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Movie Rewiew of Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11, Entertainment Only?
It received the Palme D, Or (golden palm) award at the Cannes Film Festival and was reported to have received standing ovations and cheers from audiences across the United States and the World. It is certainly clear that the “silent majority” across the United States wanted to hear and see what the film had to say not just be entertained. Michael Moore was able to cover a lot of series issues that affected the American people in a light hearted without taking away from the seriousness of the issues. So what did the film have to say?
Moore showed how the Bush used his connections and power to win the presidential elections through fraud and manipulation. Unfortunately the Democrats as well as the Republicans supported these tactics. The Congressional Black Caucus could not get to support a discussion into the disenfranchisement of the black voters in Florida.
The film then goes onto discuss the Connections between the Bush family and the Saudi government. The film implies that the Saudi government dictates to the US government and not the other way around. The film fails to mention the history of the Saudi government, other Arab governments and the role the US played since the WW2 and more importantly relationship between Israel and the US.
A recent senate inquire just criticized Bush for still implying that the Iraqi government was connected to destruction of the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001. Moore did very well in showing that the attack on Iraqi was bases on lies and puts a very human face by showing the deaths of the innocent Iraqis. The interview with an American mother who lost her son in Iraqi brings this home for the American audiences when she asks why her son was there. However the film implies that the war in Iraq sullied the great tradition of the American military and that it was alright to go into Afghanistan, even though Moore mentions Bush was doing it for the oil pipeline.
The film does not mention the role of previous US governments both Democratic and Republican and the role of US capital as a whole in there attacks on Iraq. To not mention that under Clinton over 200,000 Iraqi children died from the sanctions imposed by the US or the massive anti war movement that has developed was more then an oversight.
The film exposes to a lot of people issues and information that they are normally not exposed to, especially by the capitalist controlled media. For this reason the film is very much worth seeing as the film brings into light those issues that were not brought up or only touched on in the film. The problem is not that Bush is an idiot or that the Bush clique is corrupt or that that war in Iraq is illegal and immoral. It’s that very nature of the capitalist system is immoral, vile and genocidal. The result of 500 years of Capitalism is a world dying from global warming and pollution and 30,000 children dying a day from poverty.
By Tyler James
Fahrenheit 9/11, Entertainment Only?
It received the Palme D, Or (golden palm) award at the Cannes Film Festival and was reported to have received standing ovations and cheers from audiences across the United States and the World. It is certainly clear that the “silent majority” across the United States wanted to hear and see what the film had to say not just be entertained. Michael Moore was able to cover a lot of series issues that affected the American people in a light hearted without taking away from the seriousness of the issues. So what did the film have to say?
Moore showed how the Bush used his connections and power to win the presidential elections through fraud and manipulation. Unfortunately the Democrats as well as the Republicans supported these tactics. The Congressional Black Caucus could not get to support a discussion into the disenfranchisement of the black voters in Florida.
The film then goes onto discuss the Connections between the Bush family and the Saudi government. The film implies that the Saudi government dictates to the US government and not the other way around. The film fails to mention the history of the Saudi government, other Arab governments and the role the US played since the WW2 and more importantly relationship between Israel and the US.
A recent senate inquire just criticized Bush for still implying that the Iraqi government was connected to destruction of the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001. Moore did very well in showing that the attack on Iraqi was bases on lies and puts a very human face by showing the deaths of the innocent Iraqis. The interview with an American mother who lost her son in Iraqi brings this home for the American audiences when she asks why her son was there. However the film implies that the war in Iraq sullied the great tradition of the American military and that it was alright to go into Afghanistan, even though Moore mentions Bush was doing it for the oil pipeline.
The film does not mention the role of previous US governments both Democratic and Republican and the role of US capital as a whole in there attacks on Iraq. To not mention that under Clinton over 200,000 Iraqi children died from the sanctions imposed by the US or the massive anti war movement that has developed was more then an oversight.
The film exposes to a lot of people issues and information that they are normally not exposed to, especially by the capitalist controlled media. For this reason the film is very much worth seeing as the film brings into light those issues that were not brought up or only touched on in the film. The problem is not that Bush is an idiot or that the Bush clique is corrupt or that that war in Iraq is illegal and immoral. It’s that very nature of the capitalist system is immoral, vile and genocidal. The result of 500 years of Capitalism is a world dying from global warming and pollution and 30,000 children dying a day from poverty.
By Tyler James
posted by TYLER-MEDIA | 5:44 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Tyler
A good effort... nicely written. A few gramattical and spelling errors I'd like to discuss with you when next we meet. Don't forget your Johnny V assignment needs to be posted ASAP.
Michael
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