The piece he did for his Awful Truth series that got a poor schmo's HMO to pay for a kidney transplant was nothing short of brilliant.

As an american with no real health care...I'm truly looking forward to this film, in hopes it'll spark new reform or at least some discussion on a continually neglected topic.

A compelling documentary? I disagree. A documentary is rooted and based on facts. Not twisted distortions of them. I'll give credit where due however, the can can make people believe what he wants them to. After watching Columbine, I lost all respect for him as a documentarian. The half truths and blatant lies were too much. If you are interested, I can point out the lies.

eh, since when did a 'documentary' have to be rooted in fact ?

Capturing the Friedmans was a fantastic documentary, but you'd be hard pressed to know what the facts were.

Moore is a great polemicist and satarist. it's irrelevant whether you agree with him or not. He's there to look at society from his own point of view. And he's successful because a lot of people agree with him.

You're kidding right? Just so we're on the same page.....
From Websters:
doc·u·men·ta·ry -Pronunciation Key (dky-mnt-r)
adj.
Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents.
Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film.

n. pl. doc·u·men·ta·ries
A work, such as a film or television program, presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or interviews accompanied by narration.

I must have missed something. How exactly is it a documentary?
Cheers,
Cory

last time I saw a documentary about a document was.... actually I don't think I ever have :)

dang, must stop my subscription to national geographic and discovery channel...

hey you guys are lucky because at least you had the option to watch Fahrenheit. i am currently living in a south east asian country and our govt is such pro-republican white house friend that they have not allowed this movie to be shown in our country.
now me and millions others have to wait for people to smuggled this movie to us.
is it any wonder why piracy is doing good business here, they get us things that are banned from us.

you guys are lucky.

I'm a Democratic Committeman, active in the local political scene, yet I find Mr. Moore's work to be very biased and counterproductive. He would do better to keep to the facts and not give the opposition ammunition to besmirch his product. Barring that, he should promote his work as satire or such.

Well I know he is starting to film in the philadelphia area. great one of the most screwed up healthcare area in the country probably :-P And on top of that he is hiring actors and actreses to pretend they are pharma. company sales reps at doctor offices.

Its going to be as biased and full of more lies like all his olast film. I hope it blows up in his face this time.

Well, with Fahrenheit he has been criticised for being one sided in his views, what else are you going to expect from a film in which its sole purpose is to remove George Bush from presidency.
Michael Moore simply uses the same techniques that the republican (and other right wing parties) use to blatantly push propaganda into the faces of the public. plus these "lies", jeez guys, George Bush lies to the world on a daily basis, knowingly!

I wonder if Moore will get into the policy of the FDA to supress low cost unpatentable remedies to avoid impacting the profits of big pharma. Herbs and the like with strong anecdotal evidence of effectiveness against cancer will never even be tested. American Cancer Society doesn't seem to want to test them either.

Teh biggest qualm I have with his movie making politic is that he uses half-truths and skewed evidence to criticize the government's use of half-truths and skewed evidence. It's like the leader of AA owning a bar.

Even if Moore uses half-truths. the facts are the same. I mean Bush waiting two months before going after bin ladden or James Ar Bath. they cant deny those. Bush cant even deny the relations he had with the ladden family.

Holy Crap you guys are downers. Moore is about the only leftist voice we have in the mainstream media, he is all we have. Nobody knows who Noam Chomsky is. What are you doing to get the truth out to mass audiences? Nothing! Moore could make a documentary full of boring facts but fortunately he has a sense of humour which I don't sense in this post. Should he have cut out the amusing cartoon in "Bowling" because it wasn't factual? Should he cut out any sign of opinion and pretend he has none so you don't get "brainwashed"? Everyone is so eager to jump on a "I-hate-so-and-so" bandwagon, they forget that Moore is the only easily recognizable figure doing a damn thing about all this corruption. Go ahead and look for all the oopsies or exagerations in his films, waste your time pointing out people's faults instead of doing anything with your life, you're just helping to tear him to pieces so we have nothing left. The media and government lies to us every day and you're too pre-occupied with trying to look clever by dissecting every little thing Moore spits out to bother looking into that. Too big and intimidating of a task I guess - it's easier to pick on someone like back in elementary. Here's some choice names to call him - Michael Moron (tee-hee!), Might-eat More, Micholesterol Moore, Michael(I'm a big fat stupid white man)Moore. Wow I feel like I'm eight again. Everyone has faults and screws up at things, it's obvious you're not interested in social flaws or you'd be complaining about Martha Stewart or Michael Jackson or your neighbour or whatever other bandwagon you can hop on. Your real interest is in looking smarter than this highly regarded figure and spreading a message to not believe anything Michael Moore says so we can all get back to enjoying a set of money-hungry politicians who kill for their God without fear of someone screwing up the utopia of the rich. -Sept. 12th 1984

Moore's a great film maker, and I *really* enjoyed Bowling for Columbine and Farenheit. However, I'm a bit nervous about what actions Sicko may prompt. As an American living in England for a year, I miss our (over the top) health care system. We may be paying out the wazoo, but at least I know I'll be treated with care & knowledge. I honestly can't say the same for the hospital I went to here. Very curious to see how things are presented, and hope this doesn't form a major social-healthcare reform.

yo man wtf mike more sucks ass amn goerge w gaave us taxe cut man. fuck that fat fuck more man he just makin da movie for his own big fatass taxe brake man.

Dear Tom,

Thanks so much not only for your compelling argument but your amazing skills with the keyboard and forming intelligent arguments.

You make the right seem so ... smart.

HAHAHA.

Furthermore, Michael Moore is not only an amazing muckraker and comedian, but a HUMAN BEING!!! Agree or disagree be a little bit respectful or at least funny about ripping him.

And I thought Democrats were assholes.

L

Wow, Tom! With that sort of grammar, I suspect you were in the tax bracket that received no tax break at all. In such case, you would be supporting someone who gave away money to the rich who probably wouldn't even give you a ride if you stranded on a desolate highway. But at least we can rest assure that Michael Moore would spend years of his life jumping through hoops to produce a controversial film just to enjoy the tax break he received from King W. It all is so clear. That's the liberal conspiracy. Make liberal hollywood films so they can get tax breaks without guilt. The perfect crime...

Hi,

I saw about everything Moore ever came out with ... anyway, I just wanted to tell this after i have read the above discussion, Michael Moore doesn't make domcumentaries, he sais that himself, he maes films, you can do whatever you want with it ... it's brought out in America ... they say it's the land of the free ... but how come it was so difficult to bring out the movie in the US Farenheit 9/11)? They worked against him ... where some people afraid of the truth?

greets,
BG