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Title: Capitalism: A Love Story
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Parents, while not extreme there is three f word uses that earn this movie it's R rating. Recommended for ages 14 and up. |
What is Michael Moore trying to say these days? I just can’t figure it out anymore. His latest (and possibly last) film is “Capitalism: A Love Story,” and I’m going to be honest here in that I just simply don’t know what it’s about. Not only is the title never fully explained, but for how much the movie dumps on capitalism it overlooks one very basic thing that would make this film work: What Moore is complaining about isn’t capitalism. No, what Moore is complaining about is people who are evil who are in positions of power. He mentions how there are companies who take out insurance policies on employees who die on the job. One wife finds out that when her husband died on the job the company he worked for collected $1.5 million in insurance.
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She’s upset because she was unaware of this and hasn’t received any of the money. She rightfully upset in this area. She should sue them, since the insurance policy was taken out because most families sue the company when loved ones die working. Now what this insurance policy is REALLY for isn’t in the film, Moore just wants to show corporations as evil with twisted words! This I expect at this point. I’m no fan of Wal-Mart, but only Michael Moore can take an evil corporation like them and make them even more evil. But what does this have to do with capitalism? Nothing really, so this scene just takes up space. What’s this even have to do with the economy? I don’t know. At this point I don’t care either.
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All this talk of evil republicans, Bush is to blame, why can’t bad things happen to rich people...it’s really tedious at this point folks. Even if half this stuff were true I’m not sure what would be gained by any of this. Bush is no longer in office. The democrats are in office. The reincarnation of Jesus Christ - Barack Obama - is now president (though as Moore points out in this film, even he collected money from big corporations to fund his campaign). And what has changed? Not a whole lot. In fact, this movie seems to give the general public too much of a passing grade. One of the major focuses in this movie is the collapsed housing market. This hits close to home because I have two neighbors who have lived across the street from me for many years who now have to move (one because of divorce and one because of a lost job).
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I admit that the banks did some shady business deeds when they sold houses to people who shouldn’t have owned houses. But the collapse of the housing market isn’t the families fault? Not even a little? Sure the banks should have never refinanced their houses, but then they didn’t need three cars either. We see people getting evicted from their houses cruelly and we’re supposed to feel sorry for them. I did. At least, until a woman starts shouting at the sherif and he simply tells her to pay her bills next time. Oh, they’re being evicted because they didn’t pay their bills? Sounds reasonable. That’s what happens when you shirk your responsibilities. Moore doesn’t see it that way though. He sees is that if people can’t pay for their homes then the government should pay for them.
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He also shows resentment for people who are rich, feeling they should share their wealth. Well if rich people want to share their wealth then I’m happy (and so if Jesus as he points out) but the fact is many of those rich people earned their money and their right to keep it if they want to. Never mind that he gets facts about the bailout bill, Wall Street crash, and so many other events dead wrong. With so little understanding of the situation coupled with his lying “facts” I don’t know why people can take him seriously anymore. It could simply be people are passionate about these subjects. But if you truly care about these things, wouldn’t you rather sway people with truth and facts over myth. Because once the game is up so goes the support, and you’re only left looking for the next big exaggeration to scare people with.
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