Pros & Cons of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”

Pros
-An Inconvenient Truth informs people about the importance of stopping global warming.
-There has been an increase in hybrid cars since this movie came out.
-More people have been buying eco-friendly products.
-There has been an increase in the usage of public transportation and bikes.
-There are very few theories against the Global Warming.
-“Gore does an excellent job of explaining the basic science behind climate change and the accelerated rise in temperatures since the 1970s.”
-The material could have been presented in a dry, boring way, but it made interesting by Gore's geniality and desire to share the information.
-This movie has informed a large number of people about global warming.
-Al Gore was already well known and trusted by most of the US, which helped the movie make an impact.
-Many businesses have become more eco-friendly.
-The movie’s goal, to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide, was meet.
-“Gore is excellent at drawing the American public's attention to issues that do matter.”
Cons
-Al Gore and his decades-long crusade to curb global warming is "alarmist."
-Almost everyone believes the Global Warming theory, when perhaps it should be questioned more.
-Many people didn’t watch the movie.
-Movies can easily dismissed as fiction.
-Many factory workers choose to ignore the facts presented in the video: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
-Gore “relies on controversial and alarmist claims” in the movie.
-It is difficult to tell if the move is what actually made people decide to live more eco-friendly or if was something else.
-Some people think, “What we need is an open, balanced debate, wherein the public and politicians actually start paying attention to what scientists do have to say, instead of basking in the rays of our all-too-American anti-intellectual blind ignorance.”
-Many people haven’t watched it because it is a documentary (which means that it may be boring).
Sources: http://www.fandango.com/aninconvenienttruth_95961/criticreviews, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/, http://www.amazon.com/review/RCAM4L3N8B2LV/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#RCAM4L3N8B2LV