Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
Originally posted by ShinyRedSport:
Thank you but no

doc·u·men·ta·ry
Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents.
--->Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film.<---
/pwned




Oh yeah?, how about:

"n. pl. doc·u·men·ta·ries
A work, such as a film or television program, presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or interviews accompanied by narration".

And more importantly,

"[t]he Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences states that documentary films are defined as "those dealing with historical, social, scientific, or economic subjects, either photographed in actual occurrence or re-enacted, and where the emphasis is more on factual content than that on entertainment."

There is therefore no reason why a propaganda film could be characterized as a documentary under the definition of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.




The content is barely factual. The statistics Moore states about gun violence are nearly fabricated. For example, he lumps people who have shot and killed in self defense as well as police officers who have shot and killed suspects with the same gang members who gun down innocent children. The speeches given by Heston have been altered, which, IMO negates the factual content portion of the film, as well. If you cannot present the context in which a phrase is uttered because it doesn't suit your purpose, you've already lost the facts.

The problem is the fact that Moore misrepresented Heston's quotes in order to illicit a response. That's not what a documentarian does. Will a documentarian be biased? Sure, but, not if they're a very good one, IMO.

Someone mentioned that the movie got rave reviews, and this is the only forum in which people are bashing it, blah blah blah. Well, this is also the only forum that I've seen where the members are intelligent enough to form their own opinions, popular or not, and back them up. We're not all these "The Right sucks, long live the Left!" whackjobs like what you see with Moore. Simply put, we disagree with what he put out there.

Oh... and a lot of us will agree on one thing- "You can have my gun when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands."

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