F-9/11 in Ellsworth Maine... small theater, but full house

[GreenPartyVoter]

It opened last week and is still clearly doing very well. We are not a very racially mixed area, so most of the people I saw were white. But there was a good mix of ages ranging from late teens on up.

Not a lot of sniffling or cries of outrage, but we WASPY Mainers tend to be rather stoic. Quite a bit of laughter at the buffoonery of the Admin, though. And folks were talking as they filed out. "Had you heard that before? I'd heard this, but not that part"

As far as my personal experience went, there were no real surprises in the movie for me, because I've heard most of it and a whole lot more around here the last few years.

BUT, I think that even though Moore could have used footage that would have had an even stronger impact, could have implicated the junta or just outright named them for the crooks that they are, I think he did very well serving up a moving mainstream documentary that the masses would be willing to watch.

I also think it was a very crafty way to whet their appetite for more. I hope folks who see the movie and who have had their eyes opened are online right now trying to learn more about what has been happening in this nation.

And I hope that F9/11, the dvd, comes with a truckload of bonus footage that tells us everything Mike left out in the main feature.

[Redneck Socialist]

1. F911 everywhere

I had two random F911 encounters today alone. While I got my hair cut (not many left to cut unfortunately) the woman running the clippers over my head asks "Have you seen F911 yet?" She hadn't because every show she has tried to see has been sold out! I said that was good news.

I went our for a couple of beers tonight and the guy sitting next to me at the bar, a complete stranger says, "Have you seen F911 yet?"

Not only are masses of people going to see this movie, but they are willing to talk about it to complete strangers.

Rock on Michael Moore! :yourock: