"Fool me once... shame on you. Fool me... uhh...
Ya fool me, I can't get fooled again." - George
Dubya
I will keep that in mind Mr. "President". Thanks
for the warning!
Contrary to what you may think, this film is not
intended for conservative eyes. They wouldn't be
able to watch it with an open mind anyway. Most
of them will prefer to attack this most
patriotic of films without ever having seen a
single frame of it. This film is meant to do
three things: Stir up heated debate among all
Americans; Rally the Democratic base to action;
Affect the "swing voters" who may still not know
all the facts and haven't decided who to vote
for in November 2004. The extremist Christian
conservative republicans won't allow themselves
to be affected by the amazing scenes in this
masterful film. There's no real point in them
even trying to debate this film because they are
incapable of watching it like the rest of us.
They are like little children, eyes closed,
fingers in ears, screaming "lalalalalalalalalalalala"
until the truth goes away.
'Fahrenheit 9/11 is an often hilarious and
occasionally heartbreaking peek into the most
dangerous administration that this great country
has ever known. This incendiary film highlights
all the horrific inadequacies of the Bush family
and the friends who surround them. And those
friends include the Saudi Royals and members of
the Bin Laden family who have given the Bush
family over $1.4 billion over the last thirty
years.
The shocking Bush ties to the Middle-East and
their loyalties to corporations like Halliburton
and Enron are brilliantly exposed by Michael
Moore in ways that will have you alternately
laughing and jaw-droppingly dumbstruck. Moore is
able to shine an illuminating light on the only
administration in US history that has more than
half of this great nation scared to death.
The film is detailed and thorough in ways that
the mainstream media is reluctant to be for fear
that they may appear un-American and therefore
lose valuable ratings. Moore is able to expose
the Bush connection to the Bin Laden family via
the name of James Bath... a name that the
Government was desperate to keep a secret.
Some may say that Moore is taking cheap shots at
Bush by making him look corrupt and moronic. But
believe me when I say that all the clips of
Dubya in this film are self-indicting. You will
absolutely shake your head in disbelief at all
the various soundbytes and clips that don't get
shown by CNN, Fox or the Network News. Bush has
an extraordinary habit of shooting himself in
the foot every chance he gets.
I loved the montages where Bush, Ashcroft,
Powell, Rice and Rumsfeld are caught saying one
thing and then saying the opposite a little
later on. I loved the exposition of the Bush
policy before 9/11 and after. This film makes
this administration look like depraved liars
intent on keeping their immense financial and
political power by using fear to keep the public
at bay.
'Fahrenheit 9/11' is one of the very best films
I will ever see! This is true for many reasons.
It is a truly patriotic film that desperately
wants to change America for the better. It is a
gloriously humorous film that puts most
Hollywood attempts at comedy to shame. It is
heartbreakingly touching to see the REAL effects
of war on individual families from both sides of
the battle. This film doesn't make war seem like
a video game... it shows war to be a ghastly and
horrific venture that should only be used as a
desperate last resort.
The use of music and sound in 'F911' is
masterful, making you laugh moments after you
cry and vise versa. Sometimes that can be a very
uncomfortable feeling. At one point the film
breaks away from tragedy to show Britney Spears
telling CNN's Tucker Carlson that we should all
support the President no matter what. Minutes
later we watch a dead burnt infant being tossed
into the back of a pick-up truck after a
military strike.
This film will have your emotions twisted into a
pretzel and, at the end, you won't know whether
to feel angry, sad, impassioned, proud, ashamed
or disillusioned. But I guarantee that you will
feel the urge to vote this November stronger
than you ever have before. That alone makes this
a great film, a masterpiece, and a message of
hope. 'Fahrenheit 9/11' will win three more
things in the coming year, after having won the
Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It will
win worldwide praise from the public. It will
win an Oscar in February of 2005. And most
importantly of all, it will hopefully win the country
back in November from a sick and depraved tyrant
who can't utter a complex and multi-syllabic
sentence without stumbling over his own
stupidity.
Congratulations Michael Moore!
"I am the war President. It's always on my mind"
- George Dubya
©
Written by TC Candler
Richard
Propes' Comment
It
doesn't matter that I am an avid fan of Michael
Moore. It doesn't matter that I am a loud and
unashamed liberal who finds myself in line with
Moore's stated goal of getting George W. Bush
out of an office he never should have received
in the first place. These things simply don't
matter in my review of "Fahrenheit 9/11." I am
able to put my personal feelings, thoughts,
ideologies and politics aside...and I still say
this is one of the best damn films I've ever
seen. "Fahrenheit 9/11" received the second
loudest round of applause I've ever heard during
a film following my viewing with a packed house
here in Indianapolis, the epicenter of
Republican Heaven here in Indiana. The loudest
round of applause I've ever heard for a film?
Moore's Oscar-winning "Bowling for Columbine."
Jacob
Hall's Comment
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