dmstich80
Visalia
A story about this — 1 year ago
Okay, I had to step up to the plate and be the first to say that this movie was NOT well done. Don’t get me wrong—I’m all for saving the environment, finding alternative fuels, stopping reckless oil consumption, blah blah blah. But this movie is so incredibly one-sided that it made me feel uncomfortable. The other side of the argument is never considered and makes the government, oil industry, auto industry, etc. out to be heartless villains. I happen to agree that decisions were made in favor of shameless self-interest and zero accountability for ethics but without even the slightest attempt at a counter-argument it deflates the effectiveness of the desired message. To aspiring filmmakers: please give your audience the benefit of the doubt that they will reach a valid conclusion with their own minds rather than being spoon fed.
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hazel7074
Los Angeles
One sided arguments
I am with you. I liked Fahrenheit 911, so I figured that I’d watch Bowling for Columbine. Moore didn’t do a good job presenting the other side of the argument, and his own arguments sometimes violated basic rules of logic. I liked An Inconvenient Truth because the other side was well presented and then debated.
Bananalee
Moorhead
Cheers to that.
I haven’t seen many documentaries but I do remember watching Fahrenheit 9/11. I really wanted to be on Moore’s side about these issues but I think he did such a poor job representing them, as he did not even acknowledge the other side of his issues. He bended things so much and twisted everything in his favor that he became very unreliable in my eyes.
Jacob Jones
Fort Worth
interesting
because i thought this movie did a much better job than many other “documentaries” ive seen lately, in terms of presenting both sides.
it becomes apparent, especially after they take the chopper over and find the crushed cars, the slant of the director, but i thought he genuinely seemed to be fighting the urge to just out and out demonize the car companies, oil companies, government, etc etc. when it did happen, i thought his approach was remarkably softer than most of the other documentaries (michael moore) ive seen on similar subjects preaching to similar choirs.