October 07, 2004Fahrenheit 9/11so i watched michael moore's fahrenheit 9/11 last night. as most reviewers pointed out when the film was originally released, there was little new information, but i must admit that moore brought up a number of points worth giving thought to. was the film bias? oh yes, very much so! where things taken out of context? absolutely? were some legitimate concerns raised? affirmative. moore certainly works hard to cast a negative light on bush -- not hard given gwb's track record, but lets face it questions need to be raised. sure, he provided anti-bush ideas on what some of these things could mean; however, in a time where bush and the administration have been unwilling to be honestly introspective i give it a big "so what". this movie is no more worth accepting as fact as the political propoganda dispensed by the current administration. coincidently two interesting links popped up in my rss feeds today. one is a metafilter blurb that points out problems in a george w. bush resume form. very michael.moore-esque. but far more interesting is a post called footnote fahrenheit which goes through the points the movie raised. while i haven't gone through all the points, it does show how moore himself used FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) to sensationalize his film and push his bias. it's a bit hypocritical, but i guess we can chalk that up to artistic licence?!? i do recommend watching the movie, but also go check out footnote fahrenheit afterwards to get more complete facts or at least ones that provide more detail on how they were derived. update: i was thinking when i read the footnote fahrenheit site that it would be cool if someone responded in documentary form ala moore himself. well, it seems someone has -- dick morris created fahrenHYPE 9/11 to unravel it all. it apparently came out on dvd october 5th.
Posted by ac at October 7, 2004 10:45 PM
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