Saw Fahrenheit 911 wednesday.
Michael Moore lacks the nuance as a filmmaker to dance himself out of his subject but this is by far his most restrained work. The first third of the film will blow you away with the connections he draws between the Bush clan and the Bin Laden clan. The incendiary point made here is not that he's sleeping with theenemy; it's that cronyism, corporate cronyism, is in full E-F-F-E-C-T. That things are up for sale at a level unrivaled - in money cost, not counting human blood - in the history of time. The other things here are all facts out there in the ether, it's just that Moore congregates them in one place and presents a very compelling portrait of corruption.
The second third is Moore doing Moore, which is probably what conservatives will latch onto when doing their criticism.
The last third of the film, though, will get you. It's personal stories and Moore does this thing where he sort of takes himself out of the movie and let's the story tell itself. He tracks a woman who's groomed her kids for patriotism and the army but suffers a dramatic change of heart towards Bush, war, military when her oldest son is killed in Iraq. It's terribly moving.
So go see this movie when it comes out next week. Tell your friends to see it. If'll be preaching to the choir but if it makes enough economic noise, it could turn into a pop phenomenon...hopefully enough to sway that coveted middle slice of undecideds .
Michael Moore lacks the nuance as a filmmaker to dance himself out of his subject but this is by far his most restrained work. The first third of the film will blow you away with the connections he draws between the Bush clan and the Bin Laden clan. The incendiary point made here is not that he's sleeping with theenemy; it's that cronyism, corporate cronyism, is in full E-F-F-E-C-T. That things are up for sale at a level unrivaled - in money cost, not counting human blood - in the history of time. The other things here are all facts out there in the ether, it's just that Moore congregates them in one place and presents a very compelling portrait of corruption.
The second third is Moore doing Moore, which is probably what conservatives will latch onto when doing their criticism.
The last third of the film, though, will get you. It's personal stories and Moore does this thing where he sort of takes himself out of the movie and let's the story tell itself. He tracks a woman who's groomed her kids for patriotism and the army but suffers a dramatic change of heart towards Bush, war, military when her oldest son is killed in Iraq. It's terribly moving.
So go see this movie when it comes out next week. Tell your friends to see it. If'll be preaching to the choir but if it makes enough economic noise, it could turn into a pop phenomenon...hopefully enough to sway that coveted middle slice of undecideds .
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my parents LOVE michael moore
i need to be checking out as many of these sorts of documentaries as i can, considering i am planning on making one. certainly, i need to know what to do, and, more importantly, what not to do.
i want to see that fast food documentary too.
i left you a voice message & an email about the baseball game tonight...yep, i'm stalking you for those tickets if they're still available! heheheheh