The film starts with bible stories to scare the unsettled, and then simply names conservatives represented by Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Fox News. Next, Xiao Lizi spent two years traveling around the world to learn first-hand the impact of climate change and the measures taken by governments. The melting of the Antarctic ice sheet, the sinking of small islands in the Pacific Ocean, the illegal logging of forests, the flooding of farmland in India, the poor air quality in China, the burning of Pakistan in Indonesia, and the exploitation of sand oil in Canada, the pictures are shocking and scary; but the real focus of debate should not be Whether the climate is changing, we all know that the climate is changing, but it should be whether the climate change is related to our way of life. Even when Trump says climate change is a hoax, we know what he really meant to say is, yes the climate is changing, but that's just a natural phenomenon. The production team is obviously taking advantage of the public's ignorance and individual slips of the tongue to vilify conservatives. If the production team is interested in making the public understand the inevitable connection between climate issues and lifestyles, they should put on an argumentative stance, interview one or two dissenting people, and then debate it, so that the public can understand why there is a stalemate, rather than Quotes throughout the article. Having said that, I want to stress again that I am not an opponent of climate change, but I do not think conservative opposition is blind.
Next, Xiao Lizi visited government departments in China and India to learn about the efforts of developing countries to utilize clean energy and reduce emissions, and exclaimed that even developing countries are ahead of the United States. Seeing this, my heart collapsed. I don't know whether the motherland is too cunning or the American imperialists are too naive. The persuasiveness of this visit is almost zero. I wonder if the naive American people will be fooled. Next is a visit to the Tesla Gigafactory, a discussion with Elon Musk on how to replace traditional energy with clean energy, and a discussion with Obama on how to keep pace with the times and face the climate issue. These are two big figures, but these two interviews are still missing. Link climate change to lifestyle. In the latter part, Xiao Lizi visited the Pope with a painting of a Bible story. The editing was very hasty. I felt that the Pope didn’t care much about him. Suspected of cheating. Before the end, I interviewed a scientist who studies greenhouse gases, educating the audience to eat less beef. Even I was anxious when I saw this. Do you know how much I like to eat beef? It's just a matter of casting votes, why are you struggling with eating beef? Then there's an interview with a terminally ill former NASA astronaut who said he devoted his entire life to developing a device to detect climate change. The end is the sensational speech Xiao Lizi gave at the United Nations. If I had watched it five years earlier, I would have applauded with tears in my eyes, but to be honest, this film is only suitable for literacy, knowledge level and discussion for people who usually don’t pay much attention to current affairs. The level is similar to that of Cui Yongyuan's call for attention to genetically modified foods.
Of course, from a movie point of view, the director is still quite good at making things. The composition and movement of a large number of drone aerial pictures are very powerful, and the technology content is quite high. In terms of editing, except for the Vatican section, the others are very compact and smooth, and the connection is natural. But this is a documentary. It's visually pleasing and sensational, but the level of discussion is really not good, so I can't give high marks.
So now the problem comes, Trump is president, Obama is about to die, Elon Musk is about to be cleaned up, and National Geographic has also deleted the full video that was previously available for free. This film should be hidden. The whole of Hollywood has fallen out with Trump, does Lizi still care about it? 3 points, no more.
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