Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem

I'm a Vancouverite and I wasn't Canadian when Rob Ford was mayor of Toronto. But i remember reading about it all on international media.

This documentary is engaging and keeps you glued with quick pivots. The biggest criticism i have is it was negative-heavy. Why weren't his policy decisions mentioned at all? Why not show his good work as legacy, and not just his public connect? Why was the documentary so 'sudden-event-based' and not informative? Is the underlying message that a person who consumes drugs is still worthless? Given the loose mention of smoking weed in the documentary, that's not true at all. The premise that a man's private life is made a spectacle by the media should be a negative on the media and not the man himself.

Funny how the media escapes criticism and pretends they're just messengers.

Legacy media is all the same, no matter the country. All over the world, if someone is upsetting the natural order, they must be destroyed at all costs.

There is a reason Gawker is now defunct- and while I wouldn't necessarily qualify them as legacy media, they are part of the larger issue. If you want to see where the rot is, pull back the layers to see what that will expose. As the saying goes, 'The best disinfectant is sunlight.' Rob Ford wasn't necessarily a beacon of goodness, but I wouldn't challenge anyone to find a single person who is above the slightest reproach- he had flaws but he got work done and his constituency adored him because he did the work everyone else made excuses for not doing.

This feels like they are still angry and bitter over his ability to finesse and avoid the nonsense, until it became so relentless there was no other choice. It's ironic that the media talking head makes the Trump comparison- because it was blatantly obvious, even back then. The media are who they are, and now more than ever they've finally been exposed to sunlight and very few even give them a sideways glance.

It couldn't happen to a better example of narcissistic, megalomaniac elites- they wrote their own downfall.

Yes, it showes a lot of the scandal and negative. However, don't just look at the surface, but dig deep and think about it: Ford was a very dedicated human being, who truly cared about people in his city, and like all people he had his struggles. Faced with challenges and scandals he really did the best he could in a very demanding role under very challenging circumstances. I always admired Ford for his brash and off-the-wall style, and I think this reaffirmed for me how people like to stigmatize people with mental health and substance use challenges. But often we are too quick to judge without looking at ourselves and realizing our humanity.

I really enjoyed this film. I was not sure if I would but I thought this was a good documentary. If you don't know who Bob Ford is this film gives you a quick overview of his political career. Maybe even too quick, as the film is only about 45 minutes. He's what I will say from the outside looking in, and again, this is only my opinion no fact her, it seem like he had a very strong personality and when he put his mind to getting something done it got done. Which is what I believe his fans loved about him. What his enemies didn't love was the fact that he was changing things in his local government from how things have always been. Regardless his life was cut tragically short. However, you cant be caught on tape breaking the law and you are in government. This film is good to watch if you don't know the history.

I think this could of been a bit more condensed, slightly dragged on near the end, I mean there was the sneak peek at the begining that this was going to be a drug problem based documentry and that was his major secret. I read some other reviews that were 1 star about how documenting about someone drug problem is not entertainment and I can agree with that. I am glad he got help, and I dont know quite what he did, politically that was bad just that his drug and drinking problem was not good and it may of not been good entering a party for the military drugged up. At least he ended up getting help and focused on himself. I like the way he campaigned for the people, helping everyone with any problem that is a good basis.

I like how they related his media criminalizing tactic like Donald Trum.p at some points.