Capitalism a Love Story - Balls  
| Michael Moore really has balls.
He's already endured vilification in the media and what does he do? He decides to make an argument against the most worshiped deity in the western world; capitalism. It doesn't get any bigger than this. The Beatles may not have really been bigger than Jesus but the almighty dollar is. How to make yourself even less popular than you already are is to attack the one thing that is unattackable, infallible and more sacred to Americans (and most of the developed world) than apple pie.
And he'll be even more unpopular because he makes a very compelling argument that Capitalism is anti-democratic, unchristian and just plain evil.
Now as usual, he's not the first one to make this argument. Academia, social justice workers, many politicians, religious leaders, economists and a slew of others have been saying this for a long time. The critics of capitalism have always been there they've just been much less effective in being heard than wall street's flag bearers. But now mouth piece Michael Moore is raising the alarm and maybe people will start to pay attention.
And Moore has grown as a film maker. Watch closely. This is a much more mature film than Sicko and Fahrenheit 911. Gone are his signature stunts, well except for one near the end where he tries to make a citizen's arrest of the wall street CEOs. In their place is a more structured and thoughtful argument.
I love his stunts and missed them a bit here. Often I think it's a great way for him to make his point. Taking a group of gay men in a pink bus to spot where 4 states intersect, each with anti-sodomy laws, to break those laws simultaneously in all 4 states was an inspired moment of genius. (This is from his television days.) I missed a lot of the laughter. Moore is a great comedian and his target is the insanity of such a cruel economic system. I could have used a few more laughs. And probably audiences will too. We go to a Michael Moore thing for 2 reasons; to take on the man and laugh. There isn't that much laughter here.
Instead he turns to a more straightforward and structured argument. As usual he is quite convincing. Has he been marginalized by Fox News and their cohorts enough to not be taken seriously? Maybe, but once again he has crafted an argument which is hard to argue with.
He could have taken on something easy like same sex marriage (which I hear he wants to make a movie advocating for) but instead he chose to fly in the face of western society and hopefully help a few struggling people along the way. As long as he continues to speak up for the voiceless and challenge the media machine, I will continue to enjoy his films.
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