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Subject: Not A Review Of Sicko

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Mr. Bungle

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Date Posted: 02:14:43 02/29/08 Fri
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I've been avoiding movie reviews for the most part here compared to how many I've seen. They feel like an exercise and though I feel a good burn, sometimes it's hard to keep up. Not to mention that when I look back on them I have problems. One of my problems with my reviews stems from a criticism of reviews I read; that being the review should not be about the reviewer. Granted, the critique is supposed to be coming from the perspective of the critic. I have a problem reconciling that for movie reviews because I am not a particularly good writer and many could call my taste in movies into question. Not to mention I have the grammatical skills of a mutated stillborn head with whatever Michael J. Fox has. But I'm going to do a Nestea Plunge into the things I just said I want to stop doing anyway because Sicko makes me want to critique myself (and us) much more than the film.

It makes me wonder why I sit down for this shit. Makes me wonder why I would tell anyone they should see it even though it will only piss them off, (and no matter your political stripes) hopefully for the same reasons. It makes me reconsider my entire allegiance to a country that is so obviously about money over the well being of its meekest and most helpless citizens (and fuck you "pull yourselves up by the bootstraps" conservative dildos', the people getting fucked here are just as hard working as the rest of the world, the only difference is their governments don't funnel their taxes straight to corporations). It makes me wonder why the simple combination of fear mongering and intrinsic servitude toward personal debt works so well to keep people in this country from revolting against their government, or why I haven't understood more fully why I should have been doing something about it to begin with. At least I didn't try to buy a house on a sub-prime loan, but many did. These assholes want you in debt with no savings, shit scared of losing your job, too busy paying bills and saddled with just enough of an attention span to be scared of the "terrorists".

It made me wonder why more people haven't woken up to the fact that, if we're supposed to be the greatest country in the world, then why does every other civilized country have a better quality of life? That pisses me off because America can be better, not because some other place is, but because it should be the greatest country in the world. We should be the model of good governance, fairness, and compassion for its citizens that the rest of the world looks up too. And with the balls to defend itself properly. Here, not "there". President Clinton II just took on a hollow ring that I didn't think it would because she's bought into the same interests she once railed against. She voted for the bankruptcy bill that put the credit card companies in control of not only consumer debt, but aided the deregulation of the same lending practices that are presently about to sink our economy into recession. Lobbyists make the laws. Universal Health Care won't mean dick unless she destroys the current private insurance system. It almost gives me more faith in McCain. Sad.

But mostly this film made me wonder why more people weren't aware that they are being controlled not by the rule of law, but the law of rule.

OK, I'm done. Sorry I bored Blake. Not a fun blog (but for escapist purposes I'll be advocating targeted assassinations of those I consider key players). Sorry I pissed off Van Wink and film junkie and maybe Chris, too. You know you're right. God, guns, guts, and Glenn fuckin' Beck. Don't worry, he isn't a key player. At least I'm paying attention to one critic's rule, though. Considering my audience.

And I'll tell you to ignore the name Michael Moore, though pretty much everyone else should see Sicko.

9.9 of 10

P.S. This movie is only short of perfect because Moore does pull that sailing to Cuba stunt. He could have had everyone on board till then.

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Re: Not A Review Of Sicko	Jimmy	02:42:27 02/29/08 Fri