Gore vs. CBC

First and foremost, both films we viewed gave basic information on why global warming is occurring and how to reverse the pattern. In the first film, the CBC News Documentary shows specific examples as to why global warming has occurred and it showed viewers how scientists are checking for changes in the atmosphere. CBC’s approach on talking about global warming seemed less aggressive and more informal, in a casual way. On the other hand, Al Gore’s approach to alerting American’s about the dangers of global warming were much more precise and demanding. Gore not only had reasons as to why global warming has occurred but he also gave solutions on how to fix the crisis, too. Gore pretty much came out and said “Global Warming is here and this is how we need to fix it.” CBC seemed to more or less give out the statistics and talk about what we can do that may help warming from continuing. Gore also puts blame directly on specific people and says that his film is the truth, regardless of what anyone else has to say about the matter. Gore leaves little room for others to form their own opinion and basically labels his theory as the right theory.

In comparison to Gore’s interview, the CBC special was more family friendly and inviting. Not only was the film shot in several different locations, but it also gave quite a few options and alternatives to what is happening with our climate today. Whereas I felt like CBC was saying there is a debate on the issue of global warming and how and why it had occurred, Gore just flat out says there is no debate. While the issue with global warming is important, I almost felt as if Gore was using the opportunity to put himself out there and to allow others to view him as this strong, brilliant man, instead of just putting out the issues on global warming. All in all, I preferred the CBC documentary because it was more inviting and allowed me to have my own opinions on such an important topic.