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An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Global Warming For Dummies
A very good introduction to the idea of global warming by Al Gore.
This movie will help bring awareness to an environmental issue that has been around for a while, yet, we seem to never do anything about it. Maybe something will be done when water from the oceans start lapping up on Congress's building doorstep.
Al Gore does his best to keep things simple so that this movie can be consumed by anyone. At first he states that pollution is thickening the atmosphere and then at some point starts talking about carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is not really pollution - its just the stuff that gets released when we burn fossil fuels, or breath. Yes, it is the stuff that causes the earth to become warmer when it is added to the atmosphere in large amounts.
For those of you that are more interested in this subject now that you have seen this movie, I have another, much better movie for you to watch. Its called Crude, and I saw it on the History Channel. This movie will explain the Carbon Cycle and will explain how the oil formed and how the earth will deal with the fact that we are burning it. Its the best movie regarding this subject that I have ever seen.
The Twilight Zone: Night Call (1964)
I Always Do What You Tell Me!
There are probably less than 10 episodes of TZ that I really like and this is one of them. I saw this as a child in the 70s and again just recently on Sci Fi. I think Sci Fi actually uses an edited version in order to fit in more commercials, but I cant be certain.
Gladys Cooper, who reminds me of my own mother in her looks before she passed was wonderful. She died in 1971 but had a great acting career. Perfectly cast for this episode.
Her performance here is done in such a way that you really feel sorry for her and will make you wish you could just go and visit this old lady to make her feel better.
No special effects, just a suspense drama that's right up there with works by Hitchcock.