Topic: Fahrenheit 9/11
I went to the 5:30 show last night. It was a packed house. Apparently the 2:30 PM show was sold out. And the 7:30 show was sold out.
Here's an article I found on Rense.com which does a good job of summing up what I felt as well:
"If Michael Moore didn't quite do all his homework with regard to who may have been behind the 9-11 attack, that does not change the fact that the people of the United States were lied to to trick them into wars. And it is THAT message of the film which is the important one. But the hard fact remains that Michael Moore did not get ALL of the story of 9-11. Not by a long shot. "Fahrenheit 9/11" is just the tip of the iceberg.
Fahrenheit 9/11 is not an indictment of just George Bush. Fahrenheit 9/11 is not an indictment of just Republicans. Fahrenheit 9/11 is an indictment of the entire US Government that had to know Bush was lying to the American people to initiate as war and stood there smiling blandly while he did it. Like Hitler, Bush could not do what he did without a lot of cooperation by the entire government and the media."
Here's the complete article:
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/faren … moore.html
While there are a lot of things "wrong" with this film I believe there is a great deal more right about it.
No, it's not going to change the fact that politicians are an almost inhuman breed of soul less robots. BUT, I believe it will give the man in the street some renewed hope. It will give the guy who hasn't given this war much thought, a new look. It will give the family who has lost someone, a new look. This movie will shift perpectives ... it will shift, if only for a few hours, the focus.
What I found the hardest to do while watching the movie was NOT to engage in becoming livid, angry, irrate ... in other words, I had to work at not feeding the lizzies with negative emotions.
Not so easy to do.
BUT, I believe that with a shift of perspective of many people ... and a different focus, some truth can filter into the consciousness of America ... and thus create some meaningful changes.
Michael Moore's movie acts as a sledge hammer to start to loosen up the concretized common view of the world.
To me, it doesn't matter, if he misses the mark ... doesn't name the right names ... he is responsible for getting many to start to look again... to start to break up the concrete.
The common view of the world ... programming ... cannot be blown apart in one magic moment (film, pill, book,) ... the veils hiding truth are 100,000 (according to the sufi's ... or maybe it's 10,000) ...he's lifing a few of those veils.
Whether or not you like the movie, agree with Moore's premise, anything ... to see a movie where not one person got up during the movie (to get popcorn, make a call etc), where there was no talking, was an experience well worth the admission!
WR,
Christine B