I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 this holiday weekend, and overall I was fairly impressed. I've maintained a mild dislike of Michael Moore ever since I had the misfortune of seeing his piece-of-shit-Bowling movie, so needless to say, I had low expectations of Moore as a filmmaker. I can say, however, that I was hyped about seeing this flick, so that balanced things out. Like I said, overall, I was fairly impressed.
Of course, this movie has gotten people up-in-arms raving about how the movie is nothing more than a pack of lies. I've seen a lot of goofy "criticism" of Moore and his latest artistic endeavor. Don't believe everything negative you hear about this movie. However, that being said, don't believe everything you see in F911 either. For some balanced criticism of Moore's conspiracy theories, check out Brendan Nyhan's article on the topic at Spinsantiy. Rather than screaming about how Moore is a dirty liar, Nyhan does a decent job of pointing out some parts of F911 where Moore strings mostly accurate things together to give a potentially misleading impression. Good reading.
And even better, for your linking pleasure, check out an unofficial transcript of the first 43 minutes of Fahrenheit 9/11. I can't vouch for the accuracy of this transcript.
WorldNetDaily reports that Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 is pissed off about Michael Moore's newest movie title, Fahrenheit 9/11. The WorldNetDaily's translation of the Swedish article from Dagens Nyheter reports Bradbury calling Moore a "a screwed asshole" and "a horrible human being — horrible human!" Of course, I don't yet know if this is a fair translation or if the source article is authentic.
If this article is true, considering that Bradbury has similarly borrowed titles from authors such as Walt Whitman and William Shakespeare, I guess that makes him a hypocritical ass-hat.
Via BoingBoing.
Waxy.org is hosting a mirror of the Fahrenheit 9/11 trailer. Get it while it's hot, but free software users be forewarned, it is a Windows Media file, so make sure to use mplayer or another capable app.
I went down to the cinema to see Monster this weekend. I'm not sure what possessed me but I did. If you are, like myself, a fan of lesbian kiss scenes, do not go see this movie. Seriously.
I love a little lesbo action, but damn, Charlize Theron was straight skanky in this flick. If I wanted to see a rotten-toothed chickenhead french kiss Wednesday Adams, I'm sure I could have found it on the internet for free and saved myself the disgust of seeing this in the theater. I will say that Theron was convincing as the homicidal man-killer, but that wasn't enough to redeem the movie. Convincingly in need of dental work, not washing the random John's cum out of your mouth, and lip locking with Pugsley's sister is not entertainment—it's convincing but revolting.