If you've seen Fahrenheit 9/11 already, or even if you've just heard about this movie, you know about one of the people in the movie, Lila Lipscomb, resident of Flint, Michigan and mother of a soldier in Iraq. The scenes involving her are some of the rawest and most emotional in the film, and I had wondered afterwards what she thought of the film and how she was portrayed. Turns out she's just fine with it. In fact, she's seen the movie three times as of this interview in the Flint Journal.
Barry Reingold, on the other hand, is in no hurry to see the movie. He was the guy who got a visit from the FBI after he said Bush was an a-hole during a casual discussion in his local gym in Oakland (he lives somewhat near me, in fact). He may hate Bush, but he doesn't love Kerry either, and worries that the film doesn't deal with the bigger picture.
I think Michael Moore's agenda is to get Bush out, but I think it (should be) about more than Bush," said Reingold, an independent, on Saturday. "I think it's about the capitalist system, which is inequitable. They're laying people off, cutting off health care, and the few people on top are getting more rich and powerful."
