Moore Re-Runs

Michael Moore wants to make a sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11, his last successful movie. Sicko bombed, as I said it would.

Moore’s decision not to make his next film with the Weinstein Co. comes after “Sicko” failed to ignite the box office. Film, which took on the U.S. health care system, grossed $24.5 million domestically and $11.2 million internationally. Topically, the film didn’t resonate with overseas auds.

To be fair, those are good numbers for a documentary, but Moore probably thinks he should be making the kind of numbers Fahrenheit did. Here’s the problem, that was then, this is now. When his next film comes out, a new President will have been elected. Bush bashing will be quaint nostalgia, like Nixon bashing is for old hippies. And on top of that, Michael Moore isn’t the celebrated darling of the left he once was. The truth is, his inability to tell honest facts has hurt his credibility with many who were once his core believers. Fahrenheit 9/11 was revealed to be made up of one lie after another. Sicko was full of ludicrous claims about Canadian, British and Cuban health care.

He’s got an uphill battle, and I suspect he will find a lot less people interested in thi rehash than he thinks. Especially if Obama were to win.

1. I can’t wait for Stone’s “W.” That should be a fair and equitable documentary, yea verily, faithful and true.
   >koff<
   Anyway, speaking of documentaries, I thought Spurlock’s “Super Size Me” was blatantly biased (I bet I could end up sick as a dog if I stuffed my fact with junk at the local Whole Foods every day for a month), but the trailer I saw for his new pic, “Where’s Osama?” looks pretty funny.  However, I have a suspicion that the actual film will, unlike the trailers, be dripping with anti-America sneering.  It looks like he went to some pretty hairy places to do his quasi-Borat act, though, so props for that.

   Posted by  on  05/13  at  03:22 PM

2. Hmm. I just checked and the movie is out, and apparently my fears were realized.  Still, the trailer is fun, and I recommend it.  Sounds like you can skip the film, though.

   Posted by  on  05/13  at  04:01 PM

3. Yeah, Spurlock is a Moore wanna be. Super Size Me made an absurd argument. No one has ever accused fast food of being healthy. People know that. And no one eats like he did in that film and lives to tell about it.

   I want to see his new film, but yeah, it’s so lazy and trite to bash America. I respect film makers who give a more balanced view of things,

   Posted by  on  05/13  at  06:26 PM
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