One does not need much scientific knowledge to understand that 'The Great Global Warming Swindle' is a propaganda film of the highest order. More than the scientific evidence that was falsified in the film(Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle#cite_note-OfcomRuling-1 and http://www.amos.org.au/publications/response-to-recent-documentary-the-great-global-wa), the way in which the movie presents itself is so blatantly assertive and 'Holier-than-thou' that one loses faith in the movie's arguments from the word go.
Firstly, if a movie has to resort to the opinions of 5 scientists only to generate repeated rhetoric about something that is considered to be factually true amongst the masses based on 1 singular flaw in the scientific evidence in the theory itself, it sets itself up to criticism. The instance I'm quoting here is the way in which the movie starts off. When they say that "Look, the theory states that temperature is supposed to increase as we go up in the troposphere. It doesn't, so it's false." You see what they did there? a. What does that flaw even prove? b. Why the f**k would you spend 20 more minutes of rhetoric on rhetoric to make them sound ridiculous based on only 1 minor flaw in the theory (Even assuming it's true?)
Second, the incentive structures that they set out for 'Global Warming' to become a big issue were flawed beyond recognition. They kept on harping on about how it's all just a scam because 10,000 jobs depend on it. Agreed, but given 10 million jobs depend on Global Warming being a myth, why don't you think that research against 'Global Warming' has been incentivezed? If the viewer thinks twice about it, they would realize that many major industries would profit a whole lot more if Men were not responsible for Global Warming. They would save billions if Environmental responsibility was none of their concern. Given the power that these companies have, they would have probably put in more effort to prove this was a myth in the first place. and that's why I find it hard to believe the word of 5-6 stuck-up british oldies versus the entire scientific community at large.
Thirdly, when they come out and say, that this is a 'Communist' Agenda, my doubt that this could be a propaganda film were solidified. That is exactly how every capitalist nation tried to justify almost everything. Listen, don't have obamacare, it's a commie agenda. Don't do charity, it's a commie agenda. You need to give us more analysis than just this justification.
The other problems I had with the film were the blatant way in which they tried to swing public opinion by repeatedly showing photos of 'Happy people on beaches'. Those scenes had nothing to do with anything which was being said in the movie itself and did not seem to add any value. It had a glaring similarity to the videos that were sent out to the German public when the 'Jews' were always portrayed with big noses and negative roles and the German people were shown partying. And lines like "Look at the sun!! Do you think that humans could have more influence than the sun?" were just meant to appeal to the sentimentality of the public rather than basing themselves in any actual fact that was not contested.
At the end, the movie did make me look itself up on Wikipedia just to see the amount of criticism it faced. The only reason being that it never managed to prove to me "Why? Why would such a huge scandal occur? Why would Coca-cola let it happen?" There have been movies which contest facts which have been agreed upon previously, eg. The moon landing. Those movies always got perspective from both sides and then disproved everything beyond reasonable doubt one by one. This movie did not even attempt to do so.
Movies like these are meant to dissuade public opinion and should be publicly criticized for doing so. The same way that a movie showing Racial Superiority of Aryans over other races would be criticized, the same should be done for movie like these.
1.0/10
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