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It's a sad state that one finds the United States of America in today. There are mass murders, explosive tragedies, and a very terrible economy. Not to say that this hasn't been going on for longer than President George W. Bush has been in office, but just by taking a gander at the news or doing some research, you can find that Bush has made things much worse. After the most explosive of the aforementioned explosive tragedies, when two airplanes commissioned by Al-Qaieda terrorists flew into the World Trade Center towers on the 9/11 (September 11, 2001) mentioned in the title of this film, I was for a brief period a Bush supporter. He rose up with grand claims that everything would be all right as long as patriotism survived and reigned supreme. However, I began to notice that the man did nothing to make everything "all right." He made the most braindead moves, went after all the wrong people, and frequently made a jackass of himself. Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 is a tremendous example of Bush's failures. Displaying Bush's many failures is not the only task of Fahrenheit 9/11, and it's even arguable as to whether or not it's the film's most important task. I mean, everyone already lampoons Bush; he's treated as a national mockery. There are entire websites devoted to his nonsensical speech (DubyaSpeak.com being one of my favorites), and he's parodied on all kinds of talk shows and late night programming. I do believe that Michael Moore's primary task in making Fahrenheit is to expose Bush's secrets and to finally shove it in the people's faces how terrible he is for our country. I'll admit it, I am not a Bush fan, and haven't been for the past few years, and therefore Moore pleased me with his thoughts and opinions. However, even if you push past all political opinions and differences, it's hard to say with a straight face that Moore hasn't crafted a brilliant piece of filmmaking. It's apparent that the man has worked long and hard for his documentary to come to fruition. The thing practically crackles onscreen. Collecting news footage and pieces while filming brand new interviews and his very own pieces, Moore has managed to string everything together into a movie whose narrative flows very smoothly and is a grand mixture of comedy and drama...all pulled from real life, none of it made from his own imagination. No matter what the Republicans say. Then there's another genre to be found in Fahrenheit. Horror. Not the oh-my-God-look-at-the-monsters-coming-to-get-us-stab-it-with-an-axe kind of horror, but the real, terrifying horrors of life and politics. Footage of Bush sitting reading a storybook with an elementary school class for over seven minutes after having heard that the nation was under attack on 9/11 is actually pretty scary. This is the man that we let rule our country? The man that we trusted with our lives? This is the oh-my-God-what-have-we-done-to-ourselves kind of horror. Also quite horrific is footage of the American troops and their look at the war in Iraq situation. They beat the corpses and prod the men's still erect penises. I'm almost ashamed to say that my cousin is a part of it. Moore has also brought something else to my attention. I have often wondered just what exactly it is we're doing in Iraq. I mean, sure, Saddam Hussein's a sick man, but shouldn't we have been after Osama bin Laden? Fahrenheit 9/11 contains footage of Bush saying that he's not interested in pursuing bin Laden, and also footage of Bush basically saying that the only reason we're in Iraq is because Hussein wanted to kill his daddy once before. Iraq had never threatened us, and wasn't even planning on threatening us. As for those weapons of mass destruction? Non-existent. The man acts like a completely immature schoolboy. Oh, and why isn't he interested in going after bin Laden? Moore exposes that the Bush family has strong ties to the bin Laden family and in fact escorted them from the country after 9/11, even though no one else could hop on a plane and get out of dodge. But there's also another side to Fahrenheit 9/11, and that's the aforementioned comedy. Moore brings his sharp wit and satirical sense of humor to the screen once again and makes Fahrenheit frequently hilarious, greatly contrasting with the film's dramatic precipice, a woman who loves the USA and who is always supporting the President no matter what, and whose son is in the army. As we watch her journey from bright-eyed, cheery Presidential supporter to frightened, distraught, and confused mother, we once again realize that everything that Bush has done in office has proven to be extremely pointless. Michael Moore, though, is never pointless. He makes many interesting and thoughtful points, but one thing that I find to be wonderful that no one seems to be mentioning about his newest look at the dark side of America is that Moore never once tells you what to believe. --Full review email this review to a friend
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