We went to see The Great Warming on opening night last week (Nov 3rd). Though the Regal multiplex parking lot was full & there was a long line at the ticket office, our theatre had only 4 people. The other group was a woman that worked for Krystal Planet (credited to making the film Climate Neutral), who had brought along a friend. Disappointing to have such a private showing.

How was the film? Though much less technical than An Inconvenient Truth, it's a dramatic film that sweeps around the world to reveal how a changing climate is affecting the lives of people everywhere. It taps into the growing groundswell of public interest in this topic to present an emotional, accurate picture of our children's planet.

Repeats the message that Climate Change is a Moral issue, not an Economical or Political one.

Surprisingly, I didn't find it too preachy. There was an interview with Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals, and also one with Matthew Sleeth, an evangelical MD that's made personal lifestyle changes and even written a book titled Serve God, Save The Planet. Cizik is SO clear in his message that 30 million Americans have a biblical calling for Creation Care, and that pastors need to talk about this at the pulpit.

The film had an excellent script & good visuals to show the invisible CO2 rising from various activities. The producers spelled out that Global Warming comes from burning coal, oil & gas, building up since the since the Industrial Revolution. There was an unambigous blame on the oil industry. And directly asked us, as Americans, to bring up Climate Change with our elected reps.

Though the ending was built-up with far-fetched future technologies, I felt the film was a good wake-up for those that are oblivious to The Issue of our times.

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