On to the documentary, I think it is a misnomer to call it a documentary. The more apt term would be Michael Moore’s rant against Bush. Moore had a lot to say against Bush, but it looks like the time was not sufficient (do a Hindi movie, you get three hours here!!).
The documentary starts out well enough, with Moore showing how Bush stole the elections in Florida, and then later showing him how he was a total nitwit in the office. Bush was on vacation while in the office for 40% of the time during the first eight months. I wanna be the president of America!!
The movie later shifts to the post 9/11 events, and it is here that Michael Moore spews out all his venom, running around, connecting the dots that lead to nowhere, case in point being, the Bush-bin Laden-Saud family links. What is he trying to say here? He again goes on to highlight how Bush was a nincompoop here as well. Also, Michael Moore making fun of the countries of the American coalition was not in good taste. He was using sarcasm there, but it misfired, IMO.
All in all, the documentary does not have anything new to say. It’s just a collection of facts known all along.
But there are a few fine touches in the documentary. Like the part, towards the end, where the woman of a soldier who had died, Lila goes to Washington and meets an Iraqi woman protesting outside. The accusations that the Iraqi woman hurls at her, and silent anger, that was a really touching part. Also, when she later breaks down and cries. Another good point was the part where Moore goes around the American Congress, trying to get them to enlist their sons to the armed forces. The way most of the people ran away from him was both funny and touching. Another fine moment was when Lila reads a letter she received from her son after he had died in Iraq in which he says that he hopes that people won’t elect the fool Bush again.
On seeing the large local turnout for the documentary, I was expecting an emotionally charged show during the film, lots of hooting and all. But the only during time people showed any emotion was when the Osama and Saddam were showed for the first time. Lots of hooting and cheering then. As the documentary progressed, people were going out of the theater. Maybe they didn’t the documentary wasn’t what they had expected (less vitriol). There was no reaction even to the carnage in Iraq, or to the footage of the American contractors being burnt and dragged behind a car in Iraq.
After the documentary, as I was coming out of the theater, I had a surreal moment. Imagine the City Center, all empty (it was 2:15 in the morning), and then imagine a crowd of men wearing the dishdashas coming down the escalator. It was like something out of a Sam Raimi horror movie, with the men in shapeless white dress descending down an escalator in an empty mall!! And the moment they reach down, they pick up axes, and start to take over the world!! This will certainly make a nice movie one day.
On to other news:
The TOI says that BPO fuels live-in relationships. Come off it guys, these guys (and gals) would be in a live in relationship even if they were selling vada pavs. In college, the chai wala chacha near our college was not married, and was in a live in relationship with the chai wali chachi. They just wanna be close to eac hother, and so blame their current state of affairs on their jobs.
Also, one of my current favourite actors, Boman Irani speaks. I love this guy. Hope Bollywood finds good material for him.
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