Dismal ratings for DiCaprio's Global Warming Epic 'Before the Flood' – beaten by 'Bubble Guppies'

I mean I can argue against this entire (extremely short) slander article.
First of all, I’m not sure how reputable WUWT is. Seems like the author, Anthony Watts, is pretty bias (fair enough, we are on his website after all). He isn’t even a real columnist as far as I can tell, he is just a blogger. Did he even watch the movie? If I recall correctly, Leo stated three times in the film that he was not the best person to make this movie, and that he does in fact have a larger carbon footprint than most. Leo isn’t arguing against his hypocritical behavior. And the crew did pay a voluntary carbon tax at the end of the film (full disclosure, I don’t completely agree with the carbon tax).
Secondly, Watts uses a random, anonymous review from IMDB. Have you seen what that reviewers name and picture is? That WUWT conveniently cut out? Here: https://gyazo.com/865b6bae5479d2bcf207ca38b2bb1d57
This “Pete” fellow has only made one review on IMDB. It’s essentially a fake account. Could have just as easily been created by Anthony Watts himself. The review is also pretty unprofessional, utilizing capital letters of full words throughout. Some of the review is correct and I can agree with, but much of it is debatable. He is upset that the film is only looking at the last 100 years or so of climate change. We are looking at these years, because any years prior to that haven’t had massive industrial revolutions, creating over 1.3 billion cars, tens of thousands of planes, tens of thousands of ships and a whopping 6 billion more people added to this planet (and tens of billions more in livestock to feed us). It really is just statistics that you need to look at. This amount of growth in such a short time can and does affect the atmosphere. This website has a great index that can help the everyday layman understand climate change: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/05/start-here/ I recommend checking it out and broaden your horizon, separating yourself from purely bias and one sided views that you will get with Fox News, CNN and climate change denier websites.
Lastly, the evidence he uses to make his argument is the weekly top 150 shows/movies. As you guys are fully aware, we live in a society that is extremely reliant on entertainment and consumerism. Anthony Watts argument is basically saying that Before the Flood is a terrible film because it isn’t popular. We know that isn’t true. Many films/shows can be good even if they aren’t viewed by the masses. I mean if you actually took a look at that top 150 list, in the top 10 are Halloween cooking, Walking Dead, Keeping Up with the Kardashians and NASCAR… That should tell you something about where American’s interests and priorities lie. Of course a documentary style film isn’t going to compete with popular culture entertainment. That is to be expected.
In my point of view, propaganda and big oil run this show. The fossil fuel industry is the largest industry in the world (somethings like $100 trillion I believe). They do not want to switch over to carbon neutral technologies that are completely within our grasp. You better believe they have lobbyists and pay off a plethora of politicians, columnists, bloggers and everyone in-between. It has happened in the past, that is undeniable. Propaganda is what is confusing the masses. There is so much information and misinformation out there that many people simply get confused and give up. Or worse, follow one sided bias media and just nod their heads like sheep, without looking deeper into the situation and formulating opinions for themselves. Nonetheless, why would you not want a cleaner environment? Would you rather continually consume the Earth’s natural resources and use oil/coal/gas for all our technology? You have seen pictures of disgusting smog infested places like Los Angeles and Beijing, China. Why the hell not switch over to electric cars, nuclear power, solar and wind or geothermal energy? All of these technologies are clean and more importantly sustainable. Obviously we can’t just snap our fingers and change over night, it needs to be a methodical integration. All we have to do is make that jump over to the other side and commit.
How many of you guys have even watched Before the Flood yet before simply nodding your head and commenting on this blog? Watch it and formulate your own undoctored opinions, before you regurgitate this garbage and endorse it as fact. Ask yourself, is the content of this film good or bad? The film isn’t perfect, but what really is perfect in life?
This is a pretty poorly written article/blog post. I would take it more seriously if it was professionally done and substantive. I’m fine looking at other opinions and having a decent conversation, so long as the content of the piece is meaningful.
[Your entire argument about bias and unreliability just exploded in your face with this line “In my point of view, propaganda and big oil run this show.” so typical to berate others for not being thorough, and then regurgitate (your word) a garbage (your word) talking point like that. -mod]