In Reply to: Michael Moore´s " Fahrenheit 9 / 11---------- posted by patrickU on July 29, 2004 at 13:26:09:
...one could argue at great length about the relative merits (or lack thereof) of the movie--as is clear from this thread.Perhaps the most effective aspect of the movie, however, is when it simply shows Bush being Bush. The one factoid that no one really seems to be able to refute is that Bush is, by just about any estimation, a stupid individual. He is barely able to put together any kind of complex sentence--listening to him speak, especially spontaneously, is extremely painful. Compare Bush's speeches with those of Blair, for example.
Bush's world-view appears to be extremely narrow, which one might indeed expect from someone with very little to no experience living outside of the US. The US is not simply a larger version of Texas, and the world is not simply a larger version of the US. Moreover, it is not reasonably possible to divide the world into "good" and "evil", as he seems to want to do. There's a lot more grey in the world than that.
Cetaele (aka Bob)
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Follow Ups
- one point.... - Cetaele 22:57:06 07/30/04 (17)
- Do you ever pick your nose? - Victor Khomenko 06:28:45 07/31/04 (2)
- All primates pick their nose... - Cetaele 07:30:58 07/31/04 (1)
- Fair enough - Victor Khomenko 07:42:27 07/31/04 (0)
- Very good points, Bob. And well stated, too. (nt) - orejones 02:39:14 07/31/04 (0)
- Style over substance. - Vedric 00:55:05 07/31/04 (5)
- It was a clear, well-written post, going straight to the bone. Could it go any deeper? - orejones 02:30:08 07/31/04 (0)
- Re: What style? - patrickU 00:57:22 07/31/04 (3)
- Not the film - Vedric 01:23:40 07/31/04 (2)
- not mutually exclusive - Cetaele 07:41:27 07/31/04 (0)
- Re: No technically badly cut also. Look at David lean for good cutting, as an example. nt - patrickU 04:02:21 07/31/04 (0)
- Re: one point.... - patrickU 00:45:47 07/31/04 (6)
- alpha... - Cetaele 07:36:21 07/31/04 (1)
- Re: alpha... - patrickU 12:56:58 07/31/04 (0)
- Sorry Patrick, but Mr. Bush has no more shades than those you can project on him. - orejones 02:37:07 07/31/04 (3)
- Re: Don´t tell me you did find this film to be a good one... - patrickU 04:06:28 07/31/04 (2)
- No, I haven´t seen the film yet: that´s why I am not talking about it... - orejones 04:41:15 07/31/04 (1)
- Re: That is what I tought.... - patrickU 04:50:18 07/31/04 (0)