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carolinacurious: "He brought to light some things Americans should know about their pres., his family and their ties to the Bin Laden family, and what is happenning in our government."
I agree totally. From memory, my biggest problem was that it didn't put forth a very coherent argument, (not so much the slant) which is fine for an entertainment movie. I probably need to watch it again. I'm not really prepared for an in depth discussion on Farenheit 9/11.
For me, "Bowling for Columbine" had much the same problem. I remember feeling several times during the movie, "Now wait a minute, how does this relate to your central proposition? doesn't it disprove it?"
But anyway, both movies were filled with interesting and important information. Many of the things presented were powerful, undeniable, and stood on their own merit whether they fit into M. Moore's argument or not. And M. Moore deserves major credit for getting things out there where our newsmedia is failing us horribly and shamefully.
For me, if you could just get people to sit down, watch the "infamous nine minutes" and then watch the NBC special where they purposely edited it out and allowed Andrew Card to do a voiceover that "remade" history...the questions that that should raise...I just don't get it.
Thank-you Michael Moore!
It's a shame that so many who would criticize them didn't see them.
That, I don't have so much of a problem with. Unfortunately that's not all they did, they represented that they were on a boat they were not on and saw things they couldn't have seen. They didn't point out that when Kerry was testifying before Congress that he was reading the statements of many others as well as his personal accounts. That's not all they did either but we can leave it there for now.
Oh, why don't I have a problem with them bitching about him telling the truth?
Well for one they did accuse him of lying and two, if my enemies want to come at me and say, "Well, that sum-bitch is a goddam truth-teller!", I can take enemies like that all day long. Of course, that wasn't really the way it went down.
I agree totally. From memory, my biggest problem was that it didn't put forth a very coherent argument, (not so much the slant) which is fine for an entertainment movie. I probably need to watch it again. I'm not really prepared for an in depth discussion on Farenheit 9/11.
For me, "Bowling for Columbine" had much the same problem. I remember feeling several times during the movie, "Now wait a minute, how does this relate to your central proposition? doesn't it disprove it?"
But anyway, both movies were filled with interesting and important information. Many of the things presented were powerful, undeniable, and stood on their own merit whether they fit into M. Moore's argument or not. And M. Moore deserves major credit for getting things out there where our newsmedia is failing us horribly and shamefully.
For me, if you could just get people to sit down, watch the "infamous nine minutes" and then watch the NBC special where they purposely edited it out and allowed Andrew Card to do a voiceover that "remade" history...the questions that that should raise...I just don't get it.
Thank-you Michael Moore!
It's a shame that so many who would criticize them didn't see them.
SwiftVets were actually coming right out and saying they were protesting the fact that Kerry came home and *gasp* told the truth!
That, I don't have so much of a problem with. Unfortunately that's not all they did, they represented that they were on a boat they were not on and saw things they couldn't have seen. They didn't point out that when Kerry was testifying before Congress that he was reading the statements of many others as well as his personal accounts. That's not all they did either but we can leave it there for now.
Oh, why don't I have a problem with them bitching about him telling the truth?
Well for one they did accuse him of lying and two, if my enemies want to come at me and say, "Well, that sum-bitch is a goddam truth-teller!", I can take enemies like that all day long. Of course, that wasn't really the way it went down.