A list of lies and untruths in Michael Moore’s Sicko
A movies, parody post by matt, posted on June 27, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Michael Moore’s feature-length documentary films are synonymous with one thing: lies. Before Moore started making films, documentaries were always 100% factual. Except for maybe Triumph of the Will, of course. That one took some liberties. But regardless, one of the things the internet has proven itself good at — in addition to pornography and pictures of cats with writing on top of them — is debunking the ‘truth’ in Michael Moore’s movies.
As I recently saw an advanced screening of Michael Moore’s latest, Sicko, which purports to be an ‘attack’ on the American health insurance and health care system, I thought I would take the opportunity to take a first crack at revealing the lies, untruths, mistruths, fibs, omissions and biasedness inherent to this vaguely cinematic work.
Noted Lies from Sicko
Nine Fingers Is Not Music To My Ears!
At 3:15, Moore interviews a man with only nine fingers. He does so while the man is holding a guitar. The odds of a nine-fingered man actually playing a guitar are slim to none. This is similar to another mistruth in Bowling for Columbine, when Moore interviewed Charles Heston while the great actor was trying to be lucid.
A Snow Job?!
At 4 minutes in, Moore shows a scene of a couple moving to Denver, CO. At 4:01, they are on a sunlit highway clear of debris. At 4:04, they are pulling in to a snow-covered driveway. The only possible explanation for this is camera trickery.
Hoop Dreams? More like Hoop NIGHTMARES!
At roughly 10 minutes in, Moore films a young boy shooting basketballs by himself. The kid appears to make a relatively difficult shot despite having incredibly poor form. It definitely looks like some sort of camera editing was used to make this young boy — a liberal — look better at basketball (or ‘hoops’) than he actually is.
The Computer Wore HEINOUS shoes!
At 11:32, Moore shows what is supposed to be his computer screen as he receives thousands of e-mails from fans. An exhaustive search of the internet shows no trace of any e-mail client that looks anything like what Moore is using, leading me to conclude that he has doctored a made-up e-mail client in order to make it look like he has a lot of e-mails.
A CHILD anti-depressant!
Between 14:25 and 14:40, Moore plays the familiar and classic theme music from Star Wars over a list of scrolling health conditions that disqualify customers from getting health insurance. This is an obvious and disingenuous attempt to sway the younger audience to his misguided cause. But there is nothing here about intergalactic civil war; there is nothing here for children to enjoy at all.
Life is What You FAKE of it!
At about the twenty minute mark, Moore interviews a mustachioed man who claims that he formerly worked for a big health insurance company. The interview takes place in front of a rock and some reeds, to give the impression that this is a down-home ‘country’ and ‘wholesome’ kind of interview. Looking closely, however, that could so be a fake rock. Or it could have just been a museum exhibit or something. There’s no way of knowing, especially considering Moore’s constant use of camera tricks.
A DOG gone lie!
At one point in the opening of the film, Moore shows a dog wandering around an empty urban space, possibly scrounging for food. Whose dog is that?! What is the dog doing there?! What happened to the dog after the movie?! Moore does not say.
Against all GODS!
At the 24 minute mark, Moore begins a sequence in which he interviews a young adult woman whose husband died because he had cancer. This sequence is deceitful for two reasons. First, because it depicts a white woman who was married to a black man, something that is so uncommon outside of urban areas as to be statistically irrelevant — something Moore conveniently neglects to mention — and second because her husband’s death clearly is used to play on our emotions, whereas interviewing a couple where both members were alive would have far less emotional impact. To be fair, Moore should have interviewed a healthy single-raced couple so that the viewer could decide for themselves which they want to support.
Hillary HOGHAM Clinton!
At 32:50, Moore refers to Hillary Clinton as ’sexy’ despite the mounting evidence against this.
Cana-DUH, he is lying!
Throughout the movie, Moore gives praise to the socialized medicine system in Canada, even going so far as showing a woman crossing the border for supposed ‘free’ care. The entire sequence in Canada, however, is unconvincing. Moore conveniently avoids showing anything that would actually indicate the surroundings as Canadian. There is no snow. The wildlife shown is neither dam-building nor antler-having. The police officers shown are all wearing blue, not red. Much of the infrastructure surrounding the economy seems to be suspiciously Americanized. These shots could have easily been fabricated in a soundstage somewhere — Moore certainly gives no indication to the contrary. Given his past history, I think it’s safe to say that this is all staged
Onion Ring of Lies!
