Sicko Review

[darklinensuit]

(Sorry if there is another thread about this - I don't see one.)

I saw it today on the recommendation of my parents - My dad is a pharmacist who hates going to the movies (and has gone to only one other in the last 20+ years), but he really liked this one.
I recommend it as well. Not quite as funny as Roger and Me, IMO, but certainly a subject that is long overdue in mainstream film. My only problem is that I had already seen about five clips on various previews, TV shows, and article references, but that's not the film's fault, I guess. A few parts are sappy, but others are affecting. As with any MM film, it tends to be one-sided, but in this case I can't say to be terribly bothered by that.
Maybe seeing this will actually prompt Americans to action on this shameful business, but I am pessimistic.
Cool soundtrack, too.
The reference to the website about Canadians in the closing credits is worth sticking around for, BTW. (I won't spoil it for you.)
Has anybody else seen this movie yet?

- Jake

[shebop]

Saw it - loved it - but it sure is frustrating.......
Loved Cat Stevens on the soundtrack!

[bikerchic]

The reference to the website about Canadians in the closing credits is worth sticking around for, BTW. (I won't spoil it for you.)

- Jake

I was planning on going to see it anyway, but now you have piqued my curiosity even more :laugh: (and thanks for not spoiling it :thumbsup: I love MM movies. I have them all on dvd. They're always entertaining and more importantly, very informative.

[carrie721]

I was planning on going to see it anyway, but now you have piqued my curiosity even more :laugh: (and thanks for not spoiling it :thumbsup: I love MM movies. I have them all on dvd. They're always entertaining and more importantly, very informative.

THERESA! i miss you, canadian :xoxo:

[bikerchic]

THERESA! i miss you, canadian :xoxo:

HEY BABE!!! :wavey: :xoxo: How are you? Thought I'd crawl out of my cave and come visit the Ledge for abit :D

[carrie721]

HEY BABE!!! :wavey: :xoxo: How are you? Thought I'd crawl out of my cave and come visit the Ledge for abit :D

i'm fiiiiiiine, i was actually just in toronto last month but i didn't have time to visit :distress: i'm hoping to make it up there once more this summer so maybe we can plan something :D i need more whiskey sours from the old nick :laugh: how've you been? how's the biz?

[bikerchic]

i'm fiiiiiiine, i was actually just in toronto last month but i didn't have time to visit :distress: i'm hoping to make it up there once more this summer so maybe we can plan something :D i need more whiskey sours from the old nick :laugh: how've you been? how's the biz?

Biz is good. Motorcycle season is in full swing, so we're really busy :thumbsup: So you were up here last month. Just can't stay away from us wonderful Canadians, eh :D We DEFINITELY will have to get together, when you come up next time! Maybe that crazy buffalo woman will come too :laugh:

[carrie721]

Biz is good. Motorcycle season is in full swing, so we're really busy :thumbsup: So you were up here last month. Just can't stay away from us wonderful Canadians, eh :D We DEFINITELY will have to get together, when you come up next time! Maybe that crazy buffalo woman will come too :laugh:

i just went to reply to this in a PM so we weren't totally hijacking jake's thread but PMs aren't working right now :sorry:

anyway ... busy is good! yeah, i was in town for less than 3 days and by the time i came home i was saying "eh" :distress: it's a sad state of affairs :laugh: i agree though, the three of us need to get together soon :D :xoxo:

[bikerchic]

i just went to reply to this in a PM so we weren't totally hijacking jake's thread but PMs aren't working right now :sorry:

anyway ... busy is good! yeah, i was in town for less than 3 days and by the time i came home i was saying "eh" :distress: it's a sad state of affairs :laugh: i agree though, the three of us need to get together soon :D :xoxo:

We're not thread jacking. The thread is called "Sicko Review" :laugh: I'm really sorry about the "eh". It's very contiguous.

F*cking computer! I just had to re-boot! It's so slow this morning.

[catinthedark]

i just went to reply to this in a PM so we weren't totally hijacking jake's thread but PMs aren't working right now :sorry:



glad it wasn't just me - was trying to reply to you last night, too.

going to see if they're working again..

PS hi teresa! always good to see the canadian faction well represented here! ;)

[bikerchic]

PS hi teresa! always good to see the canadian faction well represented here! ;)
:wavey: Yeah, I was over due for some Canadian bashing :laugh: I was feeling really high on my "Canadian" horse, and I thought, I'll go visit the Ledge. They'll bring me back down to earth :laugh:

[carrie721]

:wavey: Yeah, I was over due for some Canadian bashing :laugh: I was feeling really high on my "Canadian" horse, and I thought, I'll go visit the Ledge. They'll bring me back down to earth :laugh:

don't you have a vat of maple syrup to be guzzling? :shrug:

[carrie721]

glad it wasn't just me - was trying to reply to you last night, too.

going to see if they're working again..

