I saw it today as well.
No matter how much you dislike Moore or whatever. You definitly need to see this movie.
Even if you completly disagree with whatever Moore says, you cannot ignore some of the solid facts he makes. Expecially the footage of the troops in Iraq and what really goes on CANNOT be ignored.
i would personally, not waste my money seeing a f'ing documentry in a theater, and i realy wouldn't watch it becuase it another film by the one and only grizlly adams. i just hated bowling for columbin and i dont wanna see onther view from grizzly, so i'll wait for it to be on video and i'll wait till a friend rents it. becuase i will not spend any money to support grizzly in any case.(he is racist)
Originally posted by Waggy the Dog
this movie was great. a true gem amongst the crap that is out now, for instance The Notebook or White Chicks. When I saw it, it was sold-out, and when it was done, it got nearly a 30 second standing applause.
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When I saw it yesterday, it was sold out, and everybody clapped when Moore's name came on the screen in the opening credits. (as well as after it was over, after good parts, etc) I could've sworn there were more people clapping than when I saw ROTK on opening day.
That's another reason why some people don't like him. Using the AMPAS show to promote his anti-war comments! The guy is obviously a politician disguise as a film director. As far as the theathers sell outs is all about Hype! Pretty similar to Passion of Christ. From the pictures of the premeire I can tell he finally got rid of that jacket and was sporting a brand new suit! Yup, Those are Solid Facts some needs to point out.
Ush> Kind of. But you have to see the movie for some of the Iraq footage. Has this movie come out in England yet? Do you know if it is going to?
Even if you completely disregard ever statement Moore makes about the president, you should still see this movie. It is that important. Even if you think he is a racist or whatever. still go see the movie. You need to see what is happening in Iraq.
The lines were spectacular!
Bgger than LOTR {all three movies}. our movie started at 11:15 PM and the lines {notice I said LINES}, had started nearly 4 hours previous. Every single show was sold-out.
Now, this cannot be all a result to "hype". Along with your other example, "Passion", both of these movies have a certain style and substance, not just an aura of "look at what I can show you!". So, "yeah", i'm sure people who don't want to see this movie or choose not to see this movie, or didn't like this movie after they saw it, could blame the "so far" success of this movie on hype. But, what I simply think is that people want to see something which is different for a change. A different message, and a different way to say this message.
plus, if you really get down to the simplistic, BASIC, "nuts and bolts" message of this movie {all BUSH jokes aside} . I don't see how anyone in their right mind would disagree with it.
both sides are dying needlessly.
"but, "hey!", that's just me"
Originally posted by Tptmanno1
Ush> Kind of. But you have to see the movie for some of the Iraq footage. Has this movie come out in England yet? Do you know if it is going to?Even if you completely disregard ever statement Moore makes about the president, you should still see this movie. It is that important. Even if you think he is a racist or whatever. still go see the movie. You need to see what is happening in Iraq.
I don't need Michael Moore to tell me what is going on in Iraq, thank you very much.
Maybe not, but there seem to be a lot of people out there who just don't "get it". It comes as more of a shock when you see it the way it's presented here--you turn on the news, and it'll tell you that x number of Americans and x number of Iraqis have died. A lot of people don't really stop to think about the reality of war. Sure, they know that people are dying over there... But seeing a family talk about their son who died in Iraq gets the point across better than seeing the number of people who have died as a statistic.
Also, there is a lot of stuff going on over there that is arguably just as bad as the thousands of deaths that you don't hear about on CNN.