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Sure, we can meet in the park
It sounds good. But so does menage a trois, except I don't like to share.
I have to admit my opinion of Moore dropped many notches after a friend and co-worker went to hear him in person at the U of Wis. Rather than serious and informative, she said he seemed to be trying to incite a riot, just stir everyone up, rabble-rousing. Probably all right for most college students, but for adults wanting to know more, it was a flop.
It was low with that mother. He followed her around the country, taping her at her most ragged emotional moments. And I have to say, she didn't go about things in the best way, so it made one wonder--well, I don't want to cast anything at her grief--it just made me wonder.
Now, dammit, you've got me hating the whole movie. Ah, well, the campaigns are no strangers to dirty tricks. That commercial of Bush hugging the girl whose father(?) died on 9/11 and mugging directly at the camera while he did it made me sick.
It's over, anyway, now we have to get on with things. Maybe that terribly sordid little affair would help. My only fear is that you would turn out to be not sardonic enough. 
posted by
Witchflower
on November 8, 2004 at 10:45 PM
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lol witch
So does that mean we can meet at midnight in the park and have a terribly sordid affair? I've always wanted one of those. Terrible, sordid,--it couldn't be a BAD thing!
I think Moore's draw is that he hates Bush. Unfortunately, he's getting rich off of saying he hates Bush, but not really doing anything much in the way of proving his point. From what I've seen, I think it was really low of him to tape a mother after she finds out her son is dead. I think it's really low of him to show kids flying kites in Iraq as though it were some sort of paradise. It almost reminds me of WWII propaganda at times.
I doubt you'd want to do much in the line of coming up with bitter pieces, because it takes being bitter first, and well, it takes up a lot of time being bitter! I could have been plotting the deaths of civilizations!
I can't tell you about the lion and the hawk yet, but I can tell you a fortcoming post will discuss their special little outcomes.
Yes, he did Bowling for Columbine, and yes, he was still a piece of shit even then. I actually saw that one, and the first time I thought it was alright, but then I got to thinking about it, and decided he'd pulled fast ones. So, I watched it again, and decided he was a turd.
posted by
qwertyui
on November 8, 2004 at 10:29 PM
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Qwertyui, I'm sorry,
but I have to say it--I think I love you! What a breath of fresh air wafting over the dung heap. Flowers and sunshine and lollipops. <giggling out loud> I did realize after reading your "About Me" and other things that you don't care a lot for MM. That helped me look at things a bit more objectively. The movie still had an impact. Thinking back, I could see some of the ways he used and slanted things, but a Bush-hater like me just sort of wallowed in it, I guess.
If it helps, I didn't contribute to his coffers at all - I contributed to Blockbuster (well, I suppose indirectly. . .)
Thanks for reading, anyway. I wish I could come up with the bitterly brilliant, biting stuff like you do, but all I can do is alliteration, damn it. How are the lion fish and hawkfish doing?
P.S. Didn't MM do "Bowling for Columbine?" I've avoided that because I think it will make me very angry, but now I feel compelled to check it out. Discussion of it helped me realize I'm the only gun-lover where I work. 
posted by
Witchflower
on November 8, 2004 at 10:02 PM
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As you know by now
I HATE Michael Moore with such passion that I'd have gay sex with him. (Not really!)
I'll watch his "documentary" if it comes on TV, but I don't want to give him one red cent because I find him to be about the most hypocritical, self-serving asshole I've ever seen.
Oh yeah, and flowers and sunshine and lollipops.
posted by
qwertyui
on November 8, 2004 at 9:35 PM
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I've been wanting to see that since the moment it came out, but I haven't
had the chance yet to get it. Thanks for the preview.
posted by
poeticspoken
on November 8, 2004 at 12:51 PM
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Thanks for the review. See, I'd been thinking that this film was a propaganda film only. Maybe I will see it, then.
posted by
Kay-Ren
on October 20, 2004 at 11:09 AM
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Witchflower
Thanx for the tip, I will try and get it tomorrow.
I watched a documentary on TV tonight about the Saudi Royal families holidaying in the south of France.
From all I heard and saw, I came away with the opinion that the first mistake was stopping Saddam from taking Saudi Arabia over in the first place.
Billionaire Saudi Royals on huge yachts, drinking expensive champagne, (alcohol is supposed to be forbidden) and the background of starving thousands of Saudi citizens living in disgusting conditions back at home.
posted by
WileyJohn
on October 15, 2004 at 9:14 PM
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