FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Saturday, August 28, 2004
On Friday I watched one of the most controversial movies in recent history, Micheal Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Upon exiting the theater I decided the one phrase I would say if anyone asked me how the movie was,
"It's an important movie".
It is an extremely important movie that has only one sole purpose; to get Bush out of office. I found out some shocking facts during the two hours and my negative views on the Bush admistration were greatly reinforced. But the movie is pure propaganda, but as Louis said, "It's GOOD propaganda". So as a documentary, it had no flow and no pacing. It was two hours of critizing Bush's motives mixed in with powerful images of dead Afghani and Iraqi men and women, and sadly children. When I walked out of the theater I felt sick. Not sick from the gruesome images of the dead and the wounded, but from the whole current situation of the United States. It was extremely depressing.
Having said that, there were a lot of funny (but scary) moments in the movie, and with re-elections coming up, the movie was released at a perfect time. I really think this movie has opened the eyes of many people and I hope this "Awakening" will have an effect on votes.
Like I said, this is an important movie, and I am very glad I watched it. It's something that will go down in the history books.
If you have seen it, please leave a comment! (Or even if you haven't seen it!)
