Fahrenheit 11/9, written and directed by Michael Moore - Seven out of 10

Fahrenheit 11/9, written and directed by Michael Moore

Seven out of 10

Michael Moore is both revered and loathed, perhaps in equal measure, although on the different sides of the political divide.

Although this viewer is decidedly in the Hilary Clinton camp – given the section on Bernie Sanders included in this documentary, perhaps because of that – very opposed to the clown in the White House, the feelings after seeing this feature are more than mixed.

There are excellent points made in this and the other Michael Moore productions – as his adversaries emphasize, indeed, we learn from Fahrenheit 11/9 that Trump had many laudatory words for Roger and Me – though he remarked he would not like it if he were Roger – as did Jared Kushner (who has hosted the launching event for one of the famous documentaries) and Steve Bannon, who was associated with the launching of Sicko.

But there are also many bizarre moments, others that do not seem to throw a light or prove the monstrosity that Moore is trying to suggest – like the moment when he is asking a speaker for the governor of Michigan to drink water from a glass that he claims to have brought from Flint, where the water had caused deaths, disease and a calamity, but which the man refuses to drink, without proving anything.

Then the movie maker takes a truck and fills it with water from the same hard hit town, taking it to the residence of the hate figure, governor Rick Snyder, who does not answer the call at the gate and thus encourages Moore to…use a hose and spread the water from the tank on the lawn near the entrance to the residence…

What was that about?

Did it achieve anything? Some dead grass – maybe – near the gates would be sufficient reason to spend so much fuel, energy and time in the film to prove – again – what exactly?

As aforementioned, for those of us placed in the democratic camp, the film offers moments to enjoy – although for the undersigned, who has experienced the “bliss” of socialism, the praise for Sanders, Cortez and the message that the hard left should get the upper hand is more than scary, preposterous, it is outright stupid: I have seen the extreme left in action and those who support it should read Animal Farm, 1984 and try to live in North Korea and then sing the praise of socialism – communism.

It is amusing to see so many celebrities, experts, political analysts laugh at the idea of the Orange Sphincter – as Bill Maher calls him – and the fact that the Oldest Democracy in the World has come so far as to elect a buffoon is still jocular – from George Clooney to rappers and CNN panel guests.

Michael Moore shares a propensity to show off with his number one enemy, the ridiculous Donald, for he insists on the fact that he had warned that the big liar is dangerous, for he knows the people in states that would eventually vote for him and there can be a calamity.

Then the writer director parades his persona too much in front of the camera, amid the survivors of the Florida mass shooting, at the offices of the Michigan governor, where he goes for a citizens ‘arrest, with handcuffs and all, then at the residence where he preposterously throws some Flint water at the front of the garden – for no good reason – and in too many other instances.

The criticism directed to the leadership of the Democratic Party is justified to a certain extent, but then it becomes as wrong as to make at least this viewer feel like watching a Trump propaganda message…

Sanders has won some states and the subliminal and evident conclusion coming from Moore is that the poor old man has been so abused and cheated.

Bill Clinton was wrong, then his wife and the whole machine that has moved too far to the right, when the good move is towards…what?

Communism?

It is not the open message, but again:

Michael Moore should not just look at Cuba from a distance, as he did when sending the message that the American Health Care System is a disaster – which it is not, even if it faces huge challenges – in Sicko.

He should stay in North Korea!

Not for a day or two, but for a year.

Then he would be justified in singing the praises of the hard left systems and all that they do for the citizens.

Fahrenheit 11/9 exposes many flaws in the system that has brought to power individuals that have outrageously lost the popular vote – in the present case of the ridiculous leader of the world by three million votes – even when the country had voted for Al Gore or Hilary Clinton.

However, the style of the film, the omniscient, ever-present Michael Moore ends up by offering a rather unpleasant experience.