The Last Mountain

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: This is another documentary about how corporations are controlling the government by paying for politicians' campaigns, so they can get away with polluting our air and water, and killing people. This time, it's the coal companies.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and a bunch of Appalachians who have all their teeth.

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Go! I'm going to keep sending you guys to these angrifying docs until each and everyone of you can't help but rise up against the system, with the purpose of fixing it.

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: Some of the grammar used by the Appalachians is funny. But you feel so bad for them, you can hardly muster up the strength to laugh at them.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: Only if you care about the fact that the U.S. Government is completely corrupt. There, I said it. Sorry, but I'm not happy about it either.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: One of the Appalachian activists ends up winning a Peace Prize for her efforts to save Coal Mountain and shut down Massey Coal. She speaks English like someone who couldn't pass a high school proficiency test if her life depended on it. All I'm saying is, if this woman can win an award nobody else has an excuse for not trying.

Q: How is the Acting?

A: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. truly cares about the animals and the environment, and he's actually putting his trust-fund-earned-free-time where his mouth is.

Q: How is the Directing?

A: The opening shot says it all. It's a sweeping beautiful landscape of trees on mountains, as seen from the point of view of a soaring eagle. Suddenly, we see puffy white clouds rolling in, like a flash storm is on the horizon. Pull back to find it's not clouds, but smoke stacks, coming from the burning coal, ruining the scenery on its way to ruining the air and water that we all rely on for life.

Q: How is the story/script?

A: At only an hour and a half, it actually feels longer. Maybe the human brain can only handle so much frustration and helpless feelings at one time.

Q: Is there anything else worth mentioning about the movie?

A: We all rely heavily on the electricity coal produces, so they do offer an alternative. Once again, we're being sold on the value, economy, and ecology of wind farming. But the oil and coal industries are spending all they can to stop green energy from moving forward. Maybe they don't realize that when we all die from their negligence, their money won't be worth the paper it's printed on... then again, paper might be worth a lot at that point, since they've cut down all the trees to dig up coal.

Q: Where can I see the trailer?

A: The Last Mountain Trailer

Back To Top

Capitalism: A Love Story

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: How and why capitalism rose to power in America, and how and why it has caused the demise of democracy in the USA.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: 1% rich people, 99% poor people, and of course, Michael Moore-- a member of a group so rare that there is no longer a place for them in the pie chart of American demographics: the middle class.

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Go! Vive la Revolution!

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: You know it will. Michael Moore is wacky.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: Will it ever. I don't know about you, but not a lot makes me cry harder than blatant injustices done to hard working people, by those who have way more than what they need.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: If Moore has his way, this film will cause an uprising amongst the peasants-- that's us, it turns out (you'll see). If his uprising succeeds, the film will one up the awards system by going down in history as a major catalyst, in what hereafter will be known as the American Civil Revolution. (I made the term up, and yes, you can quote me on that.)

Q: How is the Acting?

A: There are a lot of down and out people who've worked hard their whole lives, just to get pooped on by the banks that their tax dollars bailed out. They are both heartbreaking and inspirational. But the star of the film for me was Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, who showed true signs of being in government because she actually cares about the people. I'm currently considering moving to Ohio just so I can vote for her... Hey, I got an idea: Marcy Kaptur for president! (You heard it here first.)

Q: How is the Directing?

A: Michael Moore does 2 things really well in this film. 1) He uses clips of pre-existing footage in inventive ways to do everything from parallel our society with that of Ancient Rome to demonstrating how we got brainwashed, back in the 1950s, into thinking that Capitalism was the same thing as Democracy. It's not. 2) He leaves most of the footage of himself on the cutting room floor.

Q: How is the story/script?

A: I was wondering how Moore would tackle a topic so enormous in a 2 hour film, and one technique he uses to deal with that is to make the film more than 2 hours long. That said, he unveils a lot of scary stuff you don't know, inside some of the scary stuff you do know. He weaves the story together in a somewhat arbitrary way at first, but all the pieces come back together by the end. And most importantly, he actually offers solutions and suggestions as to ways we can change and improve our society.

Q: Is there anything else worth mentioning about the movie?

A: One small but brilliant thing that Michael Moore does in this piece, is to enlist several men of the cloth to expound upon their beliefs that Capitalism is evil. Greed, it turns out, is not good, because Jesus pretty much said so, which proves it. I love that Moore thought to call dibs on the Christians, because everyone knows that whoever gets the Christians wins the votes. And now they can't rag on him and call him a manipulator of the truth without going against their own priests, bishops and ministers. Ha-ha!

Q: Where can I see the trailer?

A: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/capitalism-a-love-story/35590/trailers

Back To Top