Last night I saw Fahrenheit (sp) 9/11. Yep. It's yet another movie made by Michael Moore, who wrote such books as "Stupid White Men" & "Dude, Where's My Country" and produced such movies as "Roger and Me", and "Bowling for Columbine". He's apparently done more but these are the ones i remember. In Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore turns the crowd's attention towards violence in the United States; the title alludes to the school shootings that happened in Columbine. In Fahrenheit 911 (f911) Moore focuses more on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when two planes hit the Twin Towers and one hit the Pentagon, and how the Bush adminstration dealt with it.
I went to see it with my Dad and when the movie started there were quite a bit of people there. And at the end of the movie (I'm not going to spoil it for anyone who might have seen it) the audience did something I haven't seen since I saw Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones. The audience clapped. And not just a few people. Enough to count it as an ovation.
This is one of those movies that you might see just out of sheer curiousity. If you do decide to see it keep in mind that many of the ideas if not all came from Michael Moore so you need to be aware that some things could be taken out of context or that they are presented in a subjective way. I recommend you take a read of Fifty Nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 911, by Dave Kopel. Like f911 i'm not sure how accurate either document is but it is a detailed analysis of the movie at the very least. The movie itself has been dubbed a mockumentary (made with the tone of a documentary but may border on fiction). Whether it is or not is up to you. I left the theatre wondering how much of the crowd took what Michael said at face value rather than decided to verify the facts. Kopel's analysis may be just as biased as Moore's I haven't check his sources either. But it helps me to stay objective about it.


I also saw mystic River too. slow movie...but apparently we weren't supposed to worry about the plot. It was the character development that was the main focus; the plot was just a stage. I think the best movie i've seen thsi summer was Spiderman 2. It was a little cheesy but had less cheese than the first one. The CG was great and there seemed to be a good story. I wonder what the third (yes there's a third one coming up) will be like.