I'd like to preface this by saying that I'm a moderate non-affiliation voter from the east coast. I've watched some of Moore's films in the past with mixed feelings. The man is obviously to the extreme left but he makes many good points, so I decided that this movie was worth watching.
By the end of it I was honestly surprised to see that it was only an hour and a half movie. It felt much longer than that to me, and here's why- The base argument throughout the film is simple and repeated over and over again, and once the credits roll I can almost guarantee you'll be tired of hearing it. On one side you have some people (a small minority representing less than 10% of the college) that think a liberal media figure (Moore) should be invited to the college along with a conservative media figure (Hannity). The rest of the college either doesn't care or thinks that only conservative views should be welcomed.
So practically you have one side saying "let's hear both sides" and another side saying "let's hear only our side." It's ridiculously stupid. Ironically the pro "suppress the evil liberal's speech" side also claims that Moore is "Un-American".
The whole movie you're just really waiting to see what Moore has to say. This is dragged out to almost comical levels. Finally at the end of the movie Moore does come and speak and he spends almost all of his time talking about the controversy over his coming there, which I also found ironic. The only substance in the rest of his speech was the usual liberal rhetoric "health care is great, war is bad, gay people should get married" and then the movie pretty much ends.
If you're surprised that a bunch of isolated religious extremists would cause a fuss over this than maybe you'll like the film. I however was surprised by nothing.
By the end of it I was honestly surprised to see that it was only an hour and a half movie. It felt much longer than that to me, and here's why- The base argument throughout the film is simple and repeated over and over again, and once the credits roll I can almost guarantee you'll be tired of hearing it. On one side you have some people (a small minority representing less than 10% of the college) that think a liberal media figure (Moore) should be invited to the college along with a conservative media figure (Hannity). The rest of the college either doesn't care or thinks that only conservative views should be welcomed.
So practically you have one side saying "let's hear both sides" and another side saying "let's hear only our side." It's ridiculously stupid. Ironically the pro "suppress the evil liberal's speech" side also claims that Moore is "Un-American".
The whole movie you're just really waiting to see what Moore has to say. This is dragged out to almost comical levels. Finally at the end of the movie Moore does come and speak and he spends almost all of his time talking about the controversy over his coming there, which I also found ironic. The only substance in the rest of his speech was the usual liberal rhetoric "health care is great, war is bad, gay people should get married" and then the movie pretty much ends.
If you're surprised that a bunch of isolated religious extremists would cause a fuss over this than maybe you'll like the film. I however was surprised by nothing.