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Post by The Author on Jul 2, 2004 14:53:22 GMT -5
anybody besides me seen it? your thoughts?
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Post by SamTaffy on Jul 5, 2004 12:18:26 GMT -5
I saw it on Friday and sorry but I disagree with you. I was a bit troubled by his extensive use of other people's pain for what we all know is political reasons, but it was moving none the less. Revisiting 9/11 was upsetting to say the least, and the war footage, including the soldier's progression from being pumped up killing machines to dissillusioned, remorseful kids who don't understand why they are even there. The parts about the Saudi's and the Carlyle and all that scared me most of all, but it wasn't surprising I guess. Of course this was a propoganda piece so it must be taken with a grain of salt.
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Post by Tito on Jul 18, 2004 17:41:44 GMT -5
Well, I just saw this a few days ago, and I'm still not sure which I lprefer, this or "Bowling for Columbine". They were both good though flawed, but for different reasons. I much preferred the general social commentary on "Columbine" acknowledging the complexity of our violent culture to the very straight-forward criticism in "Fahrenheit". I think I would have preferred a movie about the culture of fear that 9/11 created, but I guess that would have been too close to "Columbine." But then again, "Fahrenheit" had a lot less Michael Moore screentime, he let most of the footage speak for itself, which is a plus. Unfortunately, early in the film, most of his footage is just listing conspiracy theory-type connections between governments and businesses. None of it is particularly surprising, nor as incriminating as Moore would have you believe. There is enough in the president's past four years to condemn him without digging up his past as a businessman.
But all this aside, I thought it was a well made documentary and definitely worth seeing.
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