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Originally posted by Oblivion437:
As for F 9/11, it's a "documentary", which means several things:
It won't be as good as Once Upon a Time In America, or William Wyler's Ben Hur, nor will it be as humane (and brilliantly made) as a Martin Scorsese film (like Gangs of New York, or Raging Bull) and it won't have the raw edge of my favorite type of film, so I'm not too interested in it. Considering Moore's record at keeping the facts straight, I'm not going to take it too seriously, if I do see it ever.
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That's fine, and you're entitled to not seeing it. I don't even mind the occasional condescending remark or cheap dig at Moore's address - after all, it's what we all do if it concerns something that we're really not interested in for strong personal reasons.
What I *do* mind however, is pretending to give indepth criticism of Moore's movie while purely basing that criticism on the very first bash site you come across, because you couldn't be bothered to see it. I find the person of Ann Coulter detestable, but if I've never read one of her books, I'm not going to bother debating one of those books by listing all of its inconsistencies that I just happened to have read on an anti-Coulter site - in that case you're not even slightly interested in judging the novel for what it's worth, but only in using some Internet site to fuel the fire of your own personal vendetta towards Coulter. Sure, you're entitled to do so - but it simply reflects badly on you, and just doesn't make a very convincing case either way; and with Michael Moore, it's the same thing.
Honestly, if you really wish to debate the movie's details in a decent and most importantly
convincing manner, at least have the decency to see it at least once. People probably don't even realise how sheepish they look if they base all of their supposedly "rational" hate on what people like Hardy tell them what the truth is, and while they may feel morally superior to "sheepish Moore followers", theoretically they're just as bad, if not worse.
[ 06-17-2004, 07:43 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]