2004/07/15
Farenheit 9/11
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Fahrenheit 9/11 is a powerful film by Michael Moore. Catherine and I went to see it on Tuesday. The first bit where Moore tries to establish links between the Bushes and the Bin-Ladens of Saudi-Arabia seems a bit unbelievable, however there were Saudis that were allowed to fly home on sept. 13th, 2001, while the skies were closed to evryone else. That was never explained. The rest of the movie was quite good, dwelling mostly on the war in Iraq. There were touching stories about soldiers (over 1,000 killed so far) dying for a cause that they don't believe in/understand. Soldiers that were one day on the Reserve and the next day fighting in Iraq. It showed Marine recruiters stalking kids in poor neibourhoods to enlist them using hollow promises. Its mostly the poor kids that fight the wars and a good part of the movie was Moore tackling senators and trying to talk them into enlisting their kids to go to war (only one one Stateman's child, out of 550 +-, is currently fighting in Iraq). The movie suggests that Dubya send his two daughters to fight, thats not likely to happen soon...but maybe if he falls further in the polls? Another good part was when Dubya was waiting to go on camera to face the nation and he was practising facial expressions....
Anyhow, go see it, it may enlighten you.
Please also see the link to a review of the movie by Roger Ebert.
Farenheit 9/11
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Fahrenheit 9/11 is a powerful film by Michael Moore. Catherine and I went to see it on Tuesday. The first bit where Moore tries to establish links between the Bushes and the Bin-Ladens of Saudi-Arabia seems a bit unbelievable, however there were Saudis that were allowed to fly home on sept. 13th, 2001, while the skies were closed to evryone else. That was never explained. The rest of the movie was quite good, dwelling mostly on the war in Iraq. There were touching stories about soldiers (over 1,000 killed so far) dying for a cause that they don't believe in/understand. Soldiers that were one day on the Reserve and the next day fighting in Iraq. It showed Marine recruiters stalking kids in poor neibourhoods to enlist them using hollow promises. Its mostly the poor kids that fight the wars and a good part of the movie was Moore tackling senators and trying to talk them into enlisting their kids to go to war (only one one Stateman's child, out of 550 +-, is currently fighting in Iraq). The movie suggests that Dubya send his two daughters to fight, thats not likely to happen soon...but maybe if he falls further in the polls? Another good part was when Dubya was waiting to go on camera to face the nation and he was practising facial expressions....
Anyhow, go see it, it may enlighten you.
Please also see the link to a review of the movie by Roger Ebert.
Farenheit 9/11
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