Fox News Gives Farenheit 911 Thumbs Up

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Fox News gives Moore's "F911" thumbs up -- "a tribute to patriotism"

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Gets Standing Ovations

The crowd that gave Michael Moore's controversial "Fahrenheit 9/11" a standing ovation last night at the
Ziegfeld Theatre premiere certainly didn't have to be encouraged at all to show their appreciation. From
liberal radio host and writer Al Franken to actor/director Tim Robbins, Moore was in his element. But once
"F9/11" gets to audiences beyond screenings, it won't be dependent on celebrities for approbation. It turns
out to be a really brilliant piece of work, and a film that members of all political parties should see without
fail.

As much as some might try to marginalize this film as a screed against President George Bush, "F9/11" — as
we saw last night — is a tribute to patriotism, to the American sense of duty, and at the same time a
indictment of stupidity and avarice. Readers of this column may recall that I had a lot of problems with
Moore's "Bowling for Columbine," particularly where I thought he took gratuitous shots at helpless targets
like Charlton Heston. "Columbine" too easily succeeded by shooting fish in a barrel, as they used to say.
Not so with "F9/11," which instead relies on lots of film footage and actual interviews to make its case
against the war in Iraq and tell the story of the intertwining histories of the Bush and Bin Laden families.

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Unfortunately, Reviewer makes the mistake of saying that Bush sat reading in the classroom for 11 minutes after the FIRST plane hit WTC. Truth is he already knew the first building had been hit and sat there after being informed the SECOND building was hit.

But then, maybe I'm mistaken and the Reviewer is correct?

"On the other hand, there are more than enough moments that seemed to resonate with the huge Ziegfeld
audience. The most indelible is President Bush's reaction to hearing on the morning of September 11, 2001,
that the first plane has crashed into the World Trade Center. Bush was reading to a grade school class in
Florida at that moment. Instead of jumping up and leaving, he instead sat in front of the class, with an
unfortunate look of confusion, for nearly 11 minutes. Moore obtained the footage from a teacher at the
school who videotaped the morning program. There Bush sits, with no access to his advisers, while New
York is being viciously attacked. I guarantee you that no one who sees this film forgets this episode."


Also, Reviewer faults Moore's not going into depth about how Democrats failed to be the Opposition. IMO, It would be folly for Moore to go into this without going into depth about how the Right and the Media labeled dissenters unpatriotic and traitors. Not enough time in this film. Maybe the next film.

"F9/11" isn't perfect, and of course, there are leaps of logic sometimes. One set piece is about African
American congressmen and women voting against the war with Iraq and wondering why there are no
Senators to support them. Indeed, those absent senators include John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and Ted
Kennedy, among others, which Moore does not elaborate upon. At no point are liberals or Democrats taken
to task for not speaking out against the war, and I would have liked to have seen that."