Fahrenheit 9/11
Jul. 3rd, 2004 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I must admit that I went into the movie with some trepidation. I mean, I'm already pissed off at the Bush administration, why add flammable things to the fire? So I went and now I'm even more pissed than I was before. But I'm glad I went if only to see the other people in the audience joining me and dad in patriotic fervor. This country was founded on revolutionary thoughts and actions. May we continue to revolt and rebel against authority and blind following thereof. On this 4th of July weekend, let us declare independence from stupidity and hypocrisy.
some notes on specific aspects of the film: i loved how he just showed a black screen during the 9/11 attacks. it was so powerful to just see the black screen and hear the noises of the planes crashing into the towers rather than that same image we've seen over and over again and have become numb too. it was also cool to see the mother of a fallen soldier say that she used to hate war protesters until she realized that they weren't protesting the soldiers but rather the concept of war in general. because even though i don't support the troops, it's not like i want them to die or anything. in fact, i want them to live: long and healthy lives if possible, by not going to war and not killing other people. what Micheal Moore really needs to do is release a version of the documentary that conservatives can watch without scoffing at. i.e. the destruction of 9/11 bits and the wounded soldiers and thier amputations and the innocent Iraqi civilians and children as their bodies are loaded into trucks to be taken away. because if they see it in the context of the movie they'll dismiss it, but if they just see it by itself, no voiceover, just this is what happens in war, maybe just maybe they'd get a clue. oh who am i kidding. sigh. bush still sucks. he's still president. war is still wrong. double sigh.
some notes on specific aspects of the film: i loved how he just showed a black screen during the 9/11 attacks. it was so powerful to just see the black screen and hear the noises of the planes crashing into the towers rather than that same image we've seen over and over again and have become numb too. it was also cool to see the mother of a fallen soldier say that she used to hate war protesters until she realized that they weren't protesting the soldiers but rather the concept of war in general. because even though i don't support the troops, it's not like i want them to die or anything. in fact, i want them to live: long and healthy lives if possible, by not going to war and not killing other people. what Micheal Moore really needs to do is release a version of the documentary that conservatives can watch without scoffing at. i.e. the destruction of 9/11 bits and the wounded soldiers and thier amputations and the innocent Iraqi civilians and children as their bodies are loaded into trucks to be taken away. because if they see it in the context of the movie they'll dismiss it, but if they just see it by itself, no voiceover, just this is what happens in war, maybe just maybe they'd get a clue. oh who am i kidding. sigh. bush still sucks. he's still president. war is still wrong. double sigh.
the day we fight back
Date: 2004-07-03 08:11 pm (UTC)and that cool quote from the prez in that reality
sounds like its worth high movie cost though mayb splat will want to see it so i can get a ride if its not at the rotunda
Re: the day we fight back
Date: 2004-07-04 07:38 am (UTC)President Thomas Whitmore: "Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!" We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"