vegaskid6257 Review of The 11th Hour

The 11th Hour (I) (2007)

a pretty good documentary, though not without flaws

[7/10 · 18 September 2007]

I enjoyed this documentary, as I felt it combined elements of Koyanisquatsi, An Inconvenient Truth, and even a dash of What the Bleep Do We Know. It is certainly fascinating to hear such luminaries as Stephen Hawking and Mikhael Gorbachev talk about a subject, the environment that you don't normally hear them discuss. My only problem with the documentary is at the end when they give the solutions for a sustainable future. The film makers rely too much on technological solutions, which is part of the arrogant attitude that got us into this mess in the first place. Also, the people being interviewed just give answers in a very matter of fact way. What I mean to say is, there are no easy solutions to this complex problem, but the experts who appear in the film just mention things such as reducing the income tax and levying a much higher tax on the consumption of fossil fuels. This sounds well and good, but there is no way the oil companies will allow that to happen. Just 45 minutes before that line, the people being interviewed were talking about how "evil" the oil companies were, and how in reality they controlled the government. As I mentioned, the ending was a little unsatisfying for me, but I feel it is definitely worth seeing just for the visuals and cinematography.