i didn't read this entire thread...but i saw it today...and here are my thoughts:
There are some parts where i thought more overtly held grudges against the president. According to the 9/11 report...the first time bush was told a plane hit the WTC...he was told it was a "private jet, small airliner" the second thing whispered in his ear was "america is under attack" and i don't neccisarily disagree with him not causing a panic by rushing out of there.
I didn't like where he interviewed the soldiers in a mocking tone...i give soldiers the benefit of the doubt, since i've read it from soldiers so many times...is that many accept their death as soon as they arrive, so the state of mind they are in is not liberation, but kill or be killed. I don't think he emphasized that Immorality at the top breeds it through all the levels.
He presented many eye brow raising connections, but nothing hard enough to say, hey, this is concrete, these people knew they would profit off of 9/11, or else it can be eye brow raising, but everyone realized that people have a lot of connections...
Also, the only connection he gave of the Bin Laden family with Osama was a wedding they attended, then he basically, in his mind, found them guilty, and any thing they did was evil, well, Osama is not connected with his family, and they should be allowed to live without people thinking they are terrorists. Plus, the FBI did question the bin ladens, and Richard Clarke okayed their flight out...
Now, this movie i was cracking up, and on the verge of tears. Does anyone know if he interviewed the women whose soldier died before her son died and after? or was it all after? Plus, as a movie, he's gotten even better in keeping it entertaining...I thought sometimes it would be effective to use a split screen when he showed bush loafing while chaos was happening...but he didn't, but excellent use of just audio with a black screen, not showing what happened to the WTC was effective, and just showing the people broke everyones heart. That day is not something i like bringing back to memory, but i never regret doing it. It kills me everytime. The hilarious pop culture references with Bonanza and Dragnet were fantastic and better than "bowlings" cartoon sequence. And to close it out with the "Won't get fooled again" thing was great! I always crack up seeing that...
Now, to the Moore haters, grow up, do you honestly find americans so easily manipulated that a man is not able to make a film without turning them into his own puppets? IF Bush had his way he would be far more manipulative if he already hasn't. People are so scared of dissention, and criticism of a republican president. I have a right to have a say...and i use that right. Bush has done good and bad things...its not blasphemus to say so.