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[__kerplooey]

Katie Couric and Matt Lauer get tough with Michael Moore on the 'Today' show.Hmm. There are certain things from both interviews that have made me twitch a bit. I think I'll just have to see F9/11 and judge for myself, though I can already say that I don't agree with Moore having kept that footage of a soldier molesting a detainee to himself. He

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[soiledwig]

Michael Moore's an entertaining guy sometimes and he's often been very funny. i very much enjoyed his TV show TV Nation and i liked Roger and Me, because it had some funny parts and poignant parts and made me think. However, he is no documentarian. To call his movies documentaries spits in the eye of every legitimate documentary film maker. Bowling for Columbine is the example i'm most familiar with when it comes to how he manipulates and distorts practically everything. i don't imagine Fahrenheit 9/11 is any different. What i do know about Farenheit offhand is that he makes a big deal out of the fact the Bushes know the Bin Ladens. It's no surprise two wealthy families with international connections should know one-another. Apparently the little detail that the bin Ladens disowned Osama decades ago means nothing. i also wonder that if i saw Roger and Me now, would i notice all the holes i missed when i saw it in high school? i also wonder if the stunts he pulled on TV Nation would still seem as clever to me as they did when i was a

[soiledwig]

OK, now a short comment or two about the interviews themselves. I'm equally sick of some of Moore's critics' calling him unAmerican and whatnot. That's not fair, either. Those email questions were pathetic. It's much easier to pick at someone with generalities rather than challenging specific details in his films.