I am skeptical about the question posed- "How realistic?" What is meant by this? How realistic are Moore's opinions? How realistic are the various people interveiwed in the film? How realistic are the factual assertions made? How realistic is the actual footage of real events used through out the film?
The film has too many layers to answer the question posed simply.
I'll repost here my initial thoughts of the film from the other M. Moore thread-
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Originally posted by Chewbacca:
So anyway.... I went to see the film on Sunday. The show was sold-out and the crowd was quite diverse in age and ethnicty.
For the first time ever I was at a film with a police officer standing guard inside the theatre the entire time! When the guy in front of me as we entered the theatre ask the cop why he was there, the officer replied 'It's a controversial film'. Well I was glad that the cop was there in case some anti-Moore gunnut decided to show us 'liberals' the meaning of the word assault rifle. 
*****SPOILERS********
Well I was quite impressed with the film. It was like a rollercoaster ride. Moving from serious to funny to ironic then back to serious and then funny again seamlessly. The music selection is excellent, and really captures the feel of each scene.
Like in BFC, my favorite parts were the perspectives offered by people other than Moore. The soldiers, citizens, politicans, and people who were interviewed or filmed. Like it has been recounted in other articles about the film, I found the part near the end about the Mother from Flint who lost her son in Iraq in April 2003 to be the most moving and compelling.
I greatly enjoyed the scene where Moore rides in circles in front of the U.S. Capital in an ice cream truck reading the PATRIOT act over the loudspeaker. He does this in response to a representative explaining to him, after saying you better sit down, that the PATRIOT act and other leglislation simply is not read, in part or whole, by lawmakers before being passed in law.
My complaints about the film. Well, for one, think Moore spent too much time on the whole Saudi-Bush link. I think Some of that time could have been spent investigating other parts of the Bush presidency that are subject to question and may have hurt the nation rather than help, like his enviromental policies, ect. I guess from the perspectoive of a Bush critic there is just too much wrong with his policies to fit in just one movie.
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I'll probably have some follow up thoughts after I see the movie again next week. [img]smile.gif[/img]