Another review of Fahrenheit 9/11 spotted

[Trillo]

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I hadn't been to the movies in a long time, but I took in a matinee showing yesterday of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. The theater wasn't sold out, but then we live in a conservative part of Southern California. The audience responded with enthusiasm for the points made and applauded at the end.

I'd recommend this film to anyone who's on the fence about how to vote. It's not a fun thing to watch, by any stretch of the imagination. I found it disturbing, hilarious in bits, but mostly inductive of either anger or sadness. (If you're sensitive to this sort of thing, take tissues along. You'll need them.) I heard today that though it was rated R some have expressed the opinion that it should be rated PG-13. I tend to agree with that, and the worst content I saw was use of the F-word and a few images of wounded and dead Iraqis and Coalition soldiers, but no worse than you've seen in the news or in medical documentaries in the past.

I returned home emotionally drained, but glad that I'd seen this film.

I already knew something of how military recruiters go about their business. I've also seen their ads in the classifieds. I didn't know that they purposely target low-income areas, but it wouldn't surprise me at all. That part of the film thoroughly disgusted me, recruiters giving kids the idea they could pursue their music or sports ambitions in the military.
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[Proud_Lefty]

1. Rating

My kids are very involved with our concerns about GWB and want to go see this movie. We are going with friends tomorrow, but someone from my work suggested I see it first before taking my kids because there might be graphic war scenes. I want to share the experience with them, but am very protective where my kids are concerned about violence in movies. Never saw the Passion or had a passion to. Do you think this movie is suitable for 12 and 14 year olds? I'm not as concerned about the F word. It's part of the USA these days. Just ask Cheney.

btw, I live in a conservative area in Southern California too. South of Riverside. Are you close by?

[quispquake]

3. Yes, it's okay, but there are some disturbing scenes...

The Iraq scenes show some mutilated bodies, both Iraqi & US. I'm bringing my 12 year old on Monday, because the scenes are intense, but kids should understand what the repercussions of war are....

[Proud_Lefty]

4. Good point

Thanks. They really want to go.

[emulatorloo]

7. The scenes of injured Iraqis and US Soldiers are difficult to watch

but they are not at all gratuitous, and they don't last for a long time. It is, among many things, a profoundly anti-war film. The film is very very moving.

[Bunny]

5. Your 12 and 14 yr. olds can see this movie.

Since you will be with them, they will be okay. There are scenes of blood, but they are mercifully brief. There is a beheading, but very brief and from VERY far away, they may not catch it at all. There are shots of wounds that our soldiers suffered, gross but brief. The scene with the dead Iraqi child is tough, but again, brief. A couple of "motherfuckers", said by a soldier. I'd take my 12 year old to see it.

[Trillo]

6. I can only speak for myself, not the author of that review.

I think it's really important for anyone of voting age to see this movie. Yes, there are scenes of the effects of violence depicted, I believe mostly with respect towards the victims, and our soldiers in Iraq. There's also a quick flash of a beheading.

The movie gives a realistic view of the horror of war, but that definitely isn't the whole focus of the movie. It's about GWB and his appointees, and the decisions they made when under pressure, and calls into question who the administration is really loyal to.

The movie is about so much more than the violence in Iraq and of 9/11. It raises deep, critical issues of the possible motivations of those we call our leaders. It is a movie of thought as well as emotion.

I happen to live in Fallbrook, CA, USA.

Whether this movie is suitable for your 14-year-old children is a decision only you can make. The official rating is R.

I have no interest myself in seeing The Passion, I'm not interested in violence solely for violence's sake.

Gotta go, Kerry's campain is having a local meeting, thought I'd wander down there and listen in.

[TN al]

2. I enjoyed the movie too...

...I don't think the recruiters were lying to the young people. They could pursue those ambitions in the marines.