Capitalism: A Love Story

I was so hyped about GOOD HAIR that when I saw the promos for Michael Moore’s new film, I was a little let down.  I am both a friend and fan of Michael’s, but the promo didn’t move me like FARENHEIT 9/11, for example.  But I know Mike always brings it, so with my first window of time to see a movie in weeks, I went to check it out.

CAPITALISM:  A LOVE STORY is not a good movie, it’s a great one, and it should be mandatory viewing for every American.  I’m tempted to say it’s Moore’s best film, but I don’t want to denigrate the memory of seeing ROGER & ME, BOWLING FOR COLUMBIE and FARENHEIT 9/11 for the first time.  But the scope of the film is so vast, the information is presented in such an accessible manner, and his growth as a filmmaker is so clear, it feels like a career summary.

I want to say more, but I don’t want to do any spoilers.  Let’s just talk about it on the forum after you see it, okay?

President Barack Obama, 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner

I am POSITIVELY stunned by the selection of President Barack
Obama as the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner.  I am also ready for the
detractors because of the reactions to Martin Luther King’s selection in
1964.  Alabama was almost as segregated in 1964 and it was in 1963
and the Selma Crisis was yet to come.  Further, I was told by elders
what W. E. B. Du Bois, et al, thought when Woodrow Wilson won the Prize
in 1919 for his efforts with the League of Nations, an organization that
wasn’t quite a resounding success.  The Prize is seldom without
controversy.

In my judgment, the Nobel Prize Committee rewards both promise and
production, symbol and substance.  We need only think of its
ventures into South Africa, Northern Ireland and the Middle East where
peace seems always to be "a work in progress."

God bless its 2009 decision.

Best regards,
Dave

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