Would kids like "An Inconvenient Truth"?

[unschooler]

Too boring? Too intense? OK? What do you think?

Mine have seen lots of PG-13 movies, but, of course, "Mission Impossible 3" is not quite the same....

[Syrinx]

1. I'll let you know my opinion when it plays where I live

Which is probably never. :)

[Journeyman]

2. Haven't seen the movie, don't know your kids. . .

but give it a try. I read 1984 when I was 12 -- didn't fully understand for years afterwards, but an imcomplete appreciation didn't diminish the experience, kind of added to it as I "grew" into full recognition and both developed my understanding of it as it helped develop my understanding of the world. (And I mention 1984 in this instance as an example of a complex, disturbing experience -- somewhat like I imagine An Inconvenient Truth will be for a great number of people.

[Cassandra]

3. I read 1984 at age 12, too.

My older brother told me it had "juicy bits". (Whatever works).

[phantom power]

4. Maybe the same way I "liked" The Day After when I was a kid?

[YankeyMCC]

5. I was planning to take my 9 year old son

at least seriously considering it. He and I spend a lot of time in the woods around here and WMNF and I talk to him a qood deal about the environmental issues I'm concerned about and that he'll have to face as he grows up - always being careful to encourage him to care for nature and think about taking action and not just scare him - so I think he's inoculated and ready (at least to some extent) for this movie I think.

But I'll certainly be interested in comments from anyone who sees it before me incase there's something about it that makes it inappropriate - the subject matter certainly could be scary and disturbing or just to complex in presentation.

[mopinko]

6. taking all my kids on friday, but

the youngest is 13, so i don't know what that will tell you. i will be happy to report back.
i suspect, tho, that unschoolers will find it very interesting.

[unschooler]

8. I'd be interested in your feedback.

I mostly want to be sure they aren't bored. They usually like science documentaries, but I'm not sure they'd like two hours of Al, Al, Al talking (although I could use a good eight years of him, personally)!

[mopinko]

9. i will let you know, but

from everything i have heard, it is done at a level that anyone can understand, and that it is actually kind of cool and funny.

[Beaverhausen]

7. It's a bit talky but I think about 9 and up will like it

President Gore uses lots of graphs, charts and pictures to show what is going on with global warming so anyone can understand it.

Bring all the kids!!! They need to know what is going on.

edit- it isn't "scary" in the traditional sense. It's scary in the same way the thought of a Katrina-like flood and human disaster could/will happen on a much larger scale if we don't do something about it.

For me, the scary part was when there is a tiny segment on Gore having the presidency taken from him. Some of the pictures of the players in that effort made me want to :puke:

[phantom power]

10. It just occurred to me...

as a kid, your parents are always explaining inconvenient truths to you. One more is probably no big deal. Admittedly, most inconvenient truths don't involve horrific famine and mass extinctions.

[IrateCitizen]

11. Even younger children can understand more than we give credit for...

Anything that can provide your children with valuable information and ideas about how their existence interacts with the world around them is a good thing, IMHO. I have become convinced since returning to school for a life in education that the vast majority of difficulty with children "understanding" things is not a lack of capacity on their part, but because our educational curricula are taught in a manner that in many instances directly opposes natural learning processes.

Anything that looks at how systems interact with each other rather than looking at them in isolation is a good thing for kids, IMHO -- so long as it offers (or you can provide) a link between the film's material and the interaction of systems they encounter in their everyday lives to provide a concrete starting point.