If you think this is just a slapstick movie, you are wrong. Lao Chuan must be ridiculed in the film. After all, he said so many funny things in his mouth. How can we not cut them together for everyone to review, but what Michael Moore shows in this film is actually not aimed at this president. , but to answer the question posed in the opening credits: How did we elect such a president?
Yes, it is related to Russia. Putin appeared on the scene at the beginning, but the most important thing is that the United States itself does have serious problems, especially after 9/11, the United States has long planted the seeds of division. In this film, Moore is actually rude to the Democrats, Hillary, Clinton and Obama. He pointed out the problems of the Democratic Party itself. It is too weak and too easy to compromise. It only cares about the ideas of the elites, and has no compassion for the people. Mistakes made by Democrats in power over the years. At the same time, it has not been ignored. Before the 2016 election, Sanders was not less popular than Hillary Clinton, but because the Democratic Party wanted to push a female president, she felt that Hillary was a more suitable "representative" than Sanders. Therefore, the selection of candidates within the Democratic Party has not been realistic.
Everything points to an answer: In fact, Lao Chuan was not born out of nowhere. Perhaps, it needs a Trump to let the United States know where its problems are.
The beginning of the film is very funny. It takes everyone to review the absurd election in 2016. Now, looking at the confidence of most people in Hillary Clinton's election before the election results, it is really ironic. Celebrities including Clooney, Beyoncé, Katy Perry and others were confident she would be elected. Even Fox TV wasn't ready that Lao Chuan would win, and secretly rejoiced that he didn't need to be on the clown's side for the next four years. The disparity between the two parties on election night was even more ironic. result. . . What happened that night still looks like a dream
The humorous Moore said that when Lao Chuan came to the stage when he learned that he was elected, there was no smile on his face: "He may be the most unhappy president I have ever seen after being elected." He also mentioned that the reason why Lao Chuan participated in the election was because NBC fired him, and he announced his candidacy just to prove that he was popular. . . There was no retreat after that. . .
Of course, the film starts to get serious later, talking about many problems that have occurred in the United States in the past few years, from the corruption of congressmen in a certain area, to gun management, school shootings, terrorist attacks, and racial extremists. . . A lot of news footage over the years has been collected together, and it really makes people look at it and get a clear result: the United States is not the best country, and now is the worst time for the United States.
Of course, he also compared Lao Chuan's rise to power with Hitler again, and like many people have compared before, the two do have many similarities. They all have no political experience, but they are particularly demagogic, and they even use language to create panic, attack the media, and defend and gain their rights. Through this film, we will clearly see how Lao Chuan brainwashed everyone with language step by step, creating many familiar words that became slogans. Talk for a long time, and the black can speak the white.
Moore's film is somehow more terrifying than the last Fahrenheit 9/11, because it's not individual leaders that are at fault, but America as a whole. In fact, the film's outlook is so pessimistic that it sees America at its worst and seems to see no way out. The film also pointed out that with or without Russia's participation, a lot of injustices have occurred in the long process of the election. The democracy that the real Americans uphold does not actually exist, which is very discouraging.
The information in the film is particularly complete, and it can be seen that a lot of effort was spent to collect it. And the most funny thing is that there are many interesting examples. For example, many male executives who supported Lao Chuan during the general election have been accused of sexual assault in the past two years.
This film uses more live videos of real events rather than quotes from the media. Ordinary students and workers appear in the film to express their views far more than the media. What Moore is best at is that he knows how to edit news and reactions together to produce the most ironic, funniest, and most impressive content. For example, every time a shooting occurred, all parties sent tributes, and the condolences made by the President's wife in her Russian accent were also cut into it. But the president said: "The only solution is for schools to be armed, so that people don't dare to shoot at schools..." On the other hand, the students were tearful and asked for a ban on guns. This paragraph is very powerful, and if you watch the news alone, there is absolutely no such contrasting effect.
Everyone knows that Moore has been preparing this movie since Trump's campaign, and in the end he did not disappoint. Basically, you can't find a movie that can sum up the United States in such a comprehensive way in the past two years. Especially for those who don't usually see the news, or don't pay much attention to American news, watching this film will help you fully understand the truth and understand the real, divided and unstable America.
If 9/11 completely changed the United States, November 9, 2016 is also a turning point in history, but this crazy turn has not yet come to an end.
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