Where To Invade Next - Michael Moore

The Black Oil

This is a fairly typical Michael Moore film in its tone and presentation. From outset he paints a picture of American society as broken on almost every level, socially and economically. He then begins his tour with topics ranging from school lunches, paid leave, the role of women, to college tuition and prison. Norway's prison system is something I find hard to comprehend. The strength of this film lies in Moore's empathy for the people he meets and the human faces, he knows when to dangle just enough to bring a lump in your throat. It struck an idealistic note with me too. There's a good deal of humour in keeping with his overall style, sometimes it might get in the way. It won't add much if you're already inclined to agree and him and it's probably not his finest work, but I enjoyed it.

Oafley Jones

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This is a fairly typical Michael Moore film in its tone and presentation. From outset he paints a picture of American society as broken on almost every level, socially and economically. He then begins his tour with topics ranging from school lunches, paid leave, the role of women, to college tuition and prison. Norway's prison system is something I find hard to comprehend. The strength of this film lies in Moore's empathy for the people he meets and the human faces, he knows when to dangle just enough to bring a lump in your throat. It struck an idealistic note with me too. There's a good deal of humour in keeping with his overall style, sometimes it might get in the way. It won't add much if you're already inclined to agree and him and it's probably not his finest work, but I enjoyed it.

Has he learned to cop himself on? I Loathe the man. He's as manipulative and dishonest in his presentation of fact as any right wing nut job. He undermines and discredits some extremely worthy causes with his style of documentary.

The Black Oil

I very much went off him after Fahrenheit 9/11, as I suspect did many. I recently watched Capitalism: A Love Story in deciding to give him another shot. He's still retained stunts and so forth, nothing's changed there.

Gamb!t

Thought this was one of his better movies.