Movie: Capitalism: A Love Story
Ted Puffer movie review: 3 stars
In case you don't know, this is a Michael Moore movie following up on Bowling for Columbine and Sicko. In this film, Michael Moore takes a look at capitalism and the countries unquestioning acceptance of this framework of commerce as being both fair as well as the absolute best economic structure for society.
After checking out multiple reviews of Michael Moore's movies, I'm noticing a trend that reviews fall into. They tend to rate the movie on it's expected societal impact and whether or not it will win converts over to Mr. Moore's arguments. This is fine and everything, but doesn't tell you if a movie is actually good. Or worth seeing. Or anything really. So I'm avoiding that all together.
Does Michael Moore clearly state his concerns about capitalism. Pretty much. Does he do a good job differentiating capitalism from democracy? I think so. Is the film competently directed and edited. Sure, but not phenomenally so.
Michael Moore seems to have made this movie with an eye towards television instead of the full cinema experience. The camerawork is competent, but definitely not anything special. Cut scenes are appropriate to the moment and editing is seamless. Pacing seems to be his real problem for this film. Although the examination of capitalism throughout American society is interesting, it comes as a slow boil for about 2/3rds of the movie. After that, the gloves come off which is a welcome relief to the audience, but the pacing of the first half is decidedly slow.
Worth seeing? You bet! A must see movie? Well, why not? What else are you going to do for the next two hours? If anything, you will leave the theater a bit wiser about the economic bailout, which alone is worth the price of admission.
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