PS hi teresa! always good to see the canadian faction well represented here! ;)

the ledge doesn't want canadians and americans to communicate privately :mad:

[bikerchic]

don't you have a vat of maple syrup to be guzzling? :shrug:

:laugh: Oh, I feel so much better now :cool:

[carrie721]

:laugh: Oh, I feel so much better now :cool:

thought so :laugh:

when i was at lisa's, that's all they did ... drink maple syrup all. freaking. day. :D i'm surprised they're not diabetic :shrug:

[catinthedark]

thought so :laugh:

when i was at lisa's, that's all they did ... drink maple syrup all. freaking. day. :D i'm surprised they're not diabetic :shrug:

only the cool kids know how to guzzle the 'rup. ;)

[carrie721]

only the cool kids know how to guzzle the 'rup. ;)

it sounds so much grosser when you say it like that ... :laugh: :laugh:

[bikerchic]

Acutally, we like to chase our Canadian bacon with alittle "rup".

[catinthedark]

it sounds so much grosser when you say it like that ... :laugh: :laugh:

:lol: :lol:


glug glug, i say.

[carrie721]

Acutally, we like to chase our Canadian bacon with alittle "rup".

:lol: and then you chase that with some molson, right? ewwwww, molsonnnnn ... :laugh:

:lol: :lol:


glug glug, i say.

bottoms up!

[gldstwmn]

Haven't seen it but it's on my list.

[Aisling]

i saw it the friday it came out and cried through the entire thing. at first, i was just sort of sniffling to myself, but by the middle, it was like FEVER PITCH hysteria and i was disrupting everyone's viewing experience. so i had to the leave the theatre for a few minutes and pull it together. i feel awful for being such a muppet about the whole thing; i wish i could personally apologise to everyone who had been there! :sorry:

politics and personal opinion aside, i think what upset me most is how moore highlights american society as "ME" driven, instead of "WE". i don't like to make sweeping generalisations or mean to be a social critic, but i often feel that way. it's really alienating and confusing on an "everyday" level, but then when you put it in the context of people's lives being at risk, it seems unconscionable.

at any rate, i enjoyed sicko much more than fahrenheit 9/11. there were less "michael moore-isms". it was better balanced, in my view.

[xxxmx]

i guess i loved it. i was (and still am) so pissed that i have to let it settle for a while. it really shows how fear is used to keep the insurance companies going, and how effed you are anyway.

yeah, the guy who has to decide which finger to keep? MM could have put out an entire film highlighting how fantastic that decision is and why anyone anywhere would be forced to make it.

grrr again. :mad:

[Serrart]

(Sorry if there is another thread about this - I don't see one.)

I saw it today on the recommendation of my parents - My dad is a pharmacist who hates going to the movies (and has gone to only one other in the last 20+ years), but he really liked this one.
I recommend it as well. Not quite as funny as Roger and Me, IMO, but certainly a subject that is long overdue in mainstream film. My only problem is that I had already seen about five clips on various previews, TV shows, and article references, but that's not the film's fault, I guess. A few parts are sappy, but others are affecting. As with any MM film, it tends to be one-sided, but in this case I can't say to be terribly bothered by that.
Maybe seeing this will actually prompt Americans to action on this shameful business, but I am pessimistic.
Cool soundtrack, too.
The reference to the website about Canadians in the closing credits is worth sticking around for, BTW. (I won't spoil it for you.)
Has anybody else seen this movie yet?

- Jake

It's not out in Italy yet, I'm looking forward to see it.

Romy

[danax6]

I just watched this. Though I was already aware of the differences between the American and European health care systems, I was still stunned by some of the things I saw in this movie. Some parts were entirely too sappy for me, some parts a little farfetched, some parts definitely exaggerated (I mean, France is great and all, but it's not the big picnic like it was portrayed in the movie), but I guess what it came down to in the end was the absolute truth. If I were to live in the US I'd live in constant fear also.

[David]

Has anybody else seen this movie yet?
I'm eager to see this movie. I'll wait until it's on disc & then rent it. Health insurance issues among my family, co-workers & acquaintances are the root of much violent disagreement.

[Serrart]

I've seen it on Friday, it was absolutely great, probably my favourite among his films after Roger & Me. Moore showed a deep humanity absent from some of his previous films talking of such a difficult subject.
It was heartbreaking though, honestly I don't know how US citizens can stand this situation.

My kudos to Cuban doctors who cured the 9/11 volunteers. Obviously it was also an operation of image but at least those people are better now.

Romy

P.S Right now I'm watching Spike Lee's documentary on Katrina... a real masterpiece.