Posted on 06/23/2004 12:52:28 PM PDT by NYC Republican
"He will not change the mind of anyone who actually has one."
Anyone who hates Bush going into see the movie is still going to hate him on the way out. People who like him are just going to shake their heads.
When has a documentary EVER been a big hit? And in the summer months, with all the big blockbusters out, who will pay $9 or $10 or whatever it is in each area to see this crap when you can watch Shrek or Spiderman and all the rest that will be competing with it? The Dem Underground types will all go but beyond that it's probably a big ho-hum, who-cares situation. People simply are not very informed anyway so why would they waste good money on a so-called documentary at the multi-plex! "60 Minutes" is free and they can get all the same slanted info there. It may not so much backfire as simply fail to compete. But they'll inflate the numbers to justify it, or emphasize the "limited release" aspect.
f people think its a "docu-drama", like a Saving Private Ryan - it might get more people then we think.
Lots of people will go see Moore's rubbish. Some of them may even believe it. I suspect more people won't.
Moore will be preaching to the choir. I wouldn't worry about too many converts.
LOL!!
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Nonsense. This is the one legitimate gripe Moore might have. Bush could have easily wrapped things up casually enough and disconnected from the classroom to engage the crisis, which at that time was of unknown magnitude. There could have been a dozen or a hundred hijacked planes in the air.
Emergencies demand immediate response and seven minutes is a long time in this circumstance.
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1965, The Endless Summer. Huge hit. Over 100 weeks at the same NYC theater.
Please. You're reaching. I hope you don't hurt your back.
Overlooked Rex Reed in the NY Observer. He loved it. I was under the impression AIDS croaked him. Unfortunately, I was wrong. There is still tomorrow.
I guess what worries me is the power a motion picture has to change people at a deep emotional level. A magazine article, a news broadcast, a public speech, even a television show or a movie broadcast on TV do not carry quite the same emotional punch. Moore is really a very skilled liar. The average person does not have the critical thinking skills or sufficient factual knowledge to see through Moore's demagogy.
I am disappointed in the rights weak response to what is essentially an act of treason on the part of Moore and his supporters.
I was responding to wtc911's post 27, not 28.
By doing what?
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You tell me. He was the Chief Executive, POTUS, the Boss, the Commander in Chief. There were multiple attacks happening. There were other hijacked planes in the air. There were fighters scrambling to take them down. Why was Cheney giving them their orders? How did guys like Guiliani react?Oh, wait a few, I'm not finished my coffee? I'll be right there, just let me brush my teeth?
Reading to a class room full of kids doesn't seem to me like the optimum use of the president's time under those circumstances.
If Clinton or Gore were in that position at that time and had behaved the same way you'd be screaming about it. Hell, it would have given Hannity six months of talking points. The same goes for the opposition. Give a guy like Moore a hammer like this and he's going to beat you with it.
No. You tell me. You think he should have been doing something, I'd like to know what he should have done.
If Clinton or Gore were in that position at that time and had behaved the same way you'd be screaming about it.
Bullsh!t.
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You want us to believe that you'd have given Clinton a pass if he sat there for seven minutes while a multiple attack on this country was in progress. I don't believe you. Have a nice evening.
You'll probably will when you have dinner with michael moore tonight.
Just some advice, keep your food close to you and don't look away for a moment.
Just try to control the drool between you two when you two priase hezbollah and al-queda.
And YOU would have fallen for it.
Aren't you late for your F911 screening?
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