Shortly after the first sequence in Canada, Moore shows what appears to be giant onion rings and refers to them as ‘Canadian food.’ None of the research I did on Canada indicated that giant onion rings were particularly popular in Canada. Another clue that perhaps all of the Canada scenes were staged in a closet-set soundstage and edited with a blue, or maybe green, screen.
Doct or FRAUD?
At the one hour mark (approx.), Moore spends a lot of time interviewing a supposed British doctor who speaks of the wonders of nationalized healthcare systems. All this, and yet we never see any kind of medical license. He is not even wearing a white coat. Instead, he is wearing a purple shirt, which is dubious by itself, and speaking in a funny accent, unlike any established doctor I’ve ever been associated with. I’m not saying that Moore paid some actor to pretend to be a doctor in his film, but it does seem entirely plausible and extremely likely that Moore paid some actor to pretend to be a doctor in his film. That would go a long way toward explaining the homosexual shirt.
A little warm in HELL?
At 1 hour and 7 minutes in, Moore interviews a British politician who is, for unknown reasons, wearing his coat indoors. What’s the deal with that? You’re indoors. Take your coat off.
An obvious FAUX-PAW
At 1 hour 20 minutes, Moore interviews a bunch of ‘French’ people from ‘France’ who are not, in fact, speaking French. Could he make his staged scenes any more clear?
Suspicious Open Spaces In Your FACES!
Further, minutes after the above false sequence, Moore interviews another French woman, who talks of her level of satisfaction with her life in France. All of this goes on while, in the background, it is clear that the woman owns absolutely NO FURNITURE AT ALL. She is literally living in an empty house. That’s crazy! And yet Moore does nothing to comment on the fact that this woman has likely been so beaten down financially (and, possibly, sexually, given the lack of father in the interview) by socialism that she cannot even afford to decorate her own home.
The Great Cuba Swindle
I can’t even begin to expose the number of falsehoods surrounding the last third of the movie, wherein Moore takes a bunch of supposed 9/11 rescue workers to Cuba for medical treatment. First, that doesn’t look like Cuba at all. By the age of the cars shown on the streets, I would estimate that it is instead 1950s Iowa. It reminds me of something out of Tennessee Williams play. Or, rather, it would, if I had read or seen any of those plays. I have not. Because I’m not a liberal.
Also: has anyone stopped to consider what actually makes someone a 9/11 rescue worker? Does anyone who was down there, picking up rocks, qualify? If you wandered about, calling random names, looking closely for bodies, does that make you a rescue worker? Because that really doesn’t seem right. If my neighbour’s house catches on fire and I opt to turn my sprinkler system on as a courtesy to him, that doesn’t make me a fire fighter. At best it makes me a marginal hero. The real rescue workers, in my opinion, actually rescued people. Just as the real fire fighters are actually in my neighbour’s house, smashing things up with their axes and smothering people with blankets to put out blazes.
Thirdly, it sure did look like Moore was driving one of those boats. This is obviously another camera trick, as clearly no one as urban and well-fed as Moore could ever drive a boat. This is just another simple fact that was, once again, glossed over in Moore’s overzealous quest to make his liberal argument.
There Will Be More Moore Lies!
I could likely keep going, but I only want to waste so much time on this sorry excuse for a ‘documentary’ ‘film’. I will, however, keep all you readers updated as the summer progresses, bringing you truth wherever lies prosper.
Stay strong!
Matt
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Steve wrote:
I just read your first “lie” and all I can say with no prejudice or opinion about the rest of your post is this … any Grateful Dead fan will tell you that Jerry Garcia, one of the greatest guitarists of all time, had half of his ring finger on his playing hand chopped off in a hatchet accident when he was 10.
Posted on 28-Jun-07 at 5:54 pm | Permalink
somecanadian wrote:
I was searching for a list of fallacies in Micheal Moore’s latest film to confirm my theory that he lies in the interest of the left, and all that I can say is thanks…for nothing.
Most of the falsehoods you report would go in the “goofs” section of IMDB.com. You know, the one that no one ever reads? Because like the goofs section, all the comments you make are utterly insignificant. I’m supposed to think that this movie is completly false because of a dog in the background?
