The Big One
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Movie Reviews of The Big One
Movie Review: Anything Michael Moore makes is worth seeing
Summary: 3 Stars
Well after seeing Bowling for columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 I thought Michael Moore was funny and should run for president. I watched sicko and found it very boring and felt like i already knew having been raised in the United Kingdom that the US health care system was expensive and for a country that allows citizens to own guns they should also allow them to get medical attention for the gun shot wons. Sicko was interesting not funny or as entertaining though, it just made me want to live in another country. So i thought let me watch all Michael Moore's movies. Roger and Me was sadly still relevant after its release in 1989 but was funny and very good for his first film. Canadian Bacon was a funny John candy movie which made fun of politics but is PG. And the awful Truth tv series is like mini documentary's but the movies are better. AS for the Big One I found it funny however it was a bit random and just about how bad corporations are. Maybe if it was done today it would deal with Walmart and congress. It just seemed that Michael Moore was on a book tour, garbed a camcorder and asked random people about corporations. Still its not bad to watch once, its alright. But try to see it for free Roger and me was better. Not to mention better quality as it was filmed with 35 mm and Michael Moore spent everything to make it to try to save his town. Everyone should watch Roger and me, Bowling for columbine, and Fahrenheit 911 If you love those films and want more Moore then see this movie. If those weren't your thing then this won't be either since those are better. It dose deal layoffs. When company's make more money they fire workers to save more money, which just said 30min of the film for you. then theres 15 min of Moore telling Nike that the factory's that make the shoes are sweat shops and that those jobs should go to Americans and the chairman just says oh I don't know Moore doesn't show prof only a video of Americans who want to make shoes and thats it. And there is also the thing about company's telling workers not to speak to him. So basically only for die heart Moore fans and try to watch for really cheep. the big one is not Moore's best one its is only an alright one.Movie Review: Michael Moore, as usual, is wrong.
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm not quite sure what it is about a corporation that makes liberals lose all their rationality and common sense. Michael Moore, in this movie, attacks the profit motive and seems to indicate that corporations ought to settle for lower profits, in exchange for raising their employee's sallaries. Michael Moore fails to realize that unprofitable companies, or corporations with low profit margins, are even less able to pay their employee's the wages they seek.
I found this film problematic for a number of reasons. First, one does not have to live in an area where there is one employer in the entire town. If one chooses to live in such an area, and this area is economically depressed, they should do what any reasonable person would do: move. Second, it is unreasonable to expect that the limited skills one has...will suffice for the entire duration of their life. Sometimes one has to learn new skills if they want to maintain employable. To think that the nation has to stand still simply because some people do not have the proper skills is unreasonable. Ever hear of a city college? Try one. You can get new skills. One does not need to lobby Congress or be a complainer. Instead, I'd recommend 1) going to a location that is hiring and 2) getting some new skills. You can't lose if you do both.
Movie Review: Moore's worst movie to date
Summary: 2 Stars
I am at heart soemwhat of a michael moore fan. I love bowling for columbine and roger and me was revolutionary for its time period. However the same thing can't be said about the big one. It basically in short summary is a cheap way for moore to promote his book tour for his first novel, Downsiize this. The film lacks depth and purpose and while it does make some good points about Welfare and welfare reform it basically says the same things that were stated in roger and me except in a less convincing way. The moore fan many like this. The casual movie watcher should stay away. It'll put you to sleep.Movie Review: I turned it off half way through.
Summary: 1 Stars
Michael Moore can be really funny at times, but most people should not take this goofball too seriously. About half way through 'The Big One', I turned it off because I did not find it the least bit funny and I didn't know where Moore was going. What is the point of putting in a pointless sequence where he is talking to the guitar player of Cheap Trick? This is not one of his better films.Movie Review: Michael Moore is an idiot
Summary: 1 Stars
This was a ridiculous documentary. I watched with an open mind, and after it was finished I was so irritated because he showed such a one sided biased view, it was ridiculous. Being that it is a Michael Moore movie I should have expected this but I tried to view it openly. Let me warn you now, don't waste 2 hours or 20 dollars.