I'm looking forward to seeing Michael Moore's new movie Fahrenheit 9/11, which will be released on June 25. (Watch the trailer here.) Roger Ebert has written a good piece on the movie. While he shares Moore's politics, Ebert never the less held him accountable for inaccuracies and errors in Bowling For Columbine, so it's worth a read. (Thanks to Jordon for pointing us to the Ebert piece.)
Kudos to Lions Gate Films (based right here in North Vancouver) for distributing the film after Michael Eisner stepped in and prevented Mirimax (a Disney company) from releasing the flick. Lots of people are hot and bothered about this one - a must see, I'd say.
Posted by mike at June 19, 2004 08:24 PM | TrackBackI'm not sure I appreciate the polarization of politics that we are living. Moore, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Al Franken have all become celebrities because they are masters of the quick one-liner, nasty putdown and do nothing more than promote an "us versus them" mentality.
I am guilty of that type of thinking and it really doesn't advance anyone's cause or change anyone's mind.
In the end, it doesn't accomplish much and our time could be better spent looking for common ground to deal with the serious issues facing us today. As a country, as a society, as a species, we need to work together more if we are going to fix what ails us.
Mike would call it working for the Kingdom. I might just say we need a little more love thy neighbour.
those were great comments. Growing up in Surrey (gratuitous location dropping) and attending a very conservative private school, i was raised in an us/them environment. it's been an interesting journey to move a) past such thinking and b) to see the other point of view and agree at times.
that being said, i don't really like Moore that much and am a little nervous to hear that Ebert found this film to be fairly accurate.