OK for kids 13+
DiCaprio headlines talky global warming docu.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that although this environmental documentary is very talky, tweens and teens may be interested thanks to producer/star Leonardo DiCaprio. The film addresses some complicated issues in language that may go over younger kids' heads. It also includes repeated, potentially upsetting images of environmental disasters and their aftermath, including floods (Katrina, Europe), wildfires, earthquakes, melting ice caps, endangered furry animals, and impoverished human populations.
- Families can talk about the debate over global warming, and whether it results from human excesses or inevitable natural changes. Is the debate purely environmental, or are there political and social aspects, too? Does DiCaprio's involvement in the film make you more or less inclined to believe what it says? Why? What do you think of the film's proposal that we can all contribute to fighting global warming? What sorts of things can individuals do? Where could you go for more information on the topics the film brings up?
The good stuff
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Messages: Testimonials from eloquent, sincere, intelligent experts, advocating respect for the planet.
What to watch for
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Violence: Some shots of environmental devastation: floods, hurricanes, fires, earthquakes. These shots are general, with only a few faces visible, but they might upset younger viewers.
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Sex: Not an issue
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Language: Not an issue
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Consumerism: Mentions or brief images of Exxon Mobil, Mountain Dew.
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Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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you must see this movie by XsullyX
you have to see this movie and we as a generation have to make a difference
5
Frightening, Infuriating by Gandalf_the_White
This movie documents the fall of civilization if we do nothing. Go see it! Then begin nagging your legislators to do something.
5
Now or never by visionary3000
this is profoundly disturbing images of reality humans are creating on a daily basis.
All the inspiration one should need to get off your a** and do something to change things for the better.
Get involved in the solutions!
5
The 11the Hour by fmess71677
An excellent documentary. The films brings together experts from many scientific disciplines, and has them explain the effect of modern technology on the envoronment. They explain how we are ruining our environment, how the greenhouse effect is causing climatic changes, and how life is being degraded around the world. But it also explains how the process can be reversed and what can be done to change the situation.
It is a must see for anyone interested in the long term health of the environment.
5
Amazing by saxnhoy
The documentary runs more like a college lecture than a film; however, I would say that we are at a point where we need to be lectured. Unfortunately, the people who most need to see the flim will not attend. What the flim did was awaken in me a desire to get involved... to help change the pattern we are on in some small way. If all of us take action now, our children and their children's children might actually have some place nice to live.
5
The 11th Hour by 2buzzby
Time is up! You must see this movie and take your kids. This is the scariest movie you will ever see!
5
11th Hour is an Inspiration by AshevilleMovieBuff
Yes, this film is very important, a must see for anyone who cares about the world our children are to inherit. Correction: About OUR world as well as theirs. The film, using interviews with many top notch scientists and thinkers, lays out the the present reality and potential future represented by melting ice caps the world over, and other irrefutable indicators. DiCaprio does a good job of narrating. We all left feeling inspired to take action and make a difference in changing the dangerous course our country, in particular, is on.
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The time of ideologues is over by BrightSphere1
There are a few people who say don't go to this movie because it counters their ideology. These are the precise people who want to go on despoiling our planet and putting earth's population in peril. See this film and you will understand why they don't want you to see this movie. It blows the lid off the neo-con con that we can continue to pollute, trash natural habitat, and eternally foul the air with no consequences; and that finding a new way will hurt the economy. What sad little people they are.....and their day is coming to an end.
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Ouch! by tom3000
I rate this ?Go? because I care about this. I suspect this movie will wind up mostly be preaching to the choir but even the converted need re-enforcement from time to time. But I got to say, this really needs at least a little humor while they get our blood boiling to lighten the load. This thing is about as humorous and subtle as a video of smashing puppies in a metal press and it gets pretty darn intense. I also wish they had spent more time on the solution side. It's there but it really didn't give me a lot of hope. It was Hollywood that sold the world the bull crap that all successful people drive an SUV and we are still being flooded with wrong messages from the media. Cars like the Metro, which gets 49 MPG, are still treated as a symbol of being a looser rather than a smart, responsible choice. So which way do you want it Hollywood? And what about developing countries like China and India, they are going to suddenly cooperate? Heck no, they want to be like us (before we change).