Oh and saying all of our cops are dressed in red in Canada…pfft. We also don’t have police cruisers in Canada, cause they all ride on horses and wear big round hats! Right?
Posted on 29-Jun-07 at 12:16 am | Permalink
Joe wrote:
You forgot to point out how Michael Moore wears glasses despite there being no reasonable evidence that he has poor vision. Other than that, this is a very comprehensive list, and I applaud you for helping to fight the Good Fight!
Posted on 29-Jun-07 at 4:33 am | Permalink
Jack wrote:
Congratulations Matthew Elliott! You are well on your way to getting dugg by not-getting-the-joke idiots. This article is fairly brilliant.
Posted on 29-Jun-07 at 9:13 am | Permalink
matt wrote:
Steve: I didn’t think Jerry Garcia was known for playing guitar as much as he was for his ice cream. It is, in fact, easy to make ice cream with only nine fingers. Hell, I bet you could do it with only eight.
somecanadian: I think you should give the article another read. While I do delight in pointing out some of the ‘goofs’ Michael Moore ‘made’ in his ‘film’ I also take great pride in my analysis of the outright falsehoods in the film.
Also, your assertion that Canadian police officers wear blue is dubious. If they don’t wear red, then how are criminals supposed to know which country they are committing their crimes in?
And, yes, horses and big hats. Absolutely horses and big hats.
Joe and Jack: Thanks for the comments! This article is deadly serious.
Posted on 29-Jun-07 at 10:08 am | Permalink
Susan Golden wrote:
I really wish you would address the REAL HEALTHCARE FRAUD IN THIS COUNTRY! Or maybe you think it is all ok and our health care system is the greatest thing on earth. Just the same as our EDUCATION and MILITARY!
Our ranking in the world with education is attributed to your thinking and lack of education . Why don’t you really do some investigation and figure out how we atrrived at this state in our country, but that might be much more difficult than just repeating what blind sheep tend to do.
Can you think for yourselves? Your sight reflects not……and our ranking in the world education continues to decline.
Bravo!
Stay uninformed!!
Posted on 29-Jun-07 at 11:10 am | Permalink
matt wrote:
Hi Susan,
Thanks for the comments! I agree that there is real healthcare fraud in this country and that fraud is being perpetrated by one Michael Moore, supposed ‘filmmaker’ but actual ‘liar’!
Just to fix a couple of factual errors in your comments. First, blind sheep are unable to talk. Second, my eyesight, though diminished in recent years, still holds up pretty well and is, I would say, above average for a man my age.
Again, thank you and keep reading!
Posted on 29-Jun-07 at 12:30 pm | Permalink
Cody wrote:
This article provides no actual proof of lies in the documentary. Scenes in which you believe to be “Goofs” and “camera tricks” are pretty much all you mentioned, and they do not necessarily qualify as untruths. Conservative is not the right way to be, and you fail.
Posted on 30-Jun-07 at 1:47 am | Permalink
Jack wrote:
Hey look, more idiots!
Even after countless years, sarcasm doesn’t register well on the internet.
Posted on 30-Jun-07 at 10:21 am | Permalink
Joe wrote:
Sarcasm? Jack, healthcare is never a matter to be taken lightly and joked about, and I think Matt understands that. He would never be irreverent about something so important.
Posted on 30-Jun-07 at 12:19 pm | Permalink
Mike Brock wrote:
It’s not a doctored e-mail client at all. You didn’t search hard enough. The mail client is Microsoft Entourage for Mac OS X (Apple).
Posted on 30-Jun-07 at 1:00 pm | Permalink
Mike Brock wrote:
Here’s a link to a screenshot:http://www.uh.edu/infotech/images/help/reducing_spam/EntourageFolders.jpg
Posted on 30-Jun-07 at 1:01 pm | Permalink
Jonesy wrote:
Michael Moore does lie in his movies. Theyre propaganda. and this piece makes light of that. Thats what bothers me about it. It wasnt funny either, it was just dumb.
Go read the Kurt Loder piece on Moores movie (sicko). There really are substantive criticisms to be made about the movie.
Posted on 30-Jun-07 at 2:07 pm | Permalink
Jack wrote:
I am living vicariously through this flame war!
