Fahrenheit 9/11 vs. The Fog of War: Which did you like better

[LynneSin]

Poll question: Fahrenheit 9/11 vs. The Fog of War: Which did you like better

I hate to say it, after watching "The Fog of War" on DVD last night - if both of those movies were up for an Oscar I would have to pick FOW. It was an amazingly powerful movie based on interviews with Robert S McNamera, secretary of Defense under both JFK & LBJ. The director Error Morris did this amazing job of interweaving McNamera's interview with visuals from the various eras. And I learned so much more especially about how cruelly we had bombed Tokyo (I loved when Morris compared the distruction of various Japanese Cities to their equivilant in America: 40% of Tokyo destroyed would be like 40% of NYC destroyed).

And it was amazing to see some of LBJ's justification as to why we had to go into Vietnam, which parrelells some of GWB's horrible justification as to why we're in Iraq.

All I can say is MUST WATCH for "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara"

Now for the poll question for the day - especially for those who have seen both F9/11 and FOW - which did you think was better?

[m-jean03]

1. Hmmm. haven't seen 911F yet

But something's wrong with your poll...

And I did like FOW, I learned a lot from it, (but the soundtrack drove me batty after a while.)

[LynneSin]

2. I loved the soundtrack

But then again I love music with Cellos in them.

And I'm not sure what happened with DU that my poll entries did not work yet.

[m-jean03]

3. I love cellos too

And in the beginning, I thought "what a great soundtrack"
but then it just kept repeating the same, whaddya call it, the same song again and again...

Anyway, that hardly matters! It was an excellent movie any way you cut it.

[LynneSin]

6. Damn, I guess I shouldn't have ordered this for you then

Click here

:eyes:

[m-jean03]

8. Haha, yeah, that wouldn't be for me.

:eyes:

Or maybe it was just the mood I was in at the time. :shrug:

[m-jean03]

5. I don't understand how

4 people have voted, if there is no way to vote? :shrug:

How strange! Maybe it's just my computer?

[LynneSin]

7. This was screwed up when I posted it

and I can't edit the thread either so we're stuck with this as is

[Fenris]

4. It's okay, Lynne, FOW already WON a Best Doc Oscar.

[sus]

9. Lynne. you seem to be obsessed with this film you call

Fahrenheit 9/11. hmmm..interesting.

[LynneSin]

10. Don't make me post what you're obsessed about

People would be :wow:

[sus]

11. go ahead. i have no secrets here, safe within the loving folds of DU.

[LynneSin]

12. Well I'll make some up and people will believe me

Because I am so much more believable than you are!!!

[sus]

13. do your worst, knave!!

[LynneSin]

14. Oh I will, but not in this thread

some day, when you least expect it......

EXPECT IT

[sus]

15. ooooooo...i'm shaking in the shoes my mother bought for me at Buster Brown

yesterday.

[LynneSin]

16. You should be

:mad:

[sus]

17. well don't worry, i AM!