Fahrenheit 9/11

[Drake Tungsten]

Hey, Michael Moore, you fat ****! No soup for you!

[Tingkai]

Just remember that Disney doesn't like to rock the boat, but that doesn't mean they're afraid of offending Republicans.

And remember Moore's track record indicates this new film will be a hit and rake in lots of profit which of course is one thing that Disney can't stand: a money-making box office hit.

[Dis]

there, I adjusted my avatar accordingly.

although it seems so small. Why do some people have larger avatars? the limit is 80 X 80 isn't it?

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Dissident
I heard the white house said Mel Gibson would not get any white house visits if a company he has a lot of control over released this movie.

Anyways, Moore has vowed to release this movie before the election.

I kind of hope he can do it. Although I think he's a big, fat, idiot.

I'm sure that the people who watch Michael Moore videos within a few days of their release will be undecided voters, so the timing will have huge effects on the election outcome.

[Winston]

He should spend less on food and more on acquiring a better toupée.

And for God's sake stay clear of amateur Sumo.

[DinoDoc]

By what reasoning do you arrive at the conclusion that FAHRENHEIT 9/11 will make less than DOGMA?

By the fact you chose to include only the US gross for Dogma but include worldwide earnings for Bowling to inflate your numbers.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by JohnT


Bruce owned the rig. Hell, even Ben Affleck could quit his job and within a week start his own fully operational deep sea rig. They were all capitalists.

John,

No arguement they were capitalists. The statement was they were oil executives.

I suppose one could make the arguement as Defiant pointed out as owner Willis could be considered an exec. Executive usually infers some form of organization beuracracy tho. And as the movie didn't go into whether that existed you needed to infer from his blue collar background and attitude that most likely that did not exist.

So from a right vs. left wing perspective you have a view that this is a self starter but is not tied to any form of conventional corporate ties.

Couple this with the fact that the anti-establishment themes that run through the movie (hence the reason for the rebellion against the accepted normalcy of Green Peace, the government, and the military). Now one can argue that anti-establishment sentiments are not the province of either the left or the right considereing fringe rightists like the armed militias of Montana etc.

All in all the movie did not impress me as either right or left.

As an aside it is an intersting point on the take that capitalists are an underdog to a point. The little struggling shop keeper is absolutely the underdog and is worthy of admiration and support up until the point he is successful. Once he transforms his interests into a largish company all of a sudden those attributes that propelled him there are the essence of evil incarnate.

As 'everyone' knows from an evil perspective, a capitalist is a great thing up until the point he is successful.

Which perpetuates the socialist mantra " The only good capitalist is an unsuccessful one."

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Dissident
there, I adjusted my avatar accordingly.

although it seems so small. Why do some people have larger avatars? the limit is 80 X 80 isn't it?

ApolytonPLUS members get larger avatars if they so choose.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
Which perpetuates the socialist mantra " The only good capitalist is an unsuccessful one."

That's a socialist mantra? Weird, you'd think I'd heard them all before now. Huh.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Dissident
there, I adjusted my avatar accordingly.

although it seems so small. Why do some people have larger avatars? the limit is 80 X 80 isn't it?

Don't sign up for ApolytonPlus, there is only so much Moore we can take.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
That's a socialist mantra? Weird, you'd think I'd heard them all before now. Huh.

Hey you learn something every day.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe


Don't sign up for ApolytonPlus, there is only so much Moore we can take.

Chuckle. Chuckle.

[chequita guevara]

AUGH!!!!

[MrFun]

meh

[Chemical Ollie]

Isn't Moore rich enough to establish his own distribution company? I think he wants to be boycotted so he could use that to bash large corporations.

Anyway, he said in an interview that he encouraged "breaking the law" by people distributing the movie in digital form (I guess he meant in P2P networks).