It’s time I finally blogged about the sekret project. I’ve alluded to it a few times here but have been coy largely because I wanted to push things a bit further before bringing it to the online environment. But, time has come.
Before I begin, though, a question:
Have you seen An Inconvenient Truth yet?
Because you really should go see it.
Pearce writes:
“I saw An Inconvenient truth the other day, and not only do I recommend it, I class it as a must-see… if you don’t see the movie, you can neither recommend nor condemn it. If you already know the facts about global warming, by seeing this movie you can judge for yourself whether it is a resource you can recommend. Similarly if you doubt the facts about global warming, you cannot criticize the movie unless you explicitly know what it says.”
Jenni writes in comment to this post,
“Not many movies have actually changed the things I do, but this one did.”
And on her own blog:
“I was very moved and motivated by [An Inconvenient Truth].”
Pearce references Roger Ebert, uber-film reviewer of Chicago, writing about the film:
“In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to.”
Over in Wellington’s free alterna-paper The Capital Times, Graeme Tuckett references the Ebert review and also writes:
“This is my fifth year of reviewing movies for the Cap TImes, and this is my last ever column, so I reckon I’m allowed a small indulgence… JUST GO AND SEE AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, OK? The film is brilliant. It will, quite probably, change the way you live your life… How much do I reckon you should see it? I’ll tell you what. The first five people to email me at the address below – I’ll shout you your ticket, OK?”
Seriously, go see this film. This is something special. Even if you think you know this stuff backwards and forwards, see the film. The cultural conversation just moved forward and if you haven’t seen this film you’re missing out.
Plus, the film is massively entertaining, and you don’t walk out of the cinema depressed – you walk out of it energised. As Jenni said, motivated.
Which brings me to the sekret project.
Which, naturally, I’m not going to talk about until tomorrow.
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Lots of people telling me to go and see/do something actually disinclines me to do it, as I then get stuck in this argument with myself about “am I doing this because I want to, or because others think I should”.
Thus I kill my brain, instead of doing something useful with it, like say going to a movie.
Samm: I know what you mean – didn’t see Trainspotting for this exact reason – but quite honestly, at the moment saying “why haven’t you seen An Inconvenient Truth yet?” is a bit like saying “why didn’t you wear any pants to work today?” 😉