It's Gettin' Hot in Herre
This weekend, I was able to catch Fahrenheit 9/11 this weekend to a packed house. The surprise is that I was able to get to an open show without purchasing tickets online, because damn, nearly every showing on Friday and Saturday were sold out. By the time I got to the theater on Sunday afternoon, the line was out the door, and across the street. Maybe it's because Northern California is incredibly liberal, but damn, that was an impressive site.
Anyway, onto the movie before I delve into Harry Knowles-ish ramblings about what I had for lunch beforehand. In a word, this film is... moving. If you can watch this film, and walk away, pushing off everything you saw... hell, there is no hope for you. You've made up your mind to ignore everything except blind loyalty. And if you ignore the film completely, simply for the fear of opinion of 'the other', I don't think you deserve the right to vote.
Now, aside from the moving aspect of this documentary (and it is a documentary), it's damn funny as well. Sure, it's fairly easy to poke fun at the idiotic rambling of Bush. Sure, it's easy to poke fun at Ashcroft's total failure on numerous fronts (including losing to a dead guy in a race). Sure, it's easy to poke fun as Rumsfeld's evil soundbites.
And that's it. It's easy. They make it easy.
But the entire time you're laughing, you're also questioning how in the hell these people are running our country. The Saudi-Bush connections are so blatant, it's a surprise people aren't yelling treason. Christ, how much did we hear from conservatives about Clinton allowing Chinese people to sleep in the White House. And do they say a word here? Nope.
There's alot to love about this movie, but there's also some to critique. If Moore has a fault, it's that he glosses over too much stuff. The 2000 election debacle, while an entertaining prologue, is over too quick. The same goes with the Patriot Act section. I really wish he would've gone into what made the bill so dangerous.
Probably discuss more later, but just have to say: Moving. Funny. Important. A must see. 4 out of 5 stars
posted by Holz |
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Comic Quote of the Week
"It's trying to end the suffering of everything. Do you want to discuss our options? Maybe together we can, you know, workshop?"
"Okay, best way to stop a ten-story godlike monster from destroying existence? I'm gonna go with hitting, you have anything?"
"You took mine."
Wesley and Angel, Angel: After The Fall #15
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