"Farenheit 9/11"
Jul. 3rd, 2004 12:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walbournPerhaps one would expect this film would ignite rage about Bush and his administration. Certainly everyone knows that Moore has an agenda here, and the film goes after the Bush Presidency from the first frame to last.
Yet, my sense after seeing this film is one of sadness not anger. Sadness at the cost in lives, at the cost in liberties, at the lost innocence of America. For myself, Bush is the same man he always was since the days he was governor of Texas: a simple man lacking an internal moral compass simply trying to not fuck up the family fortune while following in his daddy's footsteps.
While Moore's love affair with his own voice is a bit too evident in a few of the early interviews, the majority of the film simply presents a history lesson on the Bush family, his presidency, 9/11, and the Iraq conflict. The voices of the military families, the soldiers in Iraq, and the veterans were the most powerful parts of the film for me, although the sounds of 9/11 and the images of the witnesses brought those moments back powerfully and effectively.
If I'm angry at anyone after seeing this film, it is the Congress for their lack of spine, particularly the Democratic members of Congress. They passed the Patriot Act without serious challenge. They allowed the administration a free reign in going to war with Iraq. They left the military hanging out to dry. Bush's people may have the bad policies, but they supported them by choice or by inaction.
Go see the film, but expect parts of it to be hard to watch, and weight for yourself if the policies of the current government are what you want for America and yourself. And whatever position you take, get out and vote in the Presidental election -and- every time there are seats up for the Congress.
Yet, my sense after seeing this film is one of sadness not anger. Sadness at the cost in lives, at the cost in liberties, at the lost innocence of America. For myself, Bush is the same man he always was since the days he was governor of Texas: a simple man lacking an internal moral compass simply trying to not fuck up the family fortune while following in his daddy's footsteps.
While Moore's love affair with his own voice is a bit too evident in a few of the early interviews, the majority of the film simply presents a history lesson on the Bush family, his presidency, 9/11, and the Iraq conflict. The voices of the military families, the soldiers in Iraq, and the veterans were the most powerful parts of the film for me, although the sounds of 9/11 and the images of the witnesses brought those moments back powerfully and effectively.
If I'm angry at anyone after seeing this film, it is the Congress for their lack of spine, particularly the Democratic members of Congress. They passed the Patriot Act without serious challenge. They allowed the administration a free reign in going to war with Iraq. They left the military hanging out to dry. Bush's people may have the bad policies, but they supported them by choice or by inaction.
Go see the film, but expect parts of it to be hard to watch, and weight for yourself if the policies of the current government are what you want for America and yourself. And whatever position you take, get out and vote in the Presidental election -and- every time there are seats up for the Congress.
