Doug, as the Guest who wrote the review, I'd just like to say think you for the compliment. I do hope you will finally see the film when it is released on DVD. Getting it when it comes out from Netflix is an excellent choice.

But Doug--Michael Moore is so busy promoting the film right now, I think it is ludicrous to suggest that he missed an interview on Fox because he is a chickenshit, as you are. Don't be so...partisanly Fox brainwashed! Moore isn't afraid of appearing on Fox, of going toe to toe with any of it's shrill hosts, or of withstanding any grilling tactics it's viewers use to discredit him, which I believe is the main reason why Fox and it's viewers want to appear anyway. Fox, it's hosts, and it's viewers want a piece of Michael Moore, and they want it really bad.

Another point I would make is don't bother listening to mainstream news reports about the film, as none of the reporters doing the reporting appear to have actually seen the film. Also, I haven't seen a single positive tv news report, local or national, about this film on any networks, and I've been watching for over a week, morning, afternoon, and night. Not one.

Only the print media is giving this film a fair shake, and not surprisingly, the most accurate reviews of the film are coming from local papers today, from film critics who have actually seen the film. The Washington Post and New York Times reviews, even though the latter gave it a slightly more positive than negative review, are worthless. The mainstream media sycophantic echo chamber is out full force this week.

Finally, the unfair and inaccurate portrayal of the film by the mainstream US press is really breathtaking. They keep accusing Moore of lying (he isn't) being manipulative (he is being no more or less manipulative than Disney's 'The Lion King' is), unfair for not portraying 'both sides' (groan--does anyone still believe those fairy tales about an objective and balanced media?), which the mainstream press NEVER does, and last but not least, of not making a 'real' documentary.

That last criticism really makes me laugh. I've been a devotee of documentary film for decades. The journalists who make this criticism have probably seen a whopping total of 3 documentaries in a movie house their entire lives, if even that much. Other than that, their exposure to documentary film is probably 'Harvest of Shame' and 'Hearts of Mind' during college. That is great hoax coming from the media of all. They wouldn't know a legitimate documentary film if the director of it bit them in their bare asses on a live tv morning show. The mainstream media reports about Moore and the film are completely, utterly, full of shit.

This film won't begin to approach the numbers of 'The Passion of the Christ' and that is just as ludicrous a suggestion as Doug saying Moore didn't show up for his Fox interview because he is too afraid to appear there.

Mel Gibson had millions and millions of dollars to promote this film, and he spent them all to get the return he did on his multi-million dollar investment. Gibson's production costs exceeded $30 million, and he spent nearly as much promoting it: $25 million. Compare that to the $6 million production budget for 'Fahrenheit' and the budget for promotion is $10 million. My guess is they haven't had to spend much of the $10 million because of all the free publicity for it. We'll see more of that spent in the coming 6 weeks, but probably now the majority of the advertising budget is being saved for the DVD release in the fall.

I am a huge fan of Moore's, and I've seen pretty much everything he has ever done. I am disappointed by this film, but it is the disappointment of the film not being what I hoped it would be, which is a bigger and better 'Bowling for Columbine'. This film disappointed me only in that regard. I liked this film a lot. But I wasn't crazy about it like I was 'Roger and Me' and 'Bowling for Columbine' and 'The Big One' and 'TV Nation' and 'The Awful Truth'.

It is still an excellent film by any standards though, and ESPECIALLY by comparison to the other major studio releases for summer!!!

I think Republicans should see, because I think they would be surprised to see how much they haven't been allowed to see, hear, and know. It would really be eye opening. I know a lot of Republicans locally who are going to see it, including family members. But then, most Republicans I know aren't blatantly blinkered and ideologically partisan. Neither is Moore, really. I know most people wouldn't agree with my assessment. But Moore is really a very atypical liberal Irish American Catholic Democrat from Flint. Honest to god. It is only because of the rightward tilt and right wing revolution of the 1980s that makes people think he is a raving loonie of the left. He is really no such thing.