Reader comments: Fahrenheit 9/11
LOREN DALE | Jul. 17, 2004
Everyone should see this movie,(otherwise how can we have
dialogue about it?) It's very funny, very sad and very,
very thought-provoking.
ERIK CASE | Jul. 17, 2004
A bit slow at first and too long but the film did
illuminate just how impotent George W Bush really is and
how Saudi investment infusions kept his oil company alive
while his daddy was president.
Bill Clinton had an affair with Monica "because he could"
and George W took america to war for the same empty
reason. Better to have a president obsessed with sex than
obsessed with war-oil-money.
ROBERT JOHNSON | Jul. 17, 2004
While not quite as good as his previous film "bowling for
columbine", this film is nevertheless an incredible movie.
The mix of news footage, political commentary, humor and
theory in not only informative, but very entertaining.
Those who criticize this film as being "one sided" are
missing the big point. Most, if not all documentataries,
are "one sided" and have a point to make. Those who
criticize people who see the film as not being able
to "think for themselves" are again misguided. Although
Moore does espouse his own conspiracy theories in the film,
the majority of the film allows the audience to draw their
own conclusions. I found the film to be much more "anti-
war" than "anti-Bush".
However, the main reason why people should see this film is
because if they did, I strongly believe that the election
would not even be close and not due to Moore's theories and
opinions. The news footages and clips of Bush speak for
themselves. Footage that for whatever reason the
mainstream media has never even shown (makes you question
why). If those Americans who are on the fence or even
those who support Bush would see this film with an open
mind, I think they would come away not only realizing the
ineptness of this "war president" (his own term) but angry
that they have been misled by this administration.
See this film and think for yourself.
ART | Jul. 14, 2004
Hitler once said that if you tell a big enough lie , often
enough, that it becomes the truth. This movie is a clever,
thinly veiled, load of crap. Unfortunately people will
think that it's so funny , it must be true.
SEAN MICHAEL | Jul. 10, 2004
My wife and I liked this film very much, but not in the
same way we've enjoyed some of Moore's other films.
There were still some funny moments, as there always
are in a Moore film. But this time, it was all too
horrible,
and too sad to laugh at. Which is what makes it his
most important film. Because for a lot of people, this
film will present new information. He will show footage
of things many Americans have never seen. Which is
sad, really. Because it shouldn't be new information.
These things should have been presented by the U.S.
media, and they weren't. The footage was there to be
used. But it wasn't. The questions he raises could have
been asked, and should have been asked. But they
weren't. Because mainstream journalists were too lazy,
too complacent, too afraid of losing access to those in
power, or too afraid of losing their Corporate patrons:
the advertisers. Unfortunately, these questions had to
be raised by someone outside the media. And for
thousands of people in Iraq, and in this country, the
questions came too late.
GRAHAM | Jul. 9, 2004
First off this 122 minute documentary is too long for its
own good, and could well have benefited if it had been at
least 30 minutes shorter.
However with that out of the way, I personally found the
film reasonably informative, albeit from Moore's viewpoint
only, and whether the subject matter was old information
or not, there was plenty that I myself was not aware of
which came as quite a surprise.
I have read a few reviews which criticise this movie for
not allowing the viewer to think for themselves, and in
some respects this is the case, however I did come away
feeling that Moore is at least sincere in what he is
offering. In the end he does get his point across and you
can't knock him for that.
Nevertheless whether you agree with where Moore is taking
you will probably depend on which side of the fence you
watch it from. (I wouldn't expect he gets a lot of fan
mail from republicans, for example ;-))
The movie is cleverly edited, sometimes comical, awash
with patriotism, gloom and despair, but always thoughtful.
And with that in mind Moore has succeeded in what he has
set out to portray.
So is it good, bad or a liberal?s dream? I feel it
was none of these and all of those combined, and with that
in mind I do recommend it for a viewing . . . Just.
LTC | Jun. 27, 2004
there isnt anything worthy about "F911".
in terms of production, its just editing, splicing and
manipulating of other people's existing footage and nothing
original, unique or creative in cinematography.
in terms of format, its a montage of visuals are for the
austin power-south park-mtv mentality who are too lazy to
think, the uninformed and to those grasping for straws to
fit and affirm their world view as what they would like it
to be rather than what it really is.
in terms of contents, its nothing new that for years been
floating around in various sources printed and on the
underground web sites that uses circumstantial-connect the
dots-unsubstantiated conspiracy theory- preaching to the
choir-misinformation propaganda.
sadly, its a film with no redeeming qualitites will
surely win the "jim sharman's ("rocky horror picture
show")-marcus nispel's ("texas chainsaw massacre")" film
festival award
too bad moore was born at the wrong time and wrong country
for he would be a smashing success working with the geheime
staatspolizei (gestapo) in germany or the komitet
gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (kbg) of the u.s.s.r.
Michael Moore "Behave yourself, will you? Go find real
work!"
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