Comments on: 11th Hour review http://www.relax-with-dax.co.za/11th-hour-review What's what - in Cape Town Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dax http://www.relax-with-dax.co.za/11th-hour-review/comment-page-1#comment-27492 Dax Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:43:54 +0000 http://www.relax-with-dax.co.za/?p=784#comment-27492 Some good point there, Andrew. The film does try and emphasise that we are part of nature, and that we have abused our advantages. I agree with you that the 11th hour has passed and that there are difficult times ahead. Man will not be able to do what is required to prevent this from happening. tick, tock... Some good point there, Andrew. The film does try and emphasise that we are part of nature, and that we have abused our advantages.

I agree with you that the 11th hour has passed and that there are difficult times ahead. Man will not be able to do what is required to prevent this from happening.

tick, tock…

]]> By: Andrew http://www.relax-with-dax.co.za/11th-hour-review/comment-page-1#comment-27491 Andrew Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:22:15 +0000 http://www.relax-with-dax.co.za/?p=784#comment-27491 Dax, I watched 11th Hour when it first came out last year and despite not being a fan of the man-boy actor known as Leo (incidentally, I have since changed my respect for him after some good performances alongside Jack Nicholsen etc.), I was impressed AND challenged by the film. Unlike Al Gore's documentary an Inconvenient Truth that simply paints a bleek picture (with some questionable claims), 11th Hour presents a wide range of leaders, from the former head of the CIA to architects on what we as the most influential species on the plant can do (or think about doing, as individuals, designers, consumers etc.) to reverse the rapid environmental decline in which we find ourselves. Frankly, I think our 11th hour has passed. Things are going to only get worse and despite our efforts, expect much more suffering and discomfort for the forseeable future. To me, the main point of the film is to really see our existence in context. We are PART of nature and not masters of it. We think, through the rapid industrialisation of the world based on a petroleum based economy, that we have tamed our planet and made way for more human 'advancement'. The fact is thought that we've dramatically damaged our enironment to the point that we have arranged, some might argue, for our own extinction. Life on Earth will continue with our without humankind. We could be one of thousands of species that have lived and disappeared from the planet. The point is, we can't just say we hear the clock ticking and gee I keep hearin the same story. We all, little by little, day in and day out, need to make an effort to rescue our planet. It's so easy to adopt a defeatist attitude and stick one's head in the sand. It's standing up and getting friends, family, colleagues, governments, businesses etc. to change the way they thing about the planet that sustains us. We are all products of Mother Nature and she is not happy with her children and how they've maintained their house...tick, tock... Dax,
I watched 11th Hour when it first came out last year and despite not being a fan of the man-boy actor known as Leo (incidentally, I have since changed my respect for him after some good performances alongside Jack Nicholsen etc.), I was impressed AND challenged by the film. Unlike Al Gore’s documentary an Inconvenient Truth that simply paints a bleek picture (with some questionable claims), 11th Hour presents a wide range of leaders, from the former head of the CIA to architects on what we as the most influential species on the plant can do (or think about doing, as individuals, designers, consumers etc.) to reverse the rapid environmental decline in which we find ourselves.

Frankly, I think our 11th hour has passed. Things are going to only get worse and despite our efforts, expect much more suffering and discomfort for the forseeable future.

To me, the main point of the film is to really see our existence in context. We are PART of nature and not masters of it. We think, through the rapid industrialisation of the world based on a petroleum based economy, that we have tamed our planet and made way for more human ‘advancement’. The fact is thought that we’ve dramatically damaged our enironment to the point that we have arranged, some might argue, for our own extinction. Life on Earth will continue with our without humankind. We could be one of thousands of species that have lived and disappeared from the planet.

The point is, we can’t just say we hear the clock ticking and gee I keep hearin the same story. We all, little by little, day in and day out, need to make an effort to rescue our planet. It’s so easy to adopt a defeatist attitude and stick one’s head in the sand. It’s standing up and getting friends, family, colleagues, governments, businesses etc. to change the way they thing about the planet that sustains us. We are all products of Mother Nature and she is not happy with her children and how they’ve maintained their house…tick, tock…

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