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Usually I'm not the biggest fan of Moore's work, but this film was different. It felt much more personal, and did a great job in painting a picture of a declining city. What stood out to me was how much in denial everyone was. From the city planners, to the rich, to the working class. The sheer idiocy of the Hilton Hotel had me roll my eyes out of my head. This film is as relevant today as ever being that Flint is still in the news, and that much of America seems to be gradually suffering the same fate as the city. Good film.
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May 18, 2016 18:34
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I always get Roger & Me confused with Mac and Me.
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May 18, 2016 18:36
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I never saw any of his movies but I am intrigued as to the dumb stuff Hilton did? Please explain, I'm curious.
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May 18, 2016 18:39
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What city is it about? Does it stream on Netflix?
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punk rebel ecks posted:Usually I'm not the biggest fan of Moore's work, but this film was different. It felt much more personal, and did a great job in painting a picture of a declining city. What stood out to me was how much in denial everyone was. From the city planners, to the rich, to the working class. The sheer idiocy of the Hilton Hotel had me roll my eyes out of my head. This film is as relevant today as ever being that Flint is still in the news, and that much of America seems to be gradually suffering the same fate as the city. Good film. I remember being really moved by it, too. Maybe it was because it was a while ago that I saw it. I felt it was a bit rawer, like he really did want to go in and just document what he saw and what people felt. I feel like his later films were made with a much more definitive agenda.
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May 18, 2016 18:49
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fyodor posted:The part with the rabbits. Uncle at Nintendo posted:I never saw any of his movies but I am intrigued as to the dumb stuff Hilton did? Please explain, I'm curious. The city helped built a $30 million fancy Hilton hotel to attract tourists heading to Detroit in a last ditch effort to rejuvenate the city. Well it was technically their second to the last. Their last one was even more dumb.
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May 18, 2016 18:51
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lmao detroit funded a hilton hotel? drat thats some good scamming
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May 18, 2016 18:53
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THE DOG HOUSE posted:lmao detroit funded a hilton hotel? drat thats some good scamming Detroit didn't, Flint did. Again, that wasn't even the most loltastic thing about the film. There are at least two other idiotic investments that are even more shocking than the Hilton thing.
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May 18, 2016 18:55
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I saw this poo poo in grade school and don't remember anything except crushing poverty. Just like my youth.
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May 18, 2016 19:17
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBKFoeDKJo Can't hear this song without thinking of the dilapidation in good ol' Flint, thanks for ruining it R&M.
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May 18, 2016 19:40
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Moore also had a short TV show on FOX around 1995 called "TV Nation." It was actually pretty good too. I loved it. Looking back on it, it was a bit like what The Daily Show would later become. Now that I've remembered it, I think I'll go watch a bunch of old segments tonight. There's a shitton of them on YouTube.
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Wasn't the big climax of the film that Moore finally got his chat with Roger, and later it was revealed that Roger Smith heard about the film while it was being made and sent Moore a few invitations for an interview? But that doesn't make for a good film.
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Ema Nymton posted:Moore also had a short TV show on FOX around 1995 called "TV Nation." It was actually pretty good too. I loved it. Looking back on it, it was a bit like what The Daily Show would later become. This is amazing. Blistex posted:Wasn't the big climax of the film that Moore finally got his chat with Roger, and later it was revealed that Roger Smith heard about the film while it was being made and sent Moore a few invitations for an interview? But that doesn't make for a good film. No? He never talked with Roger in the film.
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May 18, 2016 21:20
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whos roger
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May 18, 2016 21:22
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i saw part of this film or maybe a trailer i dont remember
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dad gay. so what posted:whos roger Roger Moore, the Bond after Sean Connery and Michael's distant relative.
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May 18, 2016 21:47
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fyodor posted:The part with the rabbits. Pets or Meat?
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May 18, 2016 21:49
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Is that the one about the dog that gets cancer or something?
