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vovatHappy Fourth of July to everyone reading this! Even if you're not American, you can still have a happy Fourth of July, right?
Anyway, I managed to reach two more bosses in Dragon Warrior Monsters yesterday, and they turned out to be Baramos and Zoma, both from Dragon Warrior III. I wasn't able to reach the last one, but I'm guessing it's probably the main villain from Dragon Quest V, but might also be Malroth/Sidoh or Esturk.
Today, Beth and watched Fahrenheit 9/11. It was the second time Beth had seen it, but only the first for me. This was the first Michael Moore movie I'd seen. We had wanted to watch Bowling for Columbine, and I seem to recall my mom planning on renting Roger & Me at one point, but I never actually saw either of them. Like pretty much everyone else who's seen it has said, there were quite a few scary, disturbing parts to the movie, as well as some funny and amusing ones. I had already been opposed to the Patriot Act, Bush stealing the 2000 election, and other attempts by our present government to undermine the Constitution, but the film made me think more about them than I had before. That no one in Congress even READ the Patriot Act before passing it is very disturbing, but certainly believable. The weapons of mass destruction angle has been covered so many times before, but I suppose it bore repeating. Personally, I guess I wouldn't be horribly shocked if they found that Iraq really DID have such weapons, but really, isn't that the kind of thing that should be proven BEFORE going to war? It just strikes me as Bush's own personal vendetta, and it's terrible that he's letting his own citizens die for that. Really, I have a hard time believing Bush still has so much support. I mean, he was unopposed in the Republican primary! I'll admit I'm biased in the other direction, but I don't see how even Republicans could support a lot of Bush's policies.
As for the film being biased and skewed, well, it pretty obviously leaned in a certain direction, and I'm sure there are counterarguments for some of the points presented. I don't believe it really told people how to think, though. It was more that it encouraged people TO think, and not just accept what's going on. While Moore has admitted that he wants the film to help the Democrats win the election this year, I don't really think it came out specifically pro-Democrat and anti-Republican as much as just against the current administration. It presented the Bush administration as bad, but didn't specifically push a particular alternate candidate or agenda.
So, all in all, I would recommend that anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet should go ahead and do so.
Anyway, I managed to reach two more bosses in Dragon Warrior Monsters yesterday, and they turned out to be Baramos and Zoma, both from Dragon Warrior III. I wasn't able to reach the last one, but I'm guessing it's probably the main villain from Dragon Quest V, but might also be Malroth/Sidoh or Esturk.
Today, Beth and watched Fahrenheit 9/11. It was the second time Beth had seen it, but only the first for me. This was the first Michael Moore movie I'd seen. We had wanted to watch Bowling for Columbine, and I seem to recall my mom planning on renting Roger & Me at one point, but I never actually saw either of them. Like pretty much everyone else who's seen it has said, there were quite a few scary, disturbing parts to the movie, as well as some funny and amusing ones. I had already been opposed to the Patriot Act, Bush stealing the 2000 election, and other attempts by our present government to undermine the Constitution, but the film made me think more about them than I had before. That no one in Congress even READ the Patriot Act before passing it is very disturbing, but certainly believable. The weapons of mass destruction angle has been covered so many times before, but I suppose it bore repeating. Personally, I guess I wouldn't be horribly shocked if they found that Iraq really DID have such weapons, but really, isn't that the kind of thing that should be proven BEFORE going to war? It just strikes me as Bush's own personal vendetta, and it's terrible that he's letting his own citizens die for that. Really, I have a hard time believing Bush still has so much support. I mean, he was unopposed in the Republican primary! I'll admit I'm biased in the other direction, but I don't see how even Republicans could support a lot of Bush's policies.
As for the film being biased and skewed, well, it pretty obviously leaned in a certain direction, and I'm sure there are counterarguments for some of the points presented. I don't believe it really told people how to think, though. It was more that it encouraged people TO think, and not just accept what's going on. While Moore has admitted that he wants the film to help the Democrats win the election this year, I don't really think it came out specifically pro-Democrat and anti-Republican as much as just against the current administration. It presented the Bush administration as bad, but didn't specifically push a particular alternate candidate or agenda.
So, all in all, I would recommend that anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet should go ahead and do so.
