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Re: Fahrenheit 9/11

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Originally Posted by jonathan lall
Saw it a few hours ago; I can honestly say it wasn't saying anything new. That is, same content as what we've been fed, but interesting form (by the way, the rating is justified). This documentary/movie consists of mostly information we knew already (or are in denial of in some cases), supported by fact that we never cared to go into, all in an interesting format. It is inferior to Bowling for Columbine, but retains a lot (but not all) of the interesting style senn there. It should be noted that Moore resorts to distasteful badgering in this movie too, but of course it's very entertaining, so he gets chuckles and claps from the audience. The way he antagonizes the senior Bush Administration officials at the start is wickedly clever, and you can only truly appreciate it in a movie theatre.

In fact, as many of the Republican loyalists here will be quick to point out, it is simply a lot of anti-Bush rhetoric, much of which is founded but has no relation to the original thesis, which basically deals with the sinister and real connection between the United States' elite, economy, the Bush Family, the bin Laden family, and Saudi interests. There are a lot of specific facts that support things we already knew that go against the Bush Administration and Bush himself, but this connection should have been explored more. By the end of the movie, we are left thinking not of 9/11, but of the folly of the government. The thesis by then has abstracted to basically, "Bush sucks, here's why." Compelling, yes, but it's not a very credible documentary for that reason. It also uses a lot of images we really didn't need to see to understand a given situation, but that also goes into the entertainment/random info factor.

As is always the case with this kind of material, moviegoers at Kennedy Commons AMC Theatre 9 all witnessed someone who didn't have the personal fortitude to sit through something he didn't agree with, that was raising point after point against. If you go to see this movie, expect nothing more; some people just can't listen to a differing argument. Now about bias, my lesson is just chill. Of course it's this movie is biased! It's a thesis, with rationally developed arguments (weak though they are in some cases). But if you still put objectivity on a pedestal, you have much to learn about learning.
I pretty much agree with what you said, Jonathan, especially about the ‘R’ rating. There was some pretty gruesome imagery in the movie, but that shouldn’t be any reason to skip it. It’s something you have to see.

Another great point that was covered in this movie was that the poor people are more likely to enlist in the military for the possible benefits (paid tuition, and just having a job period), and not middle or upper class citizens. I thought it was a very important thing for him to point out that it’s the upper class sending the lower class off to fight in their place. It’s almost like revisiting the slave owners paying a fee that the lower class couldn’t afford so that they didn’t have to fight for the Confederacy during the Civil War. I especially liked the part of the movie with the recruiters going around the low income mall trying to sign up a few stragglers.

I thought it was well worth my $7.75 student rate to see this movie. By the way, every single showing in Washington D.C. Friday was sold out, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the same thing happened today (every showing at the theatre I went to today was sold out). I also heard that a lot of shows were sold out back home in CA.

I thought it was funny that the quickest path back to my dorm room from the theatre was between the Watergate and Kennedy Center, and then past the Saudi Embassy (it looks bigger in the movie). We chuckled and made a mental note of that scene in the movie on the way back.

I can’t wait to see how much money the movie made this weekend.
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