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Release Date: 19 August, 2003 Retail Price: $19.98 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $6.99! Cast: Complete Cast (16 total) |
Roger & Me Reviews
I should have expected this from him.
I had to say I was biased going into the viewing of this film. The first Michael Moore documentary that I ever saw was "Farenheit 9/11" and even though I don't consider myself conservative by any means, I didn't enjoy it. The next Michael Moore film I saw was "Bowling for Columbine" and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Walking into the screening of "Roger & Me", I didn't know whether I would enjoy the film or hate it completely. Well, I didn't hate it or like it. I don't like films/documentaries that are made from just one viewpoint. I like debate and I like hearing different sides of the story before I can make up my mind on something. Although Moore's views on General Motors did show me how disgusting the world of capitalism can be, the movie would have been better if General Motors had decided to show their face and stand up for themselves. Moore also spends the whole movie only focusing on Flint, while other companies have driven the neighborhoods that they thrive in into a state of filth. It happens all around the country, even in our own backyards. I grew up near the town of Lackawanna, who had depended on the steel industry for most of it's existence. When the steel industry was gone, Lackawanna lost almost all of it's tax bracket. Whether or not General Motors ever leaving Flint would be bad for it, Moore shouldn't criticize the politicians there for trying to make the best out of a horrible situation. He should applaud them for giving trying to bring in tourism and bringing them another reason to thrive, not laugh at their ideas, even if they aren't that great. When Moore starts presenting both sides of a story, I'll start watching is movies again. Until then, I think "Roger & Me" is the last one I'll watch.
Coarse and uninformative - Social Development 101?
Although I admire Moore for successfully doing something about what the rest of us just read in the papers, this doc hammered in the same point over and over again, and it hammered hard - by the end of it I was numb. If you don't live in the States, this is a dangerous vehicle for thinking that all Americans are unreliable, insincere, selfish and stupid. This issue is more complex than "if you lay off workers you're an evil man". Yes, corporate capitalism isn't ethical, but Moore offers no history, explanation, dissection, comparison, or suggestions; all he does is show pictures of rich people next to poor people. Maybe it's "Social Development 101", just a wake-up call, and the analysis and suggestions for improvement can come later. The final sequence was very touching - the head honcho of GM making a pretty and utterly insincere Christmas speech about how wonderful the world is, intercut with scenes of a family in the same town being thrown out of their house. But if you're genuinely interested in finding out more about this kind of subject, buy a book.
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