10.02.09 | George D. Allen and Irv Slifkin | Movie Buzz, Movie Buzz PodcastPrint this Post
How's Michael Moore's stock holding up? For this Raw Review, "Movie Irv" Slifkin lets you know if he's bullish or bearish on Moore's latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story.
Even if you don't agree with Michael Moore's take on things, he does make you think and this is a really important thing.
No talent? No knowledge? No education? No Intelligence? Don't worry. Michael Moore clearly demonstrates, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the painful fact that absolutely anyone under the Sun can make it in the United States of America (and this is plainly true despite the fact that Moore himself personally believes otherwise). As far as anyone can tell, Moore has just one obvious talent: tenacity. But clearly, that's all he ever really needed. He just doesn't give up. No matter how plainly wrong, foolish, and downright stupid his arguments tend to be, he keeps plugging away. Unfortunately, too many people (primarily leftist film critics) take his sophomoric propaganda seriously. Of course, after all is said and done, the opinions of such people don't amount to a hill of methane manufacturing beans. However, not unlike the parent who gives the overweight child too much to eat, film critics tend to enable Moore. Their baffling reviews help him secure financing for his ridiculous pseudo documentaries. It's OK if he deliberately misrepresents the Constitution and Bill of Rights, as well as the attitude and words of Charlton Heston, in "Bowling for Columbine." It's OK if his demonstrated knowledge of economics in "Capitalism: A Love Story" is non existent. It's OK for him to call his critics the "wacko
attackos," even though their criticism is fundamentally correct. In an earlier era people such as Michael Moore wouldn't have been given the time of day. Now, he has a soapbox in the form of mean spirited, factually incorrect, mind numbing pseudo documentaries. You should resent the fact that he has the opportunity to waste your time in such a manner. I certainly resent it. We all deserve better. The entire world deserves better. Therefore, I would like to ask a question... Who is the bigger fool: Michael Moore, or the person who happily sits through his films?