DemonFighter's Review of Fahrenheit 911

[DemonFighterLives]

I wrote this for another board, but thought some here may want to see. Any comments or whatever would be appreciated.

If it was the correct way to write a review, the thumbs up would be placed here. This is an excellent movie and even to someone who is reasonably up on the issues, there is much more to learn.

The points of contention would have to include that there is too much information to fit into a span of 2 hours. Therefore it is the juxtaposition of film clips that will upset most of the critics. At the same time when they are juxtaposed in this way, they make the points of the author very prominent.

This film will not shine a very "bright" light on the Commander in Chief, but it also makes the Congress and the Senate look very bad as well. At the beginning of the movie, the key players in the administration are shown putting on their makeup before they take the world stage. Starting with the elections of 2000, the probably biggest thing this author took home would be that the entire Senate seemed complicit with the change of power. We see one member of the black caucus after another pleading with the members to investigate the elections. Each time, Al Gore, serving as the President of the Senate would ask, "do you have a Senator signed on". Each respectable Congressperson would then state that they did not and Gore would bang the gavel. Here we see the man who had the most to lose helping himself lose. Also the fact that not one Senator would stand up was simply amazing to say the least. Where was Kennedy or Wellstone or Byrd or any number of other honorable people?

The scenes of 911 were done very well, or actually there wasn't a scene. The screen is black as we hear planes and screaming, then we see people in slow motion running through debris, with it constantly raining from the skies. People look up in horror and many are crying. Of course, someone had to pay. We had all sorts of information pointing to Bin Ladin, but the administration had Iraq on their mind.

We now shift to Shock and Awe. After some terrific explosions, we see Iraqi's loading up the dead in a pickup truck. One fellow picks up his daughter and throws her in the pickup like she is now only something to be disposed of. Needless to say this man was not happy. There are also
scenes of Americans killed in the conflict. Back home at Walter Reed, there are GI's without their legs or arms. Many are in rehabilitation and we also get a glimpse inside a support group, which is terribly sad.

Whether people like it or not, the portion of the film where he is asking politicians to sign up their kids to go to war is very powerful. The point being that it is OK to vote for and promote war, as long as none of your loved ones have to attend. Moore goes to Flint, MI where there is extreme poverty. We see row upon row of boarded up homes and one young black kid states that "Flint looks like a war zone and we don't even have a war". Moore goes on to show the recruiters going out to round up some more potential enlistees.

The most tearful part of the movie is when the patriotic American woman from MI is crushed by the fact that her son is killed in the war. Her husband can only ask, "What for"?

It is very obvious that our politicians and media have failed the American people. No one should downplay this movie if they haven't seen it. It is very gripping and I hardly saw a person move for the entire 1hr 56min. You will use your whole palette of emotions and then some. Interspersed among the terrible horror and astonishment for the corrupt and incapable politicians are very funny clips that serve to keep one balanced.
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I didn't have spell check on the other forum.

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[KeepItReal]

1. Excellent review!

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[DemonFighterLives]

2. Thank You

I may have to kick this.. Place seems very busy!