Spoilers:
The Good: Mostly spectacular cinematography - truly amazing.
The Bad: Horrible soundtrack. I bought it streaming and was able to mute it, but the music - annoying, inappropriate, and migraine inducing. Unfortunately, muting it to eliminate the "music" also eliminated the sound of the water/waves/etc. It is also inconsistent - there are parts with just the sound of the ice crackling or the waves crashing, but then for no apparent reason this horrible, discordant "music" would start and destroy any sense of experience.
The Puzzling: Parts just make no sense. Like the beginning. I still don't get the point they are trying to make other than that the ice is melting sooner by three weeks - so why do people insist on driving across it resulting in loss of cars and life??? Regardless, that section is too long and I was left wondering what was going on until they found the first car. Additionally, there is no context and transitions are abrupt. Adding transitions from one "segment" to the next that included some context would have allowed me to enjoy it a lot more - to immerse myself in the experience instead of focusing on trying to work out where it was filmed, the purpose, and what was happening.
Summary: I think you have to be an idiot to deny climate change is happening and that the implications are huge. But if that is the sole intended message of the film, I did not find it clear other than in the beginning watching icebergs calving and during the Miami hurricane. My recommendation is to skip past the first 10-15 minutes and mute the soundtrack, just play your own wave SFX while you watch.
The Bad: Horrible soundtrack. I bought it streaming and was able to mute it, but the music - annoying, inappropriate, and migraine inducing. Unfortunately, muting it to eliminate the "music" also eliminated the sound of the water/waves/etc. It is also inconsistent - there are parts with just the sound of the ice crackling or the waves crashing, but then for no apparent reason this horrible, discordant "music" would start and destroy any sense of experience.
The Puzzling: Parts just make no sense. Like the beginning. I still don't get the point they are trying to make other than that the ice is melting sooner by three weeks - so why do people insist on driving across it resulting in loss of cars and life??? Regardless, that section is too long and I was left wondering what was going on until they found the first car. Additionally, there is no context and transitions are abrupt. Adding transitions from one "segment" to the next that included some context would have allowed me to enjoy it a lot more - to immerse myself in the experience instead of focusing on trying to work out where it was filmed, the purpose, and what was happening.
Summary: I think you have to be an idiot to deny climate change is happening and that the implications are huge. But if that is the sole intended message of the film, I did not find it clear other than in the beginning watching icebergs calving and during the Miami hurricane. My recommendation is to skip past the first 10-15 minutes and mute the soundtrack, just play your own wave SFX while you watch.