Tonight (Sunday), I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 for the second time.

[NightTrain]

The first time, I left the theater feeling as if I had been punched in the stomach. This time, I left the theater wanting to punch every fucking member of the Bush Junta through the nearest wall!

Any other "F-9/11" multi-viewers have a similar experience?

[Sperk]

1. yeah, I didn't cry at all the first time I saw it and walked away

thinking how glad I was that MM make this film. The second time I saw it I cried and walked out saying to my husband, "They should ALL rot in Hell!"

[sasquatch]

2. I've seen it twice and it seems like it isn't long enough

The second time I see it though I want to kick someone's ass:kick:

[sonias]

3. Me too NightTrain

First time I saw it, I was very excited to see it. I saw it on the Friday it opened. Very powerful stuff. I cried many times, and felt ashamed for us in so many ways. I am ashamed of our treatment of the Iraqi people, as well as the treatment of our own soldiers. And I feel ashamed, that when the Black Congressional Caucus tried to stand up for America in 2000, not a single Democratic Senator would stand with them.

Nothing about the bu$h cabal surprised me, most of that had been discussed here and is available on many sites, but having it all presented as once, does make you want to puke. The complicity of the U.S. media in giving the bu$h cabal such a cakewalk has been the greatest shame and fear. When the government controls the media, then the people are so easily led to slaughter.

I saw it the second time on Saturday, and really picked up more on the story of Lila Lipscome, who really moved me. Families like her's are the backbone of America and their backs are being broken every day. The stories of the poor in Flint, MI comparing their neighborhoods to war torn Iraq was such a good point. Think about what a 200 billion dollar infusion to fight the war on poverty, here at home could do. The references to Orwell at the end of the movie, about how you need to starve a society and keep it on the brink of constant war in order for the elites to maintain their positions. This whole country is being played perfectly, and they are using a playbook that has worked for centuries to keep the masses down - fear.

Now let's do something about it. Use that anger for good. I for one am making sure I do everything I can to make sure we have a regime change this year. Don't give up the fight. Do everything you can to encourage other people to see the film, register people to vote, work in swing states and always keep your guard up.

Sonia

[fujiyama]

4. I saw it for the first time tonight

The begining really got me pissed me off. I knew I was angry over the '00 election, but there was a sense of rage in me as I watched it -- what especially got me was the beating of those protestors. As It really didn't seem real as MM said, as though it had been one really terrible dream...the fact that one single senator couldn't come forward... :mad:

As I kept watching though, that sense of anger and rage never left me. James R Bath, the Taliban delegation visiting the US, the Bush family-Saudi royals/bin Ladens connections, the Iraq war.

All I could think was, if we have another four years of that, this country can't survive it (well it could "survive" it but it'd be transformed into something most wouldn't recognize).

I saw it with my family, which leans to the left. My parents and sister came away with the same impression -- anyone that votes for Bush is a fuckin idiot. My dad simply said, we should try to delete FOX News off the set of channels.

I really hope everyone can get an undecided person to see this film. It has a lot of red meat for partisans and anti Bush people, but anyone that still can vote for Bush after seeing this movie is an apologist for the worst regime ever to have held power in US history. It really is about the Bush-Saudi connections and it's very well laid out.

[VolcanoJen]

5. First time Cincinnati; second time Washington, DC

I saw it for the first time the Sunday of opening weekend in a Cincinnati suburban multiplex. Impressive crowd; small, stadium-style theater, about half-full for the first matinee of the day. It was a slightly quiet crowd, but we all laughed at the appropriate ridiculous Chimpy moments. Biggest laughs were Wolfowitz' hair stylings; the Port-A-Let-cum-Bomb-Shelter and Parachute salesmen, and Prince Bandar telling Larry King how "warm and beautiful" the Bin Laden family is.

The next week, I saw it in Washington, DC. Courthouse Metro, VA, to be exact. Came early for the 7:00 pm Friday show, bought a ticket, went into the theater, no seats left. Exchanged the ticked for the 7:40 show, took my seat, and within ten minutes, the show was packed and had sold out. Traditional, old-school theater with only a center speaker. The sound didn't provide the impact of the first screening, but the crowd made up for that.

The crowd in DC was restless, rowdy, and happy. Biggest laugh by far was "The voters preferred the dead governor over the sitting senator, Ashcroft" line. As various CongressCritters showed their faces on-screen, the DC Crowd shouted their names loudly. Standing ovation at the end, a full week after the film debuted.

For me, the second screening was like a punch to the gut. I felt empowered, and as I cooled my toes in the beautiful waters of the WWII Memorial the next afternoon, I looked around the National Mall and felt hope for the first time since... well, December 2000, honestly.