Saw F 911 in Tupelo Mississippi. The only place in the state

[harrison]

that is showing it, but then again, Mississippi IS the most conservative state in the union, and Tupelo is the home of Don Wildmon's American Family Associaton. Theater was about half full. After it was over, it received a round of applause.

There looked to be a good crowd lining up as we left.

Memorable moments:

*The Senators who wouldn't back up the CBC, and the irony of Al Gore going through the process.

*Moore showing the cheering press corps. Gee, no wonder Katie and Matt were so hard on Moore. He made them look like little cheerleaders.

*Cheney's perpetual sneer even when they were putting on makeup.

*Lila Lipscomb and her transformation right in front on our eyes.

*The Marine Corporal Abdul Henderson? I believe that was his name. What a heroic man who realized the immorality of the war and said so, on screen for the whole nation to see.

*My daughter pointed out that in the beginning the major players were all getting their makeup on, as if they were getting ready for the production. Then, at the end of the movie, they were shown taking out their earplugs, as if to say, "show's over."

*Burn the Motherfucker down. What more can be said?

*Michael Moore's comments about the young women and men who sign up for service and only demand that the cause be just.



IN my opinion, the movie is really a continuation of Moore's critique of America and its corporate system. I thought he was saying that the system was rigged against the poor, to do the bidding of the rich, in order to empower the rich.

Although I was familiar with everything in the movie, I thought it was amazing, amazing.

By the way, folks, keep you ticket stubs; I think you saw one of those movies that will indeed go down in history.

[Cha]

1. Thanks for that great report from Tupelo!

"*Moore showing the cheering press corps. Gee, no wonder Katie and Matt were so hard on Moore. He made them look like little cheerleaders"

I thought the same thing.

katie.."oh..I love Navy Seals" ..or something like that.

I can't remember what laurer did in F9/11..I just remember that stern look on his face..like he's a serious journalist or something.

[Catfight]

2. Who is Lila Lipscomb?

[southernleftylady]

4. The woman who said that the military is a great option ..

and then her son gets killed in Iraq.

[TexasSissy]

3. Wow. Your daughter caught something I didn't.

*My daughter pointed out that in the beginning the major players were all getting their makeup on, as if they were getting ready for the production. Then, at the end of the movie, they were shown taking out their earplugs, as if to say, "show's over."

Of course, this was Moore's point, now that I recall that his voiceover commented something to that effect. But I hadn't put it together with the beginning, "preparing for the show." Wow.

[catzies]

6. Wow, YEAH.

:wow:
That girl has insight!

[Prodemsouth]

5. Anyone see the part of the movie about all these anti-terror devices, the

guy is on Today show saying it is easy to put the parchute like device on and the model trying to put it on can't get it on to save her life. The audience I watched it with roared with laughter. Sold out all shows in Alpharetta, GA. last night.

[JohnyCanuck]

7. The cheerleaders don't come off looking to good. That's for sure.

Fahrenheit 9/11

Burning Bush: Fahrenheit 9/11 is a timely exposé of Dubya's perfidy and the media's subservience

By Jeannette Catsoulis

Seated opposite a hostile Matt Lauer on a recent episode of NBC's "Dateline," a Buddha-like Michael Moore, hands clasped comfortably beneath his substantial belly, smiled genially at his infuriated host. "How can you say you didn't set out to make a political movie?" railed Lauer, clearly forgetting he was fronting a soft-core infotainment program. "Isn't this film a direct attack on George W. Bush?" "Well, if you put it that way," chuckled Moore, "yes, of course it is."

The kicker would come a few minutes later, as Moore pointedly remarked that it would be nice if Lauer and his fellow "journalists" would subject Bush himself to such incisive questioning. A utopian idea, perhaps--at least by today's groveling media standards--and one raised coincidentally just a few weeks earlier by Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." After screening a clip of a London Times reporter ferociously grilling Prime Minister Tony Blair on his fudging of intelligence reports, Stewart turned to the camera with his trademark look of baffled innocence. "Where do we get one of those?" he inquired.

Where, indeed, is the question that informs every frame of Fahrenheit 9/11, an appalling and timely exposé of the connections, machinations, and financial dealings of the Bush administration. But as shocking as these are, the movie's most devastating indictment is reserved implicitly for our mainstream news media, whose indolence, subservience and cowardice appear immeasurable. (my emphasis /jc) As one horrifying image follows another, and each revelation is superseded by one even more disturbing, the deficiencies of the fourth estate cannot be ignored. Why is it left to Moore to present us with an uncensored copy of Bush's military records, and disclose coherently the highly suspect actions of Dubya's relatives in the 2000 election debacle? And how does Moore manage to embed his own camera crews in Iraq--obtaining footage of civilian casualties and abuse of Iraqi prisoners well before Abu Ghraib--while our networks feed us the pre-digested pablum prepared by the White House?

http://www.lasvegasmercury.com/2004/MERC-Jun-24-Thu-2004/24162082.html

[Kimber Scott]

10. What an awesome review!

nt

[calimary]

11. A BRILLIANT review. And a MOST timely indictment of the media.

And MAN, do they have it coming!!! THey'll probably stay huffy about it because it's made them look bad. Worse than bad. GROSS DERELICTION OF DUTY. THE GROSSEST. CRIMINAL DERELICTION OF DUTY. And I guarantee you: EVERY crime the bushies are eventually indicted for, and hopefully convicted of, the news media is an accomplice to each and every one of those crimes. They should all be charged with aiding and abetting. They are accessories to EVERY crime committed. Absolutely and completely. They have singlehandedly done more to enable the horrendous, criminal bush agenda than ANY other single entity on earth. Bar NONE.

They were perfectly positioned to expose EVERY BIT OF THIS. And they sat back and did NOTHING. Nothing but gush. NOTHING but cover up. NOTHING. A WORLD-CLASS disgrace.

[jbutsz]

8. No sign of F9/11 coming to Natchez..

Shame, too, because it's areas like mine that need most to see it.

[xray s]

9. wait for the tape/DVD

they won't be able to stop anyone from seeing this film, eventually.

[Zomby Woof]

12. great analysis

He also shoots down the tinfoilers with his assessment that the real reason for the Carlyle Group's existence is not to wield secret world-ruling power, but TO MAKE MONEY, and LOTS OF IT.

When it comes to Republican scumsuckers, that is always, ALWAYS the (pardon the pun) bottom line.

[DeepModem Mom]

13. Not even in Jackson? That's scary, folks -- n/t

[KoKo]

14. Thanks, your review and your daughters comments are interesting showing

a little different perspective than some of the other reviews. I'm seeing it tonight. But, no matter how many reviews I read it won't spoil it because I think it's really important too, and to see what points different folks here pick out gives a clue to what others will think when they see it who aren't DU'ers.