"Capitalism: A Love Story"

We fully support Michael Moore and always wish his films could be more successful. We came out of the theater yesterday feeling depressed. It is a sad situation -- the continuing and growing gap in this country between the very rich and the poor -- and the puzzling fact that the poor support the policies that are absolutely grinding them down and keeping them there. Moore genuinely cares that people should be given safeguards for their health, jobs and homes. But we felt he is making a weaker case for his views with each film he makes. We wanted so much for "Sicko" to have been a better film for instance. "Capitalism" misses the mark somehow. Despite his valiant efforts, I can't see the very people he is trying to help abandoning Fox News, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Pat Buchanan, Sarah Palin. These people have a firm grip on the psyche of people who want to blame their problems on immigrants, "welfare cheats", people who are pro-choice, Hollywood degeneration of morals and god knows what else rather than see that they are being manipulated. Still, he keeps trying. We can only hope he doesn't give up. But the subject here, especially the specifics of the Bailout/Goldman Sachs, etc. seems too big, too global. Moore is hoping that people wake up, take control, stay in their homes, fight the system. He interviews several churchmen who discuss how greed and the tenets of Christianity don't mix. We need Michael Moore. I wish more people had been in the theater yesterday when we saw the movie.