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Films, fahrenheit, faf

I said I would say some stuff about Fahrenheit 911.

Yeah. Interesting film. Its one of those ones that if you follow this stuff anyway its not new, but just having it out there for a broader audience is good. The thing that broke me most was the very start- the continued injustice of disenfranchisement in the South, some 40 years after the Voting Rights Act. I know it might be Michael Moore's slant but I don't want to be pals with a nation that still displays such outrageous racism.

Interesting watching it in a Luton cinema too. A very much more middle class audience than usual..

In terms of what he is saying... well yeah.. its there. Its pretty true. It would be interesting to see a parallel movie for the start of the war based in the UK. Often its not until you see the whole thing in a neat two hours that it makes sense.

Having just watched the Bourne Supremacy I don't think I can say anything more thats sensible. I just want to chase round car parks in an indestructible Lada!!!!

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