The Corporation
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Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #2
10/10. There's an onslaught of movies touting liberal standpoints now. Of
course, there's Fahrenheit 9/11, but there's also the upcoming The
Hunting of the President, defending Bill Clinton's presidency. And
there's a lesser known movie that's out that also has Michael Moore
as a talking head called The Corporation, which I saw previously at
the Philadelphia Film Festival. It's a smaller topic than others,
yet what it says is infinitely more important than what the other
films say. It's basically preaching to the converted (much like the
others I mentioned did/will do-and what Michael Moore Hates America
will do to the other end of the spectrum), but if you're one of the
converted, you're in for an emotional two and a half hours.
Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar and Joel Bakan, based on the latter's
book, make a fascinating documentary about the evils of
corporations. The beauty of this doc is that although they demonize
and ridicule corporations, they never say that they need to be
destroyed, because they're necessary. With talking heads like Moore,
Noam Chomsky, and others, you can expect the film to be biased, but
there are some people for the other side, also. Of course, one
finishes up by saying "Okay, enough bulls**t," when speaking his
mind. In this movie, the dangers that corporations put upon life of
humans, animals, and the environment are shown. And unlike
Fahrenheit 9/11, for instance, all of the conclusions and
connections are not farfetched. It does more than persuade you for
an argument-it puts you there with a lot of archive footage and
makes you feel personally affected by the corporation (which you
probably have been).
When I saw The Corporation for the first time about three months
ago, I was impressed on how well done the documentary was made.
There's a voice over that seems to be straight out of Logan's Run,
animation, and a lot of harrowing archival footage. It goes off on a
few small tangents (such as advertising), but they're all related to
the film's general topic of the evils of corporations. It exposes
them in a way Moore would like to do to the Bush administration.
When you're done with this movie, you'll feel awful walking out,
and, like Moore says at the end, you'll want to go out and do
something. I will do something. What, I don't know. It may be
drinking crappy store brand soda or something, or something more,
but this movie makes you want to take a stand against the corporate
world. Now if only Moore's "Corporate Cops" idea from Bowling for
Columbine was actually created....
Not Rated.
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