Roger and Me is one of those movies that I had seen bits and pieces of, but never the whole thing all the way through. In fact, it's one of those movies that I always think I've seen all the way through, because I can certainly carry on a conversation about it, but like Scent of a Woman and Rain Man, I could quote scenes but not tell you exactly how the thing ends.
So I finally saw it the other night, and I didn't think it was especially great. I agree with much of Michael Moore's politics, but I find his techniques pretty obnoxious and his documentaries to be somewhat meandering. I really liked the Awful Truth TV show, because I can take him much better in small doses and I have to admit, he is quite creative. As annoying as I find him, I still have to respect his persistance. I am always so afraid of bothering people, he has pretty much made a career out of badgering people. So good for him, there's a place for that. Anyway, I think my new project is going to be watching all of the movies that I think I've seen, but I really haven't. I have seen the first two thirds of Rain Man about 57 times, but I've never seen the end. I would never think to rent it, because it's always on TV. And whenever it's on TV, stretched out to 38 hours with commercial breaks, I stop watching at some point because I have other things to do.
September 15th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
I have never seen Roger and Me. I'm curious about it after reading this post. Thanks for the Netflix add.