That was probably the most powerful moment in the film, short of her reading her son's last letter home. I honestly thought that the lady who ran up saying "This is staged!" must have been planted. It seemed to me like that was almost a too perfect of an ending to have -actually- happened like that. And why did that woman say that to her? "This is staged!"? Did she see Michael Moore there, and knowing he was filming a movie or something think to herself "I should run over there and yell out "THIS IS ALL STAGED" to ruin the shot"? And then the kicker at the end "Blame Al Queda!" It almost seemed unfathomable that someone would do that.. are people that ignorant and assholish?
Just saw Fahrenheit 9/11 at the Edwards Theater on Katy. This is a very good movie. Michael Moore is a master of the documentary. How many times have you watched a documentary and have been bored throughout most of it. Moore keeps you entertained throughout the whole movie. He makes sure your emotions are thoroughly exercised and constantly changing. One of the sad parts of the movie is when they interviewed a mother of a soldier who had died in Iraq. Later, the woman goes to the capitol in DC to protest. At first I thought that Moore was taking advantage of this women’s loss. Later I realized that it is an important part of the film. Sometimes we become desensitized with death. We watch News2Houston or read the Chronicle and absorb information about death everyday, but we become detached from the human aspect of death. There is a lot of humor in the movie. My favorite part is when Moore was approaching members of Congress to recruit their children to fight in Iraq. The look on one of the congressmen’s faces is priceless. The last scene of the movie is also very funny. A part that pissed me off is when they played banjo music when the city of Houston was mentioned. Michael Moore may not realize this but Houston is not Little Rock. I happen to agree with most of what Fahrenheit 9/11 suggests, but judging by the two security guards by the doors, not everyone likes the message the movie is trying to put out. Whether you agree with what Moore is suggesting or think that he spitting out propaganda, the movie is worth watching.
That's it. We're going to have to go shoot the next time I'm in H-town. We have nearly the same taste in fine firearms (Kimber, Wilson, Glock, etc). Shoot me an email and we'll have to get togther a first-annual Clutchfans shooting day or something like that.
That's it. It looks like I'm going to have to start boycotting the obviously liberal movie theatres that continue to show these lies to the uneducated public.
Seems the only "uneducated public" that we have around here are the people who continue to slam a movie they refuse to see. Faos one last time; I'm offering to pay the price of admission for you to see it so you can make an educated observation of the movie. Until then, your little rants ring kind of hollow.
Boycott a movie theatre because they are giving people the option to go see a movie that diagrees with your politcial views. A movie that you continue to slam yet have never seen. Yeah....that's having an open mind
Faosism, did you boycott theaters for showing "Passion of the Christ?" I mean, if you aren't a Christian, then isn't the story of Jesus slanted? If you don't believe it's true, then isn't it a lie to you? Should I start boycotting 950 for broadcasting Rush or 740 for Hannitty?
Everything Moore has ever said has been 100% complete and total lies. Anybody who associates with Moore (lile theaters that show his movies and the people who pay to see it) are guilty by association and deserve the hatred from the population at large!!!
Faos-hood: If you believe that Al Gore claimed to have invented the internet, maybe you should boycott that too....please.
If I did that you and the others would be able to spread the lies and untruths without being questioned. No, my friend. I'll be around a long, long time.
Right, so you counter this dangerous Goebbels like propaganda with your Colonel Klink strategy of copying and pasting drudgreport articles and slap a taunting, provocative, misleading thread title on it. Seriously, I should be one to talk, but that kind of crap really is the worst of D&D.
That’s 8 million dollars in only half of the theaters across the US. Imagine what it would do if it would play in the same amount of theaters that White Chicks is playing in.
Every single critical review has been excellent thus far. Only criticisms I've heard have been political in nature, not on the film itself. Anyone got any links to some film critic's reviews. Ones up here have been very, very positive; 4 stars, that kind of thing.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Fahrenheit911-1133649/ Every major reviewer you can think of and then some.
Looks like it's going to break all records for a documentary, easily. From the Washington Post: 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Tops $8M in First Day By David German The Associated Press Sunday, June 27, 2004; 4:23 AM LOS ANGELES - "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore's assault on President Bush, took in $8.2 million to $8.4 million in its first day, positioning it as the weekend's No. 1 film, its distributors said Saturday. Based on Friday's numbers, "Fahrenheit 9/11" was on track for an opening weekend that would surpass the $21.6 million total gross of Moore's "Bowling for Columbine," his 2002 film that earned him an Academy Award for best documentary. "Bowling for Columbine" holds the record for highest domestic gross among documentaries, excluding concert films and movies made for huge-screen IMAX theaters. Friday grosses for "Fahrenheit 9/11" ran about $1.5 million ahead of its closest competitor, the Wayans brothers comedy "White Chicks." The performance of "Fahrenheit 9/11" was even more remarkable considering it played in just 868 theaters, fewer than a third the number for "White Chicks." "Fahrenheit 9/11" benefited from a flurry of praise and condemnation. Supporters mobilized liberal-minded audiences to see it over opening weekend to counter efforts by some right-wing groups to discredit the film. "It always helps when there's a group out there that says, 'Don't go see this movie. It's bad for you,'" said Jonathan Sehring, president of IFC Films, one of the film's distributors. "Fahrenheit 9/11" paints Bush as a neglectful president who ignored terrorism warnings before Sept. 11, then stirred up fear of more attacks to win public support for the Iraq war. The movie won the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film has ridden a wave of publicity since just before Cannes, when Moore began assailing Disney for refusing to let subsidiary Miramax release "Fahrenheit 9/11" because of its political content. Miramax bosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein bought back the film and hooked up with Lions Gate Films and IFC to distribute it. The fury over "Fahrenheit 9/11" resembled the firestorm created by Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," which rose to blockbuster status amid debate over whether it was anti-Semitic. "It's like how 'The Passion of the Christ' redefined what a certain genre of movie could do at the box office, 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is doing the same thing," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. "This blows away any conceivable record for box office of a documentary." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9212-2004Jun27.html
