people generally view this subject?
I only ask because anything about the war or Iraq posted seems to have some lively debate happening. Not ‘right’ debate, but lively nonetheless.
with respect to the subject itself, I just wanted to reinforce the idea that with every new ammendment change is happening, even if in an incremental sort of way. From someone who has lived her entire life governed by legislation, I think it’s important to recognise that even if it doesn’t move at the pace that everyone wants it to.
August 16th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
[quote comment="23364"]are the amount of comments in any way related to how people generally view this subject?
I only ask because anything about the war or Iraq posted seems to have some lively debate happening. Not ‘right’ debate, but lively nonetheless.
with respect to the subject itself, I just wanted to reinforce the idea that with every new ammendment change is happening, even if in an incremental sort of way. From someone who has lived her entire life governed by legislation, I think it’s important to recognise that even if it doesn’t move at the pace that everyone wants it to.[/quote]
Nature is ruled by actual science, not our political science, and it’s not going to say “oh, well, they’re making small improvements, give them another chance”. So that’s where I worry because a lot of people don’t understand the mass extinction that will ensue by the increase of temperatures (if it isn’t already happening… I do not know) gives us reasons to change our lifestyle completely, but until something catastrophic happens it will all be politics.
And come on - these debates are not interesting. The answer is already made - and very few people like the answer. People’s responses to this topic have become almost as hypocritical as responses to the topic of alien existence.
“Oh, I’m sure there must be life out there - but UFO’s and abductions? Get real…”
Which is what people remind me of when they say the environment needs help but then go back to their american lifestyles.
I weep two times in a day - once for the life that is being destroyed to bring us paper advertisements and throw-away dishware, and then again for the people who don’t see it’s beauty enough to stop doing it.