Farenheit 9/11

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Sets Documentary Record

Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" took in a whopping $21.8 million in its first three days, becoming the first documentary ever to debut as Hollywood's top weekend film.

If Sunday's estimates hold when final numbers are released Monday, "Fahrenheit 9/11" would set a record in a single weekend as the top-grossing documentary ever outside of concert films and movies made for huge-screen IMAX theaters.

I spent most of Friday trying to get tickets for that night's showing of this film at the Arbor, but all shows were sold out by 3:30pm. We ended up seeing it at Tinseltown Pflugerville at 10pm. It sold out also - the theatre was full despite the torrential rain. It is an amazing film. It is so funny in parts, and so incredibly sad in others. I'd agree with those who say it's like two separate films. The first part is like a typical Michael Moore film, but as soon as the analysis of Iraq starts, he moves out of the film. The part with the soldier's mom was the hardest for me to watch. I wanted to bawl when she read the letter he wrote his family a week before his death.

It was neat to see it with such a huge crowd. There were about five times during the film where everyone clapped.

I have to recommend it to anyone. It is worth seeing for film-history reasons as much as political.