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May 18, 2016 21:54
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Haven't seen it yet. Maybe I'll check it out, I thought Sicko was ok. Don't remember anything about Fahrenheit 9-11 or anything else I might've watched of his
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May 18, 2016 21:56
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I saw Alan Moore's classic film "Roger & Me" last night but he took the coward's way out and destroyed the universe at the end so I have mixed feelings about it.
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May 18, 2016 21:58
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That lady doesn't mess around with those rabbits. THUNK THUNK.
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Speaking of Moore: I was just in Havana, Cuba last week. Moore's "Sicko" is such propaganda horseshit. The people in Cuba are amazing and the place is great, but their healthcare is obviously struggling. One of our group had a life-threatening allergic reaction and, while she was taken care of well by a doctor in our group and some local doctors, it was extremely clear that she got very, very lucky and could have been in a world of poo poo very quickly. There's no doubt in my mind she was also given preferential status because she was a relatively wealthy tourist. Ambulances were essentially unavailable and the hospital facilities were clearly lacking (one I observed was obviously lacking sanitary conditions even when I looked through the windows). The medicine available was decent quality but obviously far from new or modern. The poor doctors aren't paid much more than anyone else (30-50 CUC /mo., or $30-50 /mo.), meaning many of them moonlight in more profitable fields (tourism, bars, etc.) It's the first time I've genuinely felt like otherwise small medical issues could seriously threaten my life. Needless to say, Moore's a horse's rear end.
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May 18, 2016 22:01
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Zahgaegun posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBKFoeDKJo same.
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May 18, 2016 22:03
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hes fat
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Ema Nymton posted:Moore also had a short TV show on FOX around 1995 called "TV Nation." It was actually pretty good too. I loved it. Looking back on it, it was a bit like what The Daily Show would later become. I remember that one of the segments was right after the fall of the Soviet Union, and he painted a semi truck and trailer all red with a big sickle and hammer on them, filled it with poo poo like a Lenin statue and a bunch of little red books, and took communism on one last tour through America. I'm pretty sure that the truck got set on fire and destroyed in like Alabama.
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batebro posted:Speaking of Moore: This sounds pretty bad, but is it that much worse than a country with every possible resource plus infinite dollars to spend on healthcare that lets citizens die of treatable conditions for lack of ability to pay?
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Zahgaegun posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBKFoeDKJo I remember this one night as a kid I was sick and layed-up in bed and my mom fell asleep watching 50 First Dates downstairs so it just did that little intro title menu loop that DVDs do. Well the title menu music happened to be about 5 seconds of this song. Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long. Literally all night I heard Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long. Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long. Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long. Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long. over and over again. I think that is part of what ruined my brain.
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ive never sene it but "roger" is a prettyy good name for a retard was michael moore rasinign awarenes of his condition? that he's retarded? let me know
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batebro posted:Speaking of Moore: Cuba has big problems with medical shortages. It cuts costs by cutting corners as you saw. Still the best healthcare in all of Latin America...which isn't saying much.
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City of Tampa posted:This sounds pretty bad, but is it that much worse than a country with every possible resource plus infinite dollars to spend on healthcare that lets citizens die of treatable conditions for lack of ability to pay? Yeah at least Cuba has an excuse.
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batebro posted:Speaking of Moore: Despite all that poo poo the life expectancy in Cuba is only one year less than in the US.
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Harold and Maude > Roger and Me
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May 18, 2016 22:45
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Cartouche posted:Harold and Maude > [Insert Any Film Title Here]
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May 18, 2016 22:57
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remember squiggy from laverne and shirley what happened to him
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May 18, 2016 23:09
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Government Motors 
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batebro posted:Speaking of Moore: And had it been any other Caribbean country, your friend might actually be dead. The point is not that Cuba's healthcare is better than a vastly wealthier nation's it's that it's much better than other countries with similarly poor economies.
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Is his new movie any good?
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