The First Must See Movie of 2005
Entertainment Weekly asked on this week's cover, "Why aren't people going to the movies?" The answer is simple. The movies this year have sucked. Until now. Lisa and I went to The Guild in Menlo Park to check out Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and it was a clear, compelling, and extremely aggravating breakdown of the Enron fraud.
The house was packed (and included Dorian and Marge, who we randomly ran into), which really added to the effect, because you could hear the collective "oh my gawd" or "those bastards" at the more exasperating parts of the movie (of which there are many). You'll be saying it, too, after you check it out. I wanted to smack around some of those Enron execs, so it came as a great catharsis when a San Francisco woman threw a blueberry pie in the Enron's CEO's face during his visit to the area. Everyone applauded, including me. Hey, I still remember that $500 energy bill my house had to pay back in '01.
The movie shows some interesting connections between Enron Chairman Ken Lay and (surprise, surprise) the Bush family, but unlike Fahrenheit 9/11, it didn't come off like a bad Oliver Stone conspiracy. This movie was much more effective and satisfying than Michael Moore's flick. It would have been funnier, too, if it weren't for the sad consequences of the whole mess, which included the loss of over a billion dollars in retirement funds and the political homicide of scapegoat Gray Davis (who makes an insightful and funny appearance).
This movie has a limited release, but if it is showing in your area, be sure to check it out.
The house was packed (and included Dorian and Marge, who we randomly ran into), which really added to the effect, because you could hear the collective "oh my gawd" or "those bastards" at the more exasperating parts of the movie (of which there are many). You'll be saying it, too, after you check it out. I wanted to smack around some of those Enron execs, so it came as a great catharsis when a San Francisco woman threw a blueberry pie in the Enron's CEO's face during his visit to the area. Everyone applauded, including me. Hey, I still remember that $500 energy bill my house had to pay back in '01.
The movie shows some interesting connections between Enron Chairman Ken Lay and (surprise, surprise) the Bush family, but unlike Fahrenheit 9/11, it didn't come off like a bad Oliver Stone conspiracy. This movie was much more effective and satisfying than Michael Moore's flick. It would have been funnier, too, if it weren't for the sad consequences of the whole mess, which included the loss of over a billion dollars in retirement funds and the political homicide of scapegoat Gray Davis (who makes an insightful and funny appearance).
This movie has a limited release, but if it is showing in your area, be sure to check it out.
posted by Chang Kim at Saturday, May 07, 2005
4 Comments:
you missed the mavs @$$ spanking though
I agree with Chang - definitely go check out this movie if it's showing in your area. You'll want to throw things at the screen at times. The way the movie was presented was interesting as well - it seemed to ask an overall question, what prompted everyone to look away? How did it get this bad? They threw in some interesting psych stuff in there as well...definitely go see!
:( poor rockets.
when is the movie supposed to be wide released? and same question re: year of the yao
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