Movie Review: Farenheit 9/11

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Synopsis: An expose which reflects upon what has happened to America since the events of September 11, 2001 that touches upon the personal relationship between President George W. Bush and the family of terrorist Osama bin Laden. As well, the chronicle focuses on the powerful roles that oil and greed may have played in the terrorist attack on the U.S.A.

Starring: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Lila Lipscomb
Directed by: Michael Moore
U.S. Rating: R

It's hard for me to define Michael Moore's political view. Sometimes he seems to be a political activist with some socialist ideas, sometimes he seems to be an activist of populism, sometimes he seems to be like an activist of one of these new "green" political parties, trying to make a better world and bring peace and love to humanity. Anyway, what I can say is that no matter if I sympathize with his political views or not, I always enjoy his documentaries, just because he can be really annoying for many people! I used to watch his show The Ugly Truth, and I totally laughed every time he was kicked out from an office building, or when people got annoyed or upset and just left him talking to himself.

This documentary, Farenheit 9/11 is well known for many of us. Michael Moore tries to bring to the audience some facts involved with the events during the 9/11 and tries to find a logical/political or strategic reason for all these events and the posterior war on Terror taken to Afganistan and Iraq.

Some of the facts exposed are really interesting, and some information and critics are more like a political/strategic acusation to George Bush, his administration and other important business men and corporations involved in this situation, even more obvious when he decided to take his documentary to the big screen just few months before the national elections in 2004.

What I personally like from Michael Moore is that he's able to work on subjects and social issues based on true (or not) facts and important events, for example, the massacre in Columbine, the 9/11 terrorist attack, the issues with the health system (his Documentary: Sicko) and the most recent one related with the crush on the global economy (Capitalism: A love story).

liver Stone has tried to go recently on a same direction, trying to work on movies and documentaries base on social and political standards, but the thing is that Oliver Stone documentaries have turned in such a cheap propaganda to all those third-world socialist leaders like Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, trying to sell garbage as a great social and policial movement and innovation.

Even though, I'm skeptical about Michael Moore and his recent contacts in Venice, when he went to the Festival to show his new documentary and there, he contacted and maintained an interview with Hugo Chavez, who was there thinking that he was some kind of movie star, by the hand of Oliver Stone, while Venezuelans are facing the worst social/political and economical situation in decades because of his political and social actions and decisions. Michael Moore has announced that he'll visit Hugo Chavez (I can't say he'll visit Venezuela, because Venezuelans didn't invite him) before the end of the year. So, we'll see if he's one of those romantic socialists like Oliver Stone, dreaming and showing eternal love to dictators like these two morons (Chavez and Castro) but in their private lives, they love to enjoy the fruits and pleasures of capitalism... living in a Mansion in California, with great cars, great luxury and, especially, if their documentaries are being financed and paid by these third-world leaders with some really good $$ millions that belong to their people and countries. I'll believe in their truly love for their ideas when I see them relocating to these countries and live like a normal cuban or venezuelan, with their daily dilemmas and needs.

Sorry about these comments! I know they're not related with the documentary, but they're part of the ideas and political views of the directors

What did I like from this movie?

1. I like the facts, documents and information provided about some of the situations happened before, during and after the 9/11
2. I really enjoy when he goes to the Congress and tries to give some brouchures to the congressmen, inviting them to send their sons to Iraq
3. I laughed when I saw at the beggining of the documentary when George Bush invites him to find a job in a rude way, so funny!

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. As I said, it's my personal opinion, but I believe that the documentary was more a political strategy to work against Bush on his presidencial campaign in 2004, than a documentary trying to show some facts and find answers to the problem

I would rate this movie with a 3/5


What did you like or dislike from this movie? What would you rate this movie?


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