This film is incontrovertible evidence that Michael Moore is a propagandist, not a documentary filmmaker. As a propagandist, he is a competent spinmaster. In another time and place, masters such as the Nazis and Russian Communists would have been happy to have him serve them.
See this film if you must, but be a true free-thinking person if you do so. Whatever questions Moore may ask, be sure to ask your own. Whatever "substance" one may see here, be sure to combine it with the much larger body of other, objective evidence that Moore does not see fit to present on screen. Do not mistake his presentation of half-truths and outright deceptions as hard, lucid analysis of the film's subject matter.
Some may see this movie as a bold example of free speech, one that should be lauded for challenging America's political leaders. Free speech is indeed laudable, but so is objective truth. Ideals are virtues so long as they are fully and completely grounded in life's realities. When not so grounded, they are dangerous and ultimately self-defeating.
At its core, this film is nothing other than political profiteering. It is one man's self-aggrandizing attempt to milk the prejudices of one political faction against another. Is this what you really want either America or the world to be about?
See this film if you must, but be a true free-thinking person if you do so. Whatever questions Moore may ask, be sure to ask your own. Whatever "substance" one may see here, be sure to combine it with the much larger body of other, objective evidence that Moore does not see fit to present on screen. Do not mistake his presentation of half-truths and outright deceptions as hard, lucid analysis of the film's subject matter.
Some may see this movie as a bold example of free speech, one that should be lauded for challenging America's political leaders. Free speech is indeed laudable, but so is objective truth. Ideals are virtues so long as they are fully and completely grounded in life's realities. When not so grounded, they are dangerous and ultimately self-defeating.
At its core, this film is nothing other than political profiteering. It is one man's self-aggrandizing attempt to milk the prejudices of one political faction against another. Is this what you really want either America or the world to be about?