Julio Mestanza
22Jun11
Quise decir "teleología" allí arriba...
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Liam Peters
9Apr12
Once again Moore finds a really interesting topic that all should be thinking about and milks it for all its worth. Once again, however, he fails to hit it out of the park because his egocentric antics get in the way. Greed is highlighted in all of its forms and Capitalism: A Love Story ends up being a powerful film lessened ever so slightly by its provocateur's insistence on including himself in his work.
Seth Farmer
29Dec11
Regardless, though, of how technically bad this film is and how it fails as a documentary, it, in reality, has almost nothing to do with "capitalism" at all. It deals primarily with CORPORATISM. This is not mere semantics. I'll quote Mark Twain: "The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."
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Seth Farmer
29Dec11
This is a fucking terrible documentary. It is a meandering mess lacking any semblance of a thesis and spends most of its two hour runtime trying to manipulate and scare the audience rather than inform them. I'm sorry, but saying "capitalism is bad; socialism is good" is an extremely juvenile spin on an extremely complex issue.
Julio Mestanza
22Jun11
El problema que tengo con este documental es que se ocupa demasiado en satanizar (literalmente) el capitalismo ('Jesús no hubiera sido capitalista', 'el capitalismo es la maldad', etc.) pero no brinda ningún sistema alternativo. Y toda la teolología típicamente gringa con-final-feliz del "yes we could" de la campaña de Obama es simplemente odioso...
Dan.
9May11
not sure why ppl see this as a poor documentary... it never shows itself to be a visual essay, everyone knows the benefits of capitalism, we see it everyday... this movie does everything it should to show how disastrous and short-sighted capitalism is/can be... and thats all it really does... in a sense... it does its job... anyone who disagrees with this can feel free to argue with me about it
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Jack Hemingway
31Jan11
while I agree that it is a poorly made doc, you have to consider who it's made for. It wasn't made for cinephiles, critics, or filmmakers. It was made for people either on-the-fence or just plain ignorant of the whole situation. So in this case, maybe it isn't such a bad thing that it is sensationalist because that's what gets the people moving, which is the whole point of the film anyhow.
Hideous Bitch Princess
9Aug10
As an ardent moderate I always find myself exhaustively frustrated by the liberals' failure to address the fact that capitalism is not synonymous with corporatism (aka what we currently have.) I also don't see how anyone could not acknowledge the system's deficiencies and accept that there may at least be alterations that can be made in order to improve it's functionality in accordance to a changing world.
Brian Ackley
20Jul10
Engaging, depressing, enlightening, frustrating, and inspiring, Moore's cerebral spectacle is a masterfully-crafted piece of entertaining propoganda. Activism and politics aside, Capitalism reveals Moore's strength is filmmaking.
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Stephen Campbell
5Jul10
No matter what you might think about Moore ,here he reigns in the gimmicky side and delivers a powerful documentary about the dark side of capitalism. Much better than some of the earlier docs ,i still maintain Moore is a very good film maker and despite the critics on here this is one of his better films
Blue K, Custodian of the Cinema
1Jun10
The point isn't whether Michael Moore knows his stuff or not. The point is that it's bad filmmaking. I happen to agree with Moore's political stance, but that doesn't preclude me from seeing that this is mediocre filmmaking.
bluesoul
1Jun10
Very much agreed with Peter and Shadows and SIlence, this was excellent and thought provoking stuff. Dont understand the haters at all. They sound too much as the right wing "critics" too many times and that's scary. Michael knows what he talks about and he presents it in a good way that even a wider audience can understand...
Blue K, Custodian of the Cinema
1Jun10
Frederick Wiseman needs to smack some sense into Michael Moore. Another film with a valid message that gets undermined by Moore's manipulative pontificating.
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The Shadows and Silence
23May10
Did I detect a well-constructed argument in this film, with more of a focus on intellectual content than cheap publicity stunts. I think so. Even sniffed a whiff of anarcho-syndicalism in there at some points which was bloody excellent to see.
Peter Rinaldi
13May10
Moore is an exceptional film essayist and should be viewed and critiqued as such, not a documentarian.
Goиzalitroи Troи
6May10
WENA....MMMmmm.... nosé como cresta aqui en Chile eligieron a Sebastian Piñera como presidente...imagen viva del capitalismo....gente weona
Dan.
3Apr10
Moore's most legit doc. yet. This documentary isnt solely about capitalism per se, but the social inequality caused by it. Despite not showing all of the factors leading to such inequalities seen in this movie, such as individual responsibility and education, this film accurately portrays the cumulative advantage/disadvantage that is found in all corners of a capitalist society caused by a capitalist society
