The Big One
Just like Moore had cameras follow him around for his book tour in The Big one, I think this movie will be similar in nature.
"We're both sticking to our guns here, the difference is... mine are loaded."
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I would say it was his least imaginative, yes. In his other movies he dealt with larger issues. The big one seemed more disjointed, but I guess it was more spontaneous than his other work. It sort of had no point, but made a few good ones in the process. It enjoyed it, but not as much as his others.
"We're both sticking to our guns here, the difference is... mine are loaded."
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well that's what makes moore great, he isn't anyone larger than life, he's just a common man. Say what you want about his fame and fortune, he has made his own way with no one else's help, and that makes him a great person in my mind.
"We're both sticking to our guns here, the difference is... mine are loaded."
Yeah the Big One wasn't too great at all, some real watsed opportunities like meeting the CEO of Nike and not really having the world to say to him.
This will probably be a lot better though, i'm imagining (hoping)
Moore's style tends to work best when he's on the outside, and raging in his ice cream truck over a PA.
When he gets invited to do a sit-&-chat with corporate heads and others like that, he's goes soft.
The one exception was Chuck Heston. And there: it looks in hindsight like he was picking on an old man in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's!
Mr. Softy. Should stay in his Softy trucks, and keep ambling down the streets with megaphones.
His rightful home in behind the barricades, not in plush offices.
last masterpiece I've seen: Alberto Lattuada's Mafioso
Moore is always best when he makes his points with laughs. The rest of the time he comes across as self-righteous. Unfortunately, he's been in the latter mode for most of this decade. Here's hoping Sicko will have more wit.
shareI think his movies are mostly about theatrics and nothing else. It's politics as entertainment which isn't really much different than the cause he's fighting against. Instead of finding solutions, Moore just mocks those in power. In Sicko he brings a group of volunteer 9/11 rescue workers to Cuba to get them health care. The idea, while amusing, doesn't do much for the workers themselves who are apparently truly sick. The idea also strikes me as if he's trying to gain some vindication about talking about the American taboo of 9/11. I think he's just trying to rectify himself. And who wouldn't sympathize with 9/11 rescue workers in the US? All his big ideas are just as crafted and sculpted as the propaganda of the US government. I suppose that was always my impression of Michael Moore, someone who uses the system against itself instead of fighting it in a new and creative way.
shareMichael Moore is a journalist, not a politician. He uses innovative cinematic techniques to make his point, from the highly personalised, low-key 'Roger and Me' to the dramatic and stylistic 'Fahrenheit 911'.
To suggest he doesn't offer solutions regarding the issues he raises in 'Sicko' is plain wrong - he introduces the different healthcare systems of Europe. He then goes on to demonstrate the absurd situation of Guantanamo where the supposed arch-enemies of the United States enjoy a fair and equitable healthcare regime, at odds with that enjoyed by citizens living in the real US.
To take your argument to its logical conclusion would be to suggest that journalists of all medias are not entitled to identify issues and problems without providing a comprehensive and workable solution alongside. It may be easier to throw mortars in from the outside than sit inside and work out actual solutions as part of the body of government who are responsible for such, but what right-minded person would want to exclude pertinent criticism - for one thing it energizes those tasked with actually providing solutions to address issues they may have otherwise found easier to ignore?
Doesn't do much for the workers???? One guy got new teeth ffs. Whole new teeth, he had ground his down in his sleep because of his PTSD, and now he has new teeth. The two other people he took over got good treatment also. It only seems like propaganda because you can't tell truth from fiction. Wake up.
shareI get the sense that Mr. Moore is shedding light on the problem with our healthcare system in Sicko. That's it.
Did you even watch Sicko?
What, are you taking stupid pills again? As mentioned, he got those rescue workers their aid --FOR FREE-- but he's helped other people through his work, too. In BFC, he got 9mm pistol ammo removed from the shelves of K-Marts, making it that much harder to use assualt weapons in the US. And in an episode of TAT, he actually got someone the life saving organ transplant he needed but his insurance company wouldn't pay for. He saved that guy's fu cking life... how many lives have you saved, Fred?
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