Slacker Uprising (Michael Moore, 2007)
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So the revolution he led was the 2004 election?
There's something about the weirdly forced edits and soundtrack to this trailer that makes it feel more like an out-of-touch Christian Rock promo that tries to get "in" with the cool kids. I can imagine, given Moore's gift for the loquacious and obnoxious, not to mention his acute sense of hygiene, that being one of the cool kids was always out of reach. And I blame him for stirring up the counterrevolution sentiment in 2004 that handed Bush the election.
There's something about the weirdly forced edits and soundtrack to this trailer that makes it feel more like an out-of-touch Christian Rock promo that tries to get "in" with the cool kids. I can imagine, given Moore's gift for the loquacious and obnoxious, not to mention his acute sense of hygiene, that being one of the cool kids was always out of reach. And I blame him for stirring up the counterrevolution sentiment in 2004 that handed Bush the election.
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Yes, according to the Chicago Sun-Times:justeleblanc wrote:I'm still confused, this takes place in 2004, right?
An account of Ohio filming, along with a later post from 2004 that seemed to be making some of the footage available.The film, ''Slacker Uprising,'' follows Moore's 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters.
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To me, it doesn't compare to The Big One (which I liked) simply in that here Moore seems to be painting a revisionist history of himself circa 2004, as some sort of patron saint to young voters. While I don't buy into the argument that he lost the election for the Democrats (they did a pretty good job of doing that all on their own), he certainly wasn't and isn't the political revolutionary he thinks he is.
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Especially as his films become increasingly sensationalized, Moore is really losing his relevance. Sicko was going along just fine until the trip to Cuba. He needs to learn that if he sticks to facts [however distorted in his favor], it's the best way to make any point. Once you have an audience watching your film, go ahead and be a little drier and present facts and figures, people aren't going to running.
Someone going into a Moore film knows they're seeing a political documentary, they're not going to leave because he's not on screen making a big ass of himself. Quite the contrary.
Someone going into a Moore film knows they're seeing a political documentary, they're not going to leave because he's not on screen making a big ass of himself. Quite the contrary.
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so this is essentially a "i'm hungry but i only have mayo and cheese in the fridge" type film.hearthesilence wrote:wtf, stringing together a bunch of rallies doesn't make a movie, and the fact they're from 2004 makes them relics at best. then again, he had the footage, so why not make something of it, even if it sucks?