Moore Is Less

"The most recent conspiracy of fools only worked because it made hundreds of millions of middle-class Americans feel as though they were among the same wealthy that Moore is preparing to crucify."

Your premise here is well presented, but wrong. Blaming "hundreds of millions of middle-class Americans" (reality check: there are only 300 million Americans in total) as greed-driven equal partners in the duplicity and thievery of our late, great financial meltdown ignores the responsibility the leadership of our society bears in being the main architects of the public good. Blaming people for seeking lower-interest loans they might not be able to afford in a slow economy has always been THE RISK of home ownership in America. The blame needs to be put on the leaders of the banks and mortgage lenders who knew what they were manipulating, often hoodwinked borrowers instead of spelling out the risks and pitfalls, and then kept passing it all on so other packagers could get their big juicy cuts. Our institutional leaders are in charge, and the blame for failure and immorality goes to them.

Michael Moore is not "burly," he is FAT. Ironic that he made a film about the problems with health insurance in America when people with his kind of girth are so expensive to insure.

Amazing how angry some people get when someone disagrees with them. To be clear, trying to bring to light perceived flaws in the system and presenting ideas for better ways, whether you agree with them or not, is not unAmerican. It is the heart of being American. Being Ameican means we do not accept every word our leaders tell us. It means we think for ourselves. Criticizing perceived mistakes does not mean you hate America. It means you LOVE the country enough to try to make the country as good as it can be, as fair to all as it can be, as free for all as it can be. This whole "America love it or leave it' attitude is really anti-ameican and goes against all the ideals which make this country great. As Teddy Roosevelt said, it is our duty as patriots to stand up and say something when the government and members of society are going against our common interests.

Am I a fecalphobic because I don't want my TV/movies filled with imagery glorifying feces? In the same way, I, and the majority of the world, are not "homophobic" - we just find that behavior to be disgusting. However, this article was about Michael Moore. He can never "jump the shark". He is a storyteller who excels at pulling the wool over the eyes of the gullible and fills his movies with lies intricately woven with some truths. There's a word for it: propaganda. His movies are about as believable as the Transformers movies.

Michael Moore seems to hate America. Very disheartening. He is a third rate filmmaker and that's about it. Is it true that he donates most of his profits from his films? If so, that's a good thing.

MICHAEL MOORE HAS MADE A LIVING LYING, ABOUT NEARLY EVERYTHING , HES ALOT LIKE ALGORE , NO TRUE EVER EXISTS HIS FILTHY MOUTH........ HE IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR ALL THING WRONG WITH THE UNITED STATES, AND THE REASON WHY IF WE DONT WAKE UP AND REMOVE THIS KIND OF VERMIN, WILL WILL END UP LIKE THE EUROPEANS WE WILL FORSAKE OUR HERITAGE AND HISTORY AND BE DESTROYED.......

Gee, seems to me that Michael Moore became quite wealthy hinmself after the last few "documentaries". Is he going to point out his own shortcomings and failings? And why are we so quick to point out others mistakes instead of looking at our owm backyards? Part of the problem in this country is that we don't take responsibility for our OWN actions.....

I've noticed that the people who generally agree with Moore's fictitious views are also very easily manipulated and would no doubt be easy to lure into a cult of any type. They don't believe that Moore uses his artistic approach with the magic of editing to get his point across. I just wish that he would dry up and blow away, but that would require a very hefty wind, wouldn't it?

Michael Moore is an appallingly dishonest person. There is no way one could spend as much time researching these issues as he must and not abandon his preconceived notions. He starts with hate and invents rationale.

Michael Moore is just a leftest version of the rightest Rush Limbaugh. They both play on a mentally challenged part of the population and then run happily to the bank.

Insightful criticism! You don't really know anything about the film and yet you are willing to condemn it. What if Moore was just being satirical? What if you wrote about something you actually knew something about?

maybe he should make a movie about the abuses of the welfare system too....

Go Michael Moore! But before he goes very far, I hope he reads "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" (if he hasn't already). It would provide a head-start on some very good material about "how things work", how many of the rich get continuously richer, without the inconvenient requirement of doing anyone else any real good that a real free market would necessitate.

Now that James Scurlock so generously have shared with us his thoughts about what he doesn`t like about a film he hasn`t yet seen - could Newsweek perhaps next week invite someone else to write about a new film they haven´t yet seen, but that they really, really will enjoy watching - if the film miraculously happens to be identical with the one they see so vividly in their heads?

I find this new genre (hypothetical film reviews?) interesting - but please, Newsweek: give us a positive review next time - for the sake of balance in the realm of imagined art products.