I guest it's impossible to make a balanced political documentary.
When I saw the trailer I thought this was going to be a narrative that fantasizes what the world would be like without America, or at best a full dramatization of that ideal, but I guest it's because I'm not familiar with the book it was based on that I though this.
The movie makes fair points about America. It goes over what would be considered by a lot some dark issues with America (Native Americans, slavery and capitalism to mention a few). Each American has a stake in one issue and with that stake should be how you judge all the information the filmmaker gives out, which I felt was honest and fair to both sides of the coin. For me it was not a matter of weather you agreed or disagreed with what is fact, it's more of a matter of how America should work,and how it does work.
I'll say this for the filmmaker, he made me believe in his love of America. That's the best part of the movie. The documentary tries to make you feel that you should not be ashamed of America's mistakes and the only way we can make amends is by moving forward and focusing on the ideals that America was built on.
But the documentary felt like this man's own personal fight with Obama, Not the President of the United States, but Obama himself. This is where the documentary fell off for me. It's not that what he said is not true, but just when I was convinced by his caused, he turned around and showed me that all this was because he hated one man.
I will not lie, I'm on our current President's side, and at the same time I did not like it when Micheal Moore bashed the Bush administration with his documentaries during his time in office. with me, it did not help his cause to see how one sided he is.
But I guess the focus on just the facts without these personal attacks would be asking too much for any American. I almost decided not to see the movie when I saw it was from the same guy who made 2016, so the movie works best if you fully believe in his views.
When I saw the trailer I thought this was going to be a narrative that fantasizes what the world would be like without America, or at best a full dramatization of that ideal, but I guest it's because I'm not familiar with the book it was based on that I though this.
The movie makes fair points about America. It goes over what would be considered by a lot some dark issues with America (Native Americans, slavery and capitalism to mention a few). Each American has a stake in one issue and with that stake should be how you judge all the information the filmmaker gives out, which I felt was honest and fair to both sides of the coin. For me it was not a matter of weather you agreed or disagreed with what is fact, it's more of a matter of how America should work,and how it does work.
I'll say this for the filmmaker, he made me believe in his love of America. That's the best part of the movie. The documentary tries to make you feel that you should not be ashamed of America's mistakes and the only way we can make amends is by moving forward and focusing on the ideals that America was built on.
But the documentary felt like this man's own personal fight with Obama, Not the President of the United States, but Obama himself. This is where the documentary fell off for me. It's not that what he said is not true, but just when I was convinced by his caused, he turned around and showed me that all this was because he hated one man.
I will not lie, I'm on our current President's side, and at the same time I did not like it when Micheal Moore bashed the Bush administration with his documentaries during his time in office. with me, it did not help his cause to see how one sided he is.
But I guess the focus on just the facts without these personal attacks would be asking too much for any American. I almost decided not to see the movie when I saw it was from the same guy who made 2016, so the movie works best if you fully believe in his views.