Posted on 30-Jun-07 at 3:30 pm | Permalink
Moo wrote:
This is the stupidest peice of garbage I have ever seen. This is all just about the “camera tricks” Michael Moore may have used but you didn’t discredit any information in the movie at all. And being so closed minded to other political parties shows that you are an unintelligent asshole.
Posted on 01-Jul-07 at 5:11 pm | Permalink
look at me wrote:
there are a few things you forgot to mention, for one, when he’s in france, I highly doubt that Micheal Moore speaks french, how are we supposed to know that what the subtitles say are really what she’s saying? for all we know she was probably saying “the doctor, they rape my children, and the goverment, they take all my money, I wish I lived in the great healthcare of America where the doctors do not rape”
Posted on 01-Jul-07 at 6:15 pm | Permalink
J Johnston wrote:
What the hell is wrong with you? An unexplained dog? A so-called Canada with (gasp!) no snow? A woman clearly standing in front of a couch and lamp you are too ignorant to see? Who the hell cares where this mustachioed man was interviewed? You know the backgrounds- majestic skylines etc- on most news programmes are fake, right? Does this make the news they report fake? (Not that I’m defending say, CNN). And for god’s sake people- we know the subtitles accurately report what the French/Spanish speaking people in the film are saying because some people in fact speak these languages in addition to English, and we can confirm this for you. I agree with the majority of posters here who have asked what your point is. A camera trick here, a mysterious background there… the film shows a Tim Horton’s- can’t get more frickin’ Canadian- and isn’t in fact about the source of America’s unclaimed dog population, so stop focussing on these piddling little issues and talk about the substance of the damn film if you want to criticize it properly.
Posted on 03-Jul-07 at 9:23 am | Permalink
Jack wrote:
Are people even reading this? Or, at the very least, missing the “parody” tag?
At least no one has called you Un-American. Yet.
Posted on 03-Jul-07 at 11:02 am | Permalink
matt wrote:
I am glad to see such an outpouring of support for my crusade against this so-called ‘film’. I don’t have the time to respond to each and every comment individually, but I will say that I respect all of you except for Jack, who is a subversive element.
There’ve been a lot of eye opening comments to this post. I’ve learned through it that conservative is, in fact, the way to be, and also that all foreign doctors are rapists and that the majestic skylines used in Moore’s films are totally fake and made of lies.
Let’s keep fighting the fight, gentlemen. It ain’t over yet!
Posted on 03-Jul-07 at 11:51 am | Permalink
Buddy wrote:
Matt,
Please forgive the harsh words I am about to tell you. I am not trying to hurt you or be subversive. Understand please, conservative americans us have been lied to. Its not our fault. We all need to realize that we have been lied to so much that the real truth is not plainly evident. We can’t see the truth even though it is right in front of us. Have you ever visited a loved one who had everything taken away from them and now lives in a nursing home? Seems like everyone has experienced this. Its terrible how we treat our elders. You call that good care? Matt, forgive the speculation however, you seem to believe exactly what big business wants you to. Well, Matt, I am a nurse that works with patients everyday, and let me tell you, what Micheal Moore shows is only half the real truth of health care in America. As a nurse, its everything I can do to continue being a nurse. I am completely appalled of what our health care has become. I hear about real stories and see real people experience these so-called untruths, everyday. Believe me our system needs a change and people like me and you need to educate ourselves to see the real big picture. We need to open our collective eyes and take back America because its about the people, by the people and for the people. So that all our lives prosper together. Or do you want to work in a supermarket at the age of 79 just so you and your wife get the medication to keep you and her alive and when SSI has fallen, medicare is dead, and your retirement fund got yanked because your company went bankrupt?
Posted on 03-Jul-07 at 8:23 pm | Permalink
J.R. wrote:
Sicko / Michael Moore
…Roseanne Barr link…
http://www.roseanneworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3537&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
Posted on 04-Jul-07 at 5:52 pm | Permalink
matt wrote:
Dear Buddy,
Ma’am, I want you to know that I respect the hell out of what you do. It’s women like you who literally and frequently save lives — supporting doctors in their work is no easy task.
In response to your questions, I do believe that, yes, I have been lied to. By Michael Moore. That liar. I am glad you agree that his film is full of half-truths.
And I would love to work in a supermarket at age 79, as the alternative seems to be aging alone and unloved in some dreary nursing home or hospital bed. What 79-year-old wouldn’t love to be surrounded by fruits and vegetables and meats and friends.
