Just back from seeing - "Who Killed The Electric Car? "

Where to begin... first of all - if you have to decide between "Inconvenient Truth" and "Electric Car" , Gore wins hands down.

It's a better movie. More carefully crafted. And more compelling.

"Electric Car" is a great story - but it's not well told, and in fact the don't really answer the question.

Why?

Well first of all - just because you have money, and celeb friends, and an issue doesn't mean you can make a documentary. Seeing Dean Devlin's name as the producer in the opening credits is a clue. This is a HOLLYWOOD issue movie. Which means great hair and lighting - but short on the complexity and depth that makes a documentary work.

Which is not to say that the role of an issue film isn't impossible in Hollywood. Afterall, Alex Gibney - who Directed the extraordinary ENRON: Smartest Guys In The Room - who is an advisor on the film - can single-handedly save this movie.

There's no doubt the film makes points. The story of the EV1 is disturbing. I didn't know that Andrew Card worked for the Auto Industry. Bush = Oil. right. Cheney = Oil. right. Condi = Oil. Oh yeah. Hmm...

But at the end of the day - "Electric Car" leaves you with this vague sense of uneasiness about Big Oil, Detroit, and Politicians willingness to trade the end of the world for a few years of high gas prices.