Sexyloutak
Absolutely the worst movie.
Glimmerubro
It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
Jakoba
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
randy8876
The positives: It has a lot of great filming. Beautiful shots of various nature scenes all over the planet, even when they don't apply to the movie. The music chimes in and was well chosen to initiate certain feelings. It was a well done docudrama with the standard scare tactics and it's clearly all Hollywood made.The negatives: It's limiting on facts. It would briefly touch on something, then move on to some "touching story". It strives hard to appeal to emotions, while avoiding any hard facts and statistics. Like all global warming scare tactic films it avoids touching on solutions. While it says we can do something, the example given is a $200,000 home. It neglects to mention that even if all 6.7 billion people on the planet have those homes the global warming rate would actually increase.I would suggest you skip this movie and actually read some scientific studies. This was a Hollywood movie, and a lot of science was left out.
akelly85
I really enjoyed watching this movie. It woke me up to the consequences of global warming. Being from Alaska, I have seen first hand the effects of global warming. I have witnessed glaciers calve off in monumental proportions.In fact, I found a similar movie that shows more global warming footage of calving glaciers. Huge chunks of ice breaking off into the ocean! You can find this film called "Alaska, The Tracy Arm Experience" on Film Baby. If you loved this movie, you will sure love Alaska, The Tracy Arm Experience. Watch the glaciers disappear before your eyes and show your friends and family what is really going on in Alaska.
vovazhd
I went into The 11th Hour expecting a straightforward, didactic documentary summarizing the current threats from global warming. If not for a momentary interest on the subject, I would have probably passed it up altogether. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was extremely nuanced, being an insightful and scientific investigation on mankind's role in global warming.Rather than spurting out random facts and events (like most documentaries), The 11th Hour uses a wide range of viewpoints to build a conceptual foundation that explains the general scientific impression of global warming. Some of the ideas may end up being wrong, but all of them are at least plausible. The different speakers include Paul Hawken, Wangari Maathai, Mikhail Gorbachev, and (my favorite) Stephen Hawking. There are many different ideas communicated, but they are all based on the same underlying principle. The structure of the documentary is very dialog heavy, which can feel overwhelming at times but is guaranteed to bring forth new knowledge to viewers.The main ideas are nothing new for most people educated on environmental news, but the speakers submit some profound new ways of looking at them. A common theme was relating Earth's existence to the human civilization's existence. If we continue to progress global warming, the planet might be able to heal itself eventually, but only once humans are gone. One thing I found especially interesting was the consideration of the economic value of nature, which ended up being roughly two times greater than the world's industrial wealth.My only significant complaint is that the film is often rough in style, organization, and editing. The images sometimes feel out of place or even distracting from the message. Occasionally, the images rapidly jump between completely different environments, which can be hard to process. To be sure, most of the cinematography was excellent, but it just wasn't put together in the best way. Overall, it could have been more focused.The 11th Hour is an insightful and inspiring documentary on one of the most important topics to date. It provides a balanced and comprehensive conceptual overview on the human role in global warming, but also expects viewers to take this knowledge out of the theater and implement it into their own lives. It is extremely educational experience.
ReinaMissy
I'd like to know why this phrase is taboo to so many Americans. It shames me that as one of the world's richest nations, we are so complacent that many insist this is "liberal propaganda" instead of actually considering doing something radical, like recycling most of what we use, buying glass instead of plastic & using insulation in place of extra energy for heating.One caveat for viewers: do not expect it to be entertaining. This is not a movie; it's a documentary. Given the many people who bashed it, I expected it to be an extremist's view of environmentalism. To the contrary, it's educational, informative & not at all alarmist. Real, workable solutions to some of the issues we face are offered. Of course, these solutions require action on the part of individuals. Perhaps that is why so many people bash this film. They'd rather insist that it's alarmist than actually make an effort to change wasteful habits.I am proud to be an environmentalist. As a clergywoman who firmly believes that as part of the Judeo-Christian religious system it is my theological obligation to act in harmony with the natural world, I am proud to add this documentary to my increasing collection of sources on environmental ethics. I highly recommend it and its companion website as good resource material for anyone hoping to start that shift in their behavior. And bear in mind - you may be only an individual, but when your effort is added to the thousands of others who have already made the change, you WILL see a difference.