In closing, I just want you to know that I completely and fully forgive you. Do not, ever, stop believing.
Regards,
Matt
Posted on 05-Jul-07 at 9:55 am | Permalink
V. S. wrote:
I have to say that your supposed exposure of untruths and trickery in Moore’s film serves only to reveal your own ignorance. I am no fan of Moore’s but as a Canadian I can attest to the fact that Canadian police officers wear blue and onion rings are popular, there is no snow in most of southern Canada in the summer (the only exception perhaps being in the Rockies) or even during large portions of fall and spring and the health care system there, while not perfect and not exactly free (it is paid for with taxes, but the taxes are not exorbitant, in my humble opinion), has provided me personally with care equal to and/or superior to care I have received in the U.S. since I immigrated here 6 years ago.
You clearly know nothing about this subject and yet chose to speak on it, thereby discrediting yourself on many levels. If you wish to debunk Michael Moore you will have to be able to back up your own arguments too.
V.S.
Posted on 06-Jul-07 at 1:13 pm | Permalink
V. S. wrote:
Oh thank goodness, I just realized this was supposed to be a parody! It was so inaccurate, I really did wonder. Someone sent me a link to it and my impression from them was it was serious. Ignore my previous comment!
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Posted on 06-Jul-07 at 1:19 pm | Permalink
matt wrote:
That parody tag is a typo. I don’t even know what ‘parody’ means!!
Posted on 06-Jul-07 at 4:27 pm | Permalink
Jack wrote:
This is better than SegArena. Though I’ve met former Segadojo writer Dan “James” Kricke and he’s a pushover. He’s literally like five feet tall. I can’t even comfortably lean on him.
Posted on 06-Jul-07 at 4:55 pm | Permalink
James wrote:
Stephen Colbert has much to learn from you. Well done. I truly hope this site gets more publicity.
I want to vent for a minute if I may. To understand what’s wrong with the Health Care system now you must understand what governs it. And, of course, what I’m eluding to is not the government but the free market. But what is the “Free Market”? How does it work?
The free market’s major strength and reason for its existence is its ability to set prices. The simple concept of supply and demmand forces consumers and producers to agree on a price that best serves both groups. The atrocities and tragedies that Moore highlights derive from this balance and counter- balance. Because…what inherently happens in a free market is that general health and well being become a commodity. And the demmand for health is so high…insurance companies make a killing, no pun intended, off of peoples misfortune. They literally put a price on life.
Now, this is important and concerns you so pay attention, the reason that our predecessors de-privatized such instutions as roads and schools is because they had the common sense or basic human sympathy if you will to realize that transportation and education were too vital to a healthy society to be restricted to the rich. And I’m sure this met the same strong opposition from opulent men who believed they and only they had earned the right to educate their children. But wisdom prevailed.
Now the same arguement is being waged over health care. Imagine a society where roads and schools are pristine and phenomally well kept, BUT only reserved for the rich. There would be a massive concentration of wealth in a certain area, the majority of America would be grossly under educated, and as a result the public would be easily manipulated into voting for the demagogue. Thank God our previous leaders made the right decision.
Should only the rich, who feel they have earned or inheritted their right to health, receive the best treatment? Should insurance companies continue to thrive and dominate on Wall Street? Or should our inner city babies, and I emphasize our, who have been born into a delapidated situation that they did not ask for receive ample health coverage through out their life’s entirety?
It’s quite obvious that I think there needs to be change. Now, all that is needed is a leader who will see it through. Change means movement; movement means friction; friction means heat. It will be highly contested and vexing, but it must be done.
Posted on 08-Jul-07 at 2:32 pm | Permalink
Scott wrote:
Matt:
YOU ARE AN IDIOT! The “lies” you poorly uncovered are just assumptions that you have not provided significant proof of. You are a DUMB ASS RIGHT WING WACKO! It saddens me that my fellow Americans can be so uncaring of other less fortunate americans. It baffles me that you would agree with a health care system that puts poor ladies on skid row like a piece of trash!
I PRAY THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT WE NEED NATIONAL HEALTH CARE!
Posted on 08-Jul-07 at 9:16 pm | Permalink
Jack wrote:
There you have it – that’s as close as you can get to being called Un-American.
