21st September, 2011
I have become increasingly lazy and have discovered a number of movie channels on the TV. I spent a lot of today watching movies. I watched a little bit of "Bloody Sunday", the Michael Moore documentary "Capitalism: A Love Story" (above) and "Outsourced".
"Capitalism" A Love Story" was typical of a Michael Moore film, in that it was painful to watch. The film was well-made but unbelievably one-sided. He takes quotes completely out of context and deceivingly uses statistics. This is combined with individual stories that are meant to represent the majority. Apparently, before President Reagan, America was a wonderful place to live (he didn't mention the double digit inflation that preceded Reagan and which he reduced). He made it seem like Americans on low incomes can no longer afford houses. However house ownership has risen massively among all groups since the 60s, which Moore thinks was the best decade ever. I could go on but I would only become angrier
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