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F-911. I went Sunday afternoon w/spouse and grandson. It was a good documentary which, IMO, is most certainly directed at the undecideds and disappointed repubs et al.
Since most of us already knew much of the films content info beforehand, it wasn't much of a surprise. I found the film rather anti climatic. Maybe having read all the first night reviews spoiled it for me. It's like all the hype you get when a "block buster" movie is advertised for a long time, then you go see it and it's not what you imagine it to be..?
My very large 16 yo grandson didn't know what they were talking about, but did say he would remember the scenes of the charred bodies on the bridge. Hubby and I didn't like the clips of soldiers dicking around in unsavory ways...it wasn't necessary to put that in there.
Moore didn't make the connection with PNAC or the evangelicals/fundies or show enough gore to really sicken and SHOW the cost of war. The film seemed disjointed to us. It dragged on in places and whipped past stuff in other places. The only place that moved me to emotion was when he showed Iraq BEFORE then showed Iraq being bombed to hell and the aftermath.
My take on the film was that Moore was making a case for the rich verses the poor...the rich get rich by the means Moore presented ...the poor are suckered into the military to defend them.. The film could have said so much more about the insidious nature of what we are dealing with....like the orwellian model in that "constant war" is what "they" need to keep us off balance, in fear, poor, and keep them rolling in the dough while they try to colonize the whole freaking world in one way or another.ie: Geo Political, Corporate Globalization.
Again, I think the film will make an impact on those that don't know much, so I applaud MM for this effort. It's a supreme and clever way to get the TRUTH out there. At least get people to start thinking again.
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