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Originally Posted by Graham
Hmm, interesting.
So it purports to tell the truth, but it starts with a title that seems to me to be a blatant lie.
It has a title which is a prima facie personal attack on the *person* not on what he says.
Its trailers have quotes like "you have to quote people out of context" and "he's utterly brilliant at creating a false impression without saying a false words"
It has "little people" talking about how great America is and how they can "make it", as if Michael Moore somehow has attacked *them* (I don't recall him doing that) for doing so.
And one trailer ends with the film maker saying that "I guess we touched a nerve" because Michael Moore said he was slandered by the maker saying "Michael Moore Hates America".
Well, frankly if someone told such a bald-faced lie about *me*, yes, I think it *would* hit a nerve!
And they think this makes them *better* that Moore somehow?
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It is a bit of a weird movie. He ran out of funing half way through and a new benefactor came in and he seemed to have had to change tack. But anyways.
Michael Moore doesn't hate America. Everyone knows that. If he hated America, he leave his rather nice $1.9m Manhatten apartment, and his $1.2m Michigan lakeside home, and move to Canada or Germany, or even to England, like he is always threatening. Or that is what he'd do if he had principals, which he doesn't. He does hate Americans though. He has called them everything under the sun. One of a big part of this speech tour was proving how stupid Americans are by comparing them to Canadians, and Europeans. He has called them everything under the sun. Idiots, arrogant (
Nothing like leading by example), money obsessed, oil obsessed, racist, egocentric, and that is what I can just rememeber off the top of his head. He is never shy at bitching about Americans to others (Mostly Europeans) when he wants to.
And he does attack the "little people". Remember when he criticised them for not being at whatever reading level he feels they should be at. They can't find Iraq on map. He questions their integrity. He questions their ambition. The little people seem to get it in the neck as much as the Government does.
But it is funny, how Moore said he'd debate anyone, any time on his issues, books and movies. Except If you are Michael Wilson, who he has deliberately avoided, even when he questions him on stage. Reminds me of Roger & Me, but now who is the "Roger" character and who is the "me" character?
It is a shame though, I was hoping the movie would take dissect MM piece by piece, but it seems to be more of an American promotional movie now, like that "America's Heart & Soul movie".