I saw Ghost World for the second time the other night and I have to say it’s one great movie. I didn’t get it at first, but now I love it and will watch it a thousand more times until I get all the jokes. The crazy Bollywood singer at the start, btw, is Mohammed Rafi doing ‘Jaan Pehechan Ho’. He’s awesome, ne? I love that movie.

And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: MY 2C ON FARENHEIT 9/11.

**Well, I’d just like to say that Michael Moore has never been the king of complicated political analysis, and that shows in 9/11 because the best bits aren’t where he’s heaping muck on George W., but the interviews with soldiers and their families. One scene where a dead soldier’s mother reads out his last letter to her is especially powerful. MM’s conclusion (as I read it) is that the War on Terror is not as important as the class struggle that forces society’s least well-off people to risk their lives following the ill-considered orders of an elite. It would have been nice for him to develop this point a bit more, rather than spending the first half looking at possible conflicts of interest between Bush and his colleagues’ dealings with the Saudis and their public duties.**

So’s that alright y’all?

Some other good movies I saw this week: I, Robot [***] Fargo [****] The Cowboy Bebop Movie [****] Open Your Eyes [****] Chicago [***1/2] I’ve been sooooo lazy.