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Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11 is an amazing documentary which takes a look into what happened before and after the tragic events of 9/11. Controversial film-maker Michael Moore delivers a no holes barred look into the workings of the Bush administration and the effect that the nightmare date of 9/11 has had on the people of America. Some people will love this film and others will hate it but they can not ignore what Moore has to say because to the best of my knowledge it is all true.
Moore tells us that Bush is so incompetent that he didn't really even try to catch Bin
Laden despite all his rhetoric that "We will smoke him out of his hole."
The highlight of this film is when Moore visits the possible terrorist target of Tappahannock Virginia. Moore interviews the townsfolk who all seem like nice people and they tell him what they think of the terrorist threat. One man tells Moore "You should never trust anybody you don't know and even if you do know them you really can't trust them then.
Moore follows a pair of military recruiters around a local mall and it is interesting to note that they don't bother recruiting at the rich people's mall. You will also meet a woman who has lost her son in the war in Iraq which is tragic but if you listen to her you would think that she had no idea that people could die when they joined the military. There is an analysis of Halliburton and the idea that "War is Big Business". The film concludes with Bush getting a simple common saying completely arsed up which is Moore's way of telling us he thinks Bush is an idiot.
Review By John
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The movie starts at a Florida victory party for Al Gore. Moore then says
"Was it all just a dream ? Did the last four years not really happen ?" This
spooky announcement sets the stage for the film which then goes on to describe
the role Fox News played in the shift from Al Gore to George Bush as president.
Moore goes on to tell us that Bush's cousin John Ellis was manning the desk at
Fox News that day. He also goes on to tell us the role Bush's friends had in ensuring
Bush got to be president even if he technically didn't have enough votes.
For dramatic effect Moore paints president Bush as a bit of a simpleton especially
with the scene when he is sitting in the elementary school while the horrors of 9/11
are unfolding before him. Moore tells an interesting story with regards to the
business relationship the Bush family and Bin Laden family enjoyed together. He also
gives the viewer some background on a struggling George Bush when he was young
as he tried to make it in the Texas oil business but failed miserably. Apparently it
" helps to be the presidents son."
According to Moore the Bush family, the Bin Laden family and the Saudi's were all
living in each others pockets. After September 11 this is of course a problem for the
Bush family. Moore tells us about the machivellian Carlyle Group and you will laugh
when Moore shows the Bush family and the Saudi's all shaking hands to the tune
of R.E.M's Shiny Happy People.
There is
another funny scene when the Taliban come to Houston and tell a critic "I feel sorry
for your husband he must have a very difficult time with you". There are a lot
of jokes in this movie and the scenes where companies show off their new security
products are particularly amusing.
The film goes on to document the threat the Patriot Act poses to personal freedoms.
I agree with Moore that these cases are ludicrous but I still feel that Bin Laden
is still a real threat to America. You will laugh at the threat Peace Fresno, baby's
breast milk and retired phone worker Barry Rheingold pose to America. The coast
of Oregon is unprotected (I hope al Qaeda didn't see this documentary) according
to Moore and the people of Congress haven't even bothered to read the Patriot Act.
Moore reads the Patriot Act out to people in the street in Washington in an icecream
van to great comic effect.
Then it is off to Iraq where we see what a mess things have turned out to be. This part
of the documentary is not funny as is the first half and is frankly too depressing to
document fully. If you don't like pain, violence and the misery of war well this part is not for you.
I really enjoyed this film and I believe Moore is a highly intelligent film-maker who uses
comedy to great effect in his movies. Maybe Moore sees conspiracies which don't
exist but he means well. In sum great documentary.