sunday, sch...you get the idea

saw "fahrenheit 911" last night. i think the shows were sold out from online sales for the most part, and the line just to get in and find a seat was wrapped around outside the theater -- pretty impressive, actually.
the movie itself had a very different feel from that of "bowling," simply b/c i think we (dust and myself) kind of knew what to expect, and with "bowling" we really weren't sure what was coming. however "911" was really good, and moore's presence was pretty understated -- not really seen throughout the film, but kept more as a voice over.
it showed some good contrasts -- a mother who, at first, was very encouraging about her children in the military b/c, coming from flint, it was a good option to have school paid for. then it showed the same mother after she lost her son in iraq, and at that point she was so angry at the government for sending her son over there under false pretenses. it showed soldiers who, at the beginning of the "conflict," were all gung-ho to kill the bad people and then later, one soldier said that if rumsfeld came over there, he'd ask him to resign. another soldier said he'd be willing to take jail time rather than serve more time in iraq.
i would agree with that.
there are some really hard to see images -- but not just of women and children maimed and killed in iraq, but also of our own soldiers, maimed, amputated, scarred and killed. the movie showed that our soldiers are victims our of government, too.
and after the movie, we all needed a stiff drink.