POSITIVES…
This documentary has this fantastic energy to it, through visual tricks involving a lot of historical footage, the soundtrack, plus the fast moving narrative.
A huge chunk about the Elian Gonzalez story is covered in this one, and excellently sets the stage for the themes presented in this movie.
Interviews added a lot of great commentary to the narrative. They actually got Roger Stone interviewed and admitted to some things!
The night of the 2000 election. Classic. Loved seeing the montage of news reports and reactions of that.
Seems weird, but using footage from comedy shows like Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, or The Chris Rock Show, on a serious matter such as the US Elections, actually works in favor of relating the mindset of Americans of that time.
Butterfly ballots. Hanging Chads. The Brooks Brothers Riot. oh, the memories.
If there’s one thing you should be reminded of from this documentary, is that US politics can really get very messy and dirty. There are real serious consequences too.
NEGATIVES…
Can be accused of giving this topic too much of a light-hearted atmosphere.
Probably biased towards a particular political point of view? Sure.
The hypotheticals given at the end of this movie felt a little unfair, and too speculative.
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