A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995

I was very impressed with the way A Noble Lie tells the story of the OKC bombing. The film makers don't use cheesy sound fx, savvy editing or the like to add fluff here. Any documentary that does usually means the content is not strong enough to rest on its own. That is not the case with this one.

A Noble Lie uses physical evidence, eye witness testimony, media reports, and court documents to allow the viewer to come to their own conclusion. All in all it was very informative, and did not pile on too much at the same time. I would like to see some things discussed more in detail, like Tim McVeigh's interviews in prison, and I'm hearing a sequel is in the works, so hopefully that happens.

Any person with a critical eye that likes to think for themselves, I recommend checking this one out.

The film was a bit slow to start off. The intro was well done and grabbed my attention for the first few minutes but it jumped into what seemed like a whole lot of "here-say" from eyewitnesses. i was beginning to lose interest (having been spoiled by the overwhelming hard hitting quick facts from documentaries like "Loose Change").

The movie took a turn for the better when they started getting into the facts of the bombing, the inconsistencies, etc. Once the movie hit this stride, it became more and more interesting while infuriating at the same time. watching it i felt like i was duped by the "official" story.

Overall it was a great film that didn't force an opinion on you but laid out all the evidence for you to analyze.

Other films and books i'd have to recommend if you're interested in these types of cover ups would be the following:

Loose Change 2nd edition Kill Zone: A Sniper Looks at Dealey Plaza by Craig Roberts

The truth is stranger than fiction my friends, don't believe everything you're told to believe.

When you rely on Alex Jones as an expert, and one of your positive reviews proclaim you the best source on the "deep state" conspiracy nonsense, you have no credibiity.

And when you base a murder claim on, "Oh he looked like a white supremacist bank robber, trust Tim McVeigh on this," your credibility keeps on dropping.

I would definitely recommend this documentary, especially for people who enjoy true crime and conspiracy theories. It starts out slow, but by the end of the documentary, it really makes you think about a number of inconsistencies that were reported by the government.

A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995 tries to be the Loose Change of, obviously, the Oklahoma City bombing. Does it work? Not really, and that's kind of a low bar to live up to anyways, isn't it?

I mean, the reason Loose Change isn't absolute garbage is because it feels so amateurish and therefore has a sense of grittiness about it.

If that film were expertly made and well financed when it first dropped, it may have piqued interest, but it would be a completely different experience.

That's not to say A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995 is expertly made. It isn't. But it at least tries to make an actual argument (as opposed to some conspiracy documentaries that throw everything against the wall to see what sticks).

As usual with these types of films, the "facts" presented are oftentimes not that.

This film also loses credibility the moment you hear the voice of Alex Jones, who was interviewed and espouses some ambiguous hogwash.

This is a decent effort from indie filmmaker James Lane (who has a predictably bizarre filmography) but I can't recommend it.

It would have been better if it took a less conspiratorial government-did-it-or-let-it-happen approach and more of a "did the government drop the ball?" approach which, to its credit, it does touch on with the Elohim City stuff - just not firmly enough in my opinion.