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Originally Posted by llama64
The facts Moore cites typically hold water... it's the method in which he presents them that drives me up the wall. As was said earlier, Moore uses emotional manipulation a little too much to emphasize his arguments. Usually what his films are arguing for have enough strength on their own without the lame attempts at rhetorical spinning.
No one should be taking any film as "truth" in the first place without reasoned consideration of the sources and the arguments made. Just like reading a newspaper or any other print medium.
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I think it does go further then that, I'd have to wait until I have time, but there have been some outright non truths in his films, combined with some pretty heavy editing to fit interviews and stories to his films.
From a technical standpoint Moore is an exceptional film maker, I just have a lot of problems with his content.