I hated that movie. My hating that movie has very little to do with my feelings towards the war. It was just such annoying, blatant, one-sided propaganda that was touted as a documentary, and was no such thing. I watched this movie because someone said that everyone should “educate themselves” and watch it regardless of your political affiliation. I couldn’t finish it because it was such baloney. It’s like when you see movies like this, if you were on the fence whether you like Bush, or are a fence sitter on the war, it makes you want to become a hard line republican just despite Michael Moore!
Sgt. Peter Damon, 33, a supporter of President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, claims Moore misused the footage to portray him “in a false light” and as “disagreeing with the president about the war effort and as disagreeing with the war effort itself.”
“It was kind of almost like the enemy was using me for propaganda. What soldier wants to be involved in that?” Damon told CBS’s local television news affiliate. “I didn’t lose my arms over there to come back and be used as ammunition against my commander-in-chief.”
I wonder how much money Michael Moore made from his “educational documentary”, to misuse this man’s quotes for his own agenda.
I have to agree. I had similar feelings re: Bowling for Columbine…and I even agree that we do live in a very violent society and in the whole premise that fear breeds violence, etc. etc. My whole problem with it all was the way I felt everything was being manipulated. And the whole thing with MM following around Dick Clark annoyed me too. But w/ re: to the 9-11 movie, I felt the manipulation was just over the top. If someone has an issue with the war on terror, then I’m sure that there are many legitimate ways to go about making a statement against it…in the form of a true documentary, sans the manipulatation and careful editing that only blatantly brings home your bias. Bah.
I skipped Moore’s movie and went straight to its counterpart, Farenhype 911.