Anyone Else See Farenheit?

Do you recomend this movie? I don't know if i should see it

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I don't know WHAT I am going to do if that idiot gets re-"elected" in November. I love Michael Moore and I can't wait to see this movie. Fat chance it'll come to little old Rhode Island anytime soon.

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Little Squirrel, I'm sure it will come there. If not, you have to speak up. Call the theatres non stop and tell them you want it there. Get your friends to do the same. They don't know who you are so don't worry about becoming a pest.

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Oh, honey than you're set. The key is to withhold withhold withhold until you get what you want!

Plus, the film is breaking all kinds of records this week so theatres everywhere are going to want their cut in the coming weeks.

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I'm gonna disagree with ya on that one my furry friend. There are some very graphic and disturbing scenes in the film. It's "R" rating is also justified by the language in the film. It doesn't really matter that it comes from US Soldiers saying that the war is "Fuc*ing Stupid". The rule still is (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) that for a PG-13 rating you can have one non sexual used of the "F" word. Anything more than that gets you an "R" rating. Besides that, there are images of dead children, children with limbs ripped off, charred boddies hanging in the streets, beheadings and various other horrific things from this war that Fox News doesn't want you to see. While I do agree that this is an important film that should be shown, it is not appropriate for young children at all. Not only will they not understand it, but theres no need for them to see these gruesome images.

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Updated On: 6/26/04 at 12:37 AM

Well, even after much arguing with the boyfriend, "Farenheit" will not be shown on my local movie screen. Looks like a roadtrip to Boston is in my future. Or at least to another movie theater in the state. But I think I'd rather go to Boston...

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Well then. I look forward to a wider distribution.

Chances are though, it will continue to trickle. The images are much more potent when there are lines. And all Americans (and filmmakers) know how important the image is. Especially out of context.

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i was thinking of seeing it, but i have a pretty weak stomach so i don't know that i'll be able to handle stuff like that. thanks for the info matt_g

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This film is disturbing and shocking. It should be required viewing for every American voter before the next election.

Although Moore's viewpoint is certainly partisan, most of what he presents here is irrefutable. There's definitely a lot of gore in the scenes dealing with the war, with images of limbless soldiers and murdered children, but Moore also has a good sense of humor and scatters this humor throughout. The sad truths Moore presents though will have you in tears.

No doubt, diehard Republicans will not walk out of the theatre with any different viewpoint, but a seed just may be planted.

The theatre I went to in rural Connecticut was nearly full for the matinee, and a long line was waiting outside for the next show. At the end of the film, the audience erupted into loud applause, the loudest I think Ive ever witnessed for a film.

Updated On: 6/26/04 at 12:55 PM

No need to travel to Boston Broadwaybaby614. It's playing at the National Amusements Cinemas in the Providence Place Mall in Providence, RI. I saw it today at the National Amusements Cinema in Randolph, MA. It is an amazing thought provoking movie that everyone should see!

>>>>i was thinking of seeing it, but i have a pretty weak stomach so i don't know that i'll be able to handle stuff like that. thanks for the info matt_g<<<<

No, No, No!!! It is hardly constant. Only ONE image....a child's arm wound in an operating room, made me catch my breath.(And I am very squeamish.) You've seen some of the images on tv, the beheading is by the SAUDIS, and it is a distant shot, you've seen worse in action flicks.

There is a lot of laughter in this film, some very light moments. Frankly, my greatest worry was having to endure too many clips of Dubya, who DOES turn my stomach. But the clips are priceless.

There's an extraordinarily parallel story about a woman in Moore's hometown of Flint, with a son in Iraq, and her gradual "awakening".

The connections between the Bush family businesses and both the Bin Ladens and the Saudi Royals (for 3 decades) are well worth examining.

It is at once heartrending but also extremely funny and gives one a sense of empowerment, not despair. Absolutely go. And if you can haul a Republican who has a mind of his/her own with you, all the better. (Hard to find, these days, I know.)

My fav quote from reading up on the chatter about the film:

"Mr. Moore has every right to produce and show movies that express his very radical views. He's outside of the mainstream. ... This is a film that doesn't require us to actually view it to know it's filled with factual inaccuracies."

---White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett

Well, I'd say Moore is breaking into the mainstream. I also laugh at the notion that one does not need to see a film to know what it actually says.

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