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Originally Posted by Damien
Wilson's an idiot. He is making a film glossing over the issues raised by moores films and producing a feel good movie. There is nothing to be learnt from that type of movie so to call it a documentary is stupid. He has already used editing in this trailer (the bit where moore says he doesn't appear in other peoples movies) to a far worse degree than moore has in his films.
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You might well be right. It is a bit presumptous though to judge the movie from the trailers.
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Originally Posted by Damien
I have some questions:
1) Why should moore have to speak to someone who attacks him in the title? Dont forget there is no proof moore hates the usa in fact i think he likes it moore than wilson. Moore raises important issues trying to improve the usa while Wilson trys to gloss over that
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He never had to, but it is the entertainment business where image is king. Moore made Roger Smith look like a monster by chasing an interview that Roger never wanted to give. It looks like Wilson is playing Moore at his own game, I can see Moore looking like Roger did.
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Originally Posted by Damien
2) What is this crap about 'the american dream' that those people go on about in that trailer? Makes you wanna be sick
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You ought to speak to my parents about that. 5 years ago, my mum was a bookkeeper, who also ran her own business; my dad was a copper in Holloway, North London. They were fed up with the way this country was being run so decided to emigrate to the place they loved to go. They have their own gripes with Floridians and America of course, but the obvious thing is that life over here is very good for them. They come back to England now and again to see me and sort things out, but it depresses the hell out of them. My dad's business has done very well (he has a property management company, and he is also realtor here). Not only do they earn far more money, it goes a lot further. It is much easier to have a higher quality of life out here. They are much happier. There is nothing wrong in wanting life better for yourself and trying to get it.
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Originally Posted by Damien
oh and before someone (not punky, he knows better) trys to say i am anti-American for expressing concerns about the foreign policy of the bush administration then they can get bent. I like the USA but I am allowed to express concerns. Funny how much people in the usa (aka fox news) love to claim free speech but condem people who uuse that right
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Your a (rather passionate) Moore fan. There's nothing wrong with that. I say i'm not trying to recruit anyone over to my "side", and it is true, but I always tell people to read the other evidence as well and decide for themselves. If they change their mind, great. If they don't, then that's also great. At least they read both sides. The way I think of it is this. Moore fans always say to anti-Moore folk. "Open your mind and accept that what he says is true". I'd add to that, "Open your mind a little further and accept what he says may not be true".