http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 2 Apr 2003 17:51:33 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/125419.php#comment-6764 Hello, You take Gael Garcia's comments out of context, the full quote is: "The necessity for peace in the world is not a dream. It is a reality, and we are not alone. If Frida was alive, she would be on our side, against war." I am for peace, not against the US, where I live. Does that make me a communist? As for Almodovar's comments. Do you really think it was very democratic from the US government to disregard the will of the international community and attack Irak? The UN is supposed to be a *democratic* forum for all nations, draw you own conlusion about how democratic the US government was starting the war. Regards. 6764@blogcritics.org Wed, 2 Apr 2003 17:51:33 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/125419.php#comment-5818 When I read everything that has been said about Michael Moore (and a lot was personally insulting, which I think is no foundation for a discussion) and his film in the last few days I come to the conclusion that there isn't one person in the US that actually liked the film. Funny thing is, in Europe it was not successful (like in blockbuster-successful), but greeted with a lot of interest. I wonder why that is... Noone is asking of the Americans that they consider themselves "bad bad people". Questioning yourself and your country in a critical way is in no way a non-patriotic thing as such. 5818@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:42:51 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/125419.php#comment-5809 "What I AM upset about is that "Bowling For Columbine"- an untruthful, dishonest, insulting, condescending, and self-aggrandizing film, whose conclusion seemed to be that what's wrong with America is all those damn Americans- won for Best Documentary. What's even sadder is that the producers of the other four nominated films, who presumably took great care to make sure their films were truthful and didn't stage entire scenes, agreed to join Moore onstage. That almost the entire audience booed Moore when he began his diatribe shows that Hollywood may be much more sane than we all thought" K, untruthful, dishonest, comon open your eyes, if you dont know what's going on in your country I suggest you get out more often. As for the booing, I recall hearing alot of cheers and a lot of applauding amongst the boos, and some celebrities standing an applauding. Also, did you ever think Denzel does not want to take a puclic stand on the war so he decided to not boo or not applaud? 5809@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:24:36 EST