Bush has got to go...
Just got back from seeing Micheal Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.
On a purely emotional level, it's very powerful. The footage is shocking, disturbing, infuriating, heartwrenching and enlightening. You experience the entire range before leaving the theater.
To be fair, since I was already in agreement with the film's bias before seeing it, maintaining an objective eye was difficult.
That's always been my one problem with Moore's work -- his lens of bias is so thick you never quite know what facts are being manipulated and decontextualized. That can get a little distracting after awhile. Of course, I realize no lens is ever truly unfiltered, but I think tapered satire in favor of more objectivity would've benefited the film -- because the facts and stories are strong enough to support it alone.
Still, no amount of manipulation on Moore's part can discredit Bush's ties to oil, Bin Laden or Saudi Arabia, which is what makes this film worth seeing, and just adds to the long list of reasons why Bush has got to go...now.
On a purely emotional level, it's very powerful. The footage is shocking, disturbing, infuriating, heartwrenching and enlightening. You experience the entire range before leaving the theater.
To be fair, since I was already in agreement with the film's bias before seeing it, maintaining an objective eye was difficult.
That's always been my one problem with Moore's work -- his lens of bias is so thick you never quite know what facts are being manipulated and decontextualized. That can get a little distracting after awhile. Of course, I realize no lens is ever truly unfiltered, but I think tapered satire in favor of more objectivity would've benefited the film -- because the facts and stories are strong enough to support it alone.
Still, no amount of manipulation on Moore's part can discredit Bush's ties to oil, Bin Laden or Saudi Arabia, which is what makes this film worth seeing, and just adds to the long list of reasons why Bush has got to go...now.