Pittwater

I don't know what all the fuss is about. Most of the criticism directed at this film is fairly unjust. After reading some reviews, I was hesitant at watching the film, but because it starred Robert Taylor, Norma Shearer and George Sanders, I thought I would give it a shot. I'm glad I did. It didn't make me turn off the TV set or change channels. The acting was excellent and the story was played out quite amusingly by the main cast. I believe the cast held up the film well. I have no problems with Shearer's age. After all, it's just a comedy. Jean Arthur was in her 50s when she was in Shane and 10 years older than Van Heflin too and no one criticized her. See and judge for yourself and never listen to critics. They don't know what they are saying half the time. We all have different tastes.

I'm not sure if any of you had the opportunity of viewing an interview on NBC of Michael Moore by Katie Couric a couple of weeks ago.

It seems Michael Moore doesn't like questions directed at him. It's okay for him to denigrate another but when simple valid questions about the balance of his film, he gets overly defensive. Kudos to Katie as a media reporter.

I think it is time the Bush family makes a documentary about Moore. After all, fair is fair. What goes around comes around. Either that or Moore could star in the next Morgan Spurlock's documentary and perhaps a sequel titled "SUPER SIZE ME 2," a story about a couch-potato whose opinion we should all listen to. That, or a tale about a trip between the fridge and the film editing seat where clips of other people's film shoots are carefully cut to express a particular view.

Don't get mad at this, Mr. Moore. After all, you should support free speech and respect other people's opinions too. Even though some views are not as profitable.

Interesting choice of words from David Oldfield (an Australian Member of Parliament) after seeing this movie and giving it a rating of 10/10 as a propaganda film:

"The ilk of which I haven't seen since Goebbels (Nazi Propaganda Minister). Michael Moore simply preys on the prejudices of the bleeding hearts and I saw it as a film of considerable misinformation.

This is not a documentary because there is no balance to it. He writes specifically from the perspective of doing nothing but attacking George W. Bush, the Bush family and the Bush administration.

You can write a dirty story about Gandhi if you set out to do it. It's very easy to make someone look bad when they have no opportunity for rebuttal.

There's no skill in making war look terrible. Hiroshima was a terrible event but it ended war in the Pacific and saved millions of lives."