Edmonton's centennial has come and gone, yesterday turning 100 years old. I could see a lot of the fireworks through my livingroom window, which hints at how I spent it. Yesterday was movie night. Fahrenheit 9/11, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Coffee and Cigarettes were my DVD's of choice (and all new rentals, so I had to get up early today to return them). Good movies all.
I can see how Fahrenheit 9/11 would piss off conservatives. For the most part it uses their own voices to show them for what they are. Why bash Dubya when he can do it his own damned self?
There are two movies in the works as counters to Michael Moore. One is Michael & Me, and the other one is Celsius 41.11. It'll be interesting to see how these pan out, because I can see them being nothing more than attacks on Moore himself. What would impress me more would be conservatives, who argue that Moore's films take things out of context and arrange them in such a way to make the subjects look back, take the footage (very little of which was shot by Moore's crew) and the facts and make a film that shows the whole story.
That's right. Make a movie that demonstrates that members of the Bin Laden family weren't spirited out of the United States before they could be questioned by law enforcement, make a movie that shows that BushCo. weren't planning on invading Iraq before September 11 and jumped all over the attack as an excuse for it like a kitten on a ball of yarn, make a movie that shows that BushCo. didn't brush aside warnings before the attacks, make a movie that shows soldiers aren't posing with hooded prisoners as trophies or touching the penis of a helpless older prisoner, make a movie that...
Screw it, that's too much work. Just attack Michael Moore, keep calling him a liar, and then nobody will believe a word he says. Even if it's someone else saying the words.
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by Tabby at 10/09/2004 05:16:00 p.m.
