B Jensen's review of F9/11

Thanks for posting that Kraig.

I think he's got a lot of points.

I have a feeling that the movie was consciously or unconsciously tailored
to "connect with lots of people", and therefore, many of the faults that
Jensen points out say, in a way, more about US society today than they do
about the movie. I.e., if the points Jensen makes had been "rectified"
in an imaginary final version of the movie, I doubt it would have been
the smash box-office success that it was.

His point about after the election is important though . . . though I've
heard many people air the opinion "right now, Kerry is my best friend . .
but after the election, he becomes my greatest enemy .. . " so I don't
think people are entirely clueless about the fact that "business as usual"
a la Clinton still leaves a lot to be desired.

I saw a really powerful thing the other night on PBS, on a seies called
POV. . .it was a movie made by journalists about being a journalist,
made right in the first days of the war. Very intense film . . more
powerful than F 9/11 in many ways, I think . .

Anybody else catch that?

C Bailey