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Fahrenheit 9/11
It was sold out at 10:45. We got in line for 00:05 showing at 23:30, and there were already 50 people there. Movie theater was packed. If the showing was not sold out, it came pretty close.
Remember, we're talking about a 00:05 showing of a DOCUMENTARY.
There was an ARMY commercial prior to the movie showing. Not a good idea. If you can't guess why, go watch the movie.
The movie was _very_ entertaining. Half of it consisted of opinions, conjectures, hints, emotions. Another half - facts. I can't think of anything that I did not know either from reading lots of political news, or from Moore's book (well, ok. minor details like the name of the person, which was crossed out when Bush's military record was released). For people less versed in current events (and by no means do I imply to know a lot - I am more like an advanced user, not a total n00b
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) this could have been pretty eye opening, but only if they are going in with an open mind. Even if they don't believe everything Moore tells them (and, I guess, why should they?) the movie should make them ask a lot of questions, plant some doubts, encourage debate. Important.
I guess, there were two things I _really_ did not like: too much footage of parents of one of the slain soldiers. Emotions. I understand why Moore did it, but I think that footage should have been left out. Also, the footage of those contractors, whose charred bodies were beaten, dragged behind a car, and hung from the bridge. I think one should appeal to reason, not to emotions, as emotions will die down and people will ask themselves what else was there. Also, I think the dead (as well as the grieving) deserve more respect, shown by letting them grieve. In private.
Michael Moore is good. Real good. Regardless of whether you agree with his views or not.
ps. Yeah, the scene where Moore asks senators to sign their children up for military service, to be sent to Iraq. Dumb.
pps. Another thing I did not know and found out from the movie had to do with the law, stating that election results may be challenged only when at least one of the senators voices a concern. Apparently, there were several people, as I understand members of the house of representatives (but I could be wrong on this one), voicing their concern about Florida results, and the fact that a lot of people have not been given a fair chance to vote (no basis is given there, so one is left to wonder whether it had to do with those lists of ineligible people, or the ballot/chad thing). Not a single senator complained. Unfortunately, we were not told what would have happenned, had the senators gotten with the program. I understood this to have taken place after the supreme court decision. I need to go read about this some more, as I am afraid I am misstating too many things in this paragraph. It's 03:36. Mission accomplished. Time to go to sleep.