A documentary written and directed by Michael Moore.
After Bowling for Columbine, I was leery of this movie. Thankfully, Michael Moore seemed to have gotten his fill of on-camera time and didn't force us to watch him for a little over 2 hours
I'm not sure what to think of this documentary's content. I don't trust Michael Moore or his style of reporting information. It is so easy to take bits of truth, toss it together on screen and paint anyone just the way you want. After hearing talk of how he’s miscolored information before, how much of Fahrenheit 9/11 was real truth.
This doesn't mean that I don't agree with several things about the film. In fact, there were numerous moments where I chimed in "Well, yeah, of course." Other than the financial ties to various organizations and groups, the movie provided very little food for thought. It put a more personal face on the situation in Iraq; but that’s what every journalist tries to do when there aren’t enough hard facts to build a solid story on. Toss in a heaping dose of sentimentalism, dripping over the few grounded facts, and Michael Moors can get top sales at the box office.
I've given the movie what credit I can. It stirred my thoughts for a good two hours, before I finally realized that it was as much fluff as the modern media dribble. An ounce of useful data drowned in a sea of personal stories and faces and useless attention to unnecessary details. I hope it does open the eyes of some people who are still under this Winnie-the-Pooh rain cloud, thinking that the rain just fell and we simply must wait it out and go on our way. Hopefully, people will see that President George W. Bush is doing serious damage to our country and needs to be voted out of office. Maybe it'll stir up those who live life in their lackluster ways, devouring TV waves and pork rinds, and get them to vote.
written on July 6, 2004