Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Michael Moore questions the political agendas and exposes the financial gains of many of the key players involved leading up to, and during, America's invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Moore provides the narration; his soft voice is comforting even when what it's relating is terrifying, and consequently we want to believe what he says even though at times he's clearly using the format to further his own goals. To his credit, he allows both big and small concerns to surface that when balanced out paint a staunch picture of how it affected the public.
Seeing George W. Bush embarrass himself never gets old; he's so good at it that he doesn't even have to try.

4½ vacations out of 5

Bowling for Columbine (2002)

A documentary about the American public’s love of guns. For someone like me, who lives on the other side of the Atlantic, Moore’s carefully selected footage paints a horrifying picture of a culture out of control and so deeply entrenched in the mechanics of fear that they either can't or choose not to see the destructive reality they've created.
It'll make gun-haters even more aware of the depth of the malady, but there's also a danger that the film will strengthen the fears of gun-lovers and make them feel more justified in fulfilling their needs.
It’s been twelve years since the film‘s release; has anything really changed since then or are Moore's observations just as relevant?

5 correlations out of 5