As I'm sure you have all heard, Michael Moore's new documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, premiered in theaters on Thursday. I myself saw it on Friday in NYC. I have to say that I really liked the movie. And furthermore, I loved seeing the movie with a theater full of New Yorkers. Never having seen any of his films before, I would say that on the whole I really like his style. To borrow words from my sister, he is very witty and entertaining. While I will fully admit that the movie is very one sided, and I'm sure that many things were taken out of context, it taught me a lot of things that I did not know previously. Example: the entire situation with Bin Laden's family. I didn't really have the patience or the interest to keep up with all that was happening at the time, mainly because it fell into the realm of politics to me, which I don't really follow all that well.
I think more than anything the movie made me angry and pissed off, for many various reasons. Or rather, it just made me angrier... at Bush, at being in Iraq, for all the uneccesary deaths, for the ignorance of some Americans. As much as I was laughing at some parts of the movie, I'm sure I cried as many times. Having all of the information and memories rehashed in 2 hours was just a bit much. It'll be quite interesting to see the effects of the movie in the days to come as more and more people see it. And to say one last thing, I really do agree with my sister and Felicia's view points when they say that this movie will not really swing people over to the anti-Bush side though... the movie is way too biased to do that. But then again, I guess it really depends what the point of the movie is.
Before make a decision on Fahrenheit however, see it yourself, form your own opinions. And as always, keep an open mind... That being said, let's get this idiot out of the oval office, shall we?