and the winner is . . .

ewa and i went and saw farenheit 9/11 last night. . . it was. . . interesting. it didn't really tell me anything i didn't know by just reading the news, but as ewa pointed out, this is probably mind aletering for the majority of americans, who, let's face it, don't know where to find the US on a map. it didn't change any of my views, it didn't make more or less angry at the goverment or pissed about the war in iraq. it made some good points, pointed out some things i haden't thought of before, but also mentioned quite a few half-truths. i will say moore is the king of editing, some of it way over the top.

we were talking to a woman afer the movie about this, and some of the things we thought were off, and she said that at the very least it will lead people to go investigate whether what is said is completely true. that's the key. . .anyone who walks out that movie tacitly believing everything moore says is bad as all those right wingers who blindly follow bush, cheney, rummy, and the lot. at the very least this movie should make you go out and see what really is true and what is actually fancy editing . . .it should start dialogue, fuel conversation, and spark speculation - it should serve to add to the debate, not be a final argument.

that being said, i will use the now overused line that everyone should see this movie. if for nothing else than the various shots of soldiers and civilians in iraq which are jaw droppping. we forget that people do suffer and die in war - the same mother who is crying on her knees in omaha for her son who was killed has a counterpart in tikrit - we seem to forget that sometimes. go see it, form your own opinion, talk with your friends about it, take them to see it - love it or hate it, believe it or not, it's one hell of a film that's been strategically dropped like a bomb into our present social climate - it's relevant, funny, factual at times, and causes you to really ponder what we are doing as a people and a country. . . it's about god damn time.