I still enjoy that people seems to completely miss the Triumph of the Will joke in the first paragraph that sort of, you know, cues the idea the the “parody” tag is there for a reason.
I realize that these comments actually just distract from the greatness that’s going on in these comments. I should stop.
Posted on 08-Jul-07 at 9:59 pm | Permalink
Joan Kennedy wrote:
The real Moore story is told by OracleFlowers on actress Roseanne Barrs web site at http://www.roseanneworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3537&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
Posted on 09-Jul-07 at 6:55 am | Permalink
Ken wrote:
Hey what about the fact that micheal moore is fat? FAt people always lie and thats a fact.
Posted on 10-Jul-07 at 3:13 pm | Permalink
wanksteve wrote:
this is the worst post iver ever read. all your doing is speculating on his camera skills. so what if they filmed a man in front of a fake rock, or a nine fingered man was holding a guitar (ive seen drummers with only one arm buddy, your an idiot) the fact of the matter is that, as ugly and fat as michael moore is, he is trying to bring a real problem into the light for americans.
i hate michael moore, and i figure you do too, but once you can see past the bias of his sarcasm in the film and his shotty camera work(?) you can see that he is addressing a serious problem
Posted on 12-Jul-07 at 5:44 pm | Permalink
wanksteve wrote:
mhm a parody? whatever.
Posted on 12-Jul-07 at 6:01 pm | Permalink
Chip wrote:
I was also looking for list of the BS in “Sicko” but I laughed out loud at your whole piece. GREAT!!! It isnt always the best to find seriousness in everything. I thought you did great and those that dont get this is supposed to be funny need to relax a little and get a hobby.
Posted on 14-Jul-07 at 7:34 pm | Permalink
jaysus wrote:
OMG OMG OMG OMG
genius.
Posted on 16-Jul-07 at 1:43 am | Permalink
Garet wrote:
I acknowledge that you think some of the scenes are supposedly “fake” or “doctored,” but what about the concepts that Moore presented? Those are the purpose of the film anyway. Why do you attack the things that aren’t important for the meaning of the film? It’s as if there is a weakness in your argument allowing you to only criticise filming techniques instead of what the documentary was about. Do you think our profit-centered healthcare system is more beneficial? If so, how? Is it because we have more drug options?
Posted on 18-Jul-07 at 5:35 pm | Permalink
F wrote:
This has to be the worst list of Michael Moore flaws – stick to the items you have actual evidence against, and people will find your list worth reading.
“Looking closely, however, that could so be a fake rock” – who cares? Honestly?
Posted on 20-Jul-07 at 3:09 am | Permalink
Lisa wrote:
I’m kinda stunned by these comments. C’mon guys. Have a beer, and give this another try.
Posted on 22-Jul-07 at 1:05 pm | Permalink
Marc wrote:
It took about 2 or 3 “lies” before I got this was a parody. Then I didn’t think it was that funny. But now that I’m reading the comments of others who obviously didn’t get it (and are rippin’ you a new one), I’m LMAO. Good job.
Posted on 24-Jul-07 at 6:50 pm | Permalink
Anders wrote:
I,m a guy from Denmark/Scandinavia. Here in Europe we HAVE National Healt Care Systems…this makes people able to relax/ to be happy…& NOT having to worry about “what happens if one gets sick”. Instead they/we are able to concentrate on other things…instead of being sick-worried about what COULD happen if one gets sick.
Hope YOU one day too are as lucky as us Europeans: Also will have a National Health Care System !
PS: I,ve visited America twice…and have met some fantastic people in Your country. Regards, Anders
Posted on 18-Sep-07 at 8:46 pm | Permalink
Dave-o wrote:
This has to be one of the most hilarious articles I have ever read. God job.
Posted on 19-Nov-07 at 2:56 pm | Permalink
Alli wrote:
So…I was browsing websites to get a spark of ideas to refute Michael Moore’s specific points or at least point out to some of my professors the lies in his movies…when I came upon this site.
I have to say, this is pretty funny. I think that no matter which side you’re on – love him or hate him, this is pretty dang funny.
Keep it up. I like this kind of stuff!
Posted on 30-Dec-07 at 6:06 am | Permalink
andrea wrote:
I was looking for some real lies in sicko but you provided just a ridicolous list of camera tricks… You proved nothing, except that you are an asshole. This page is useless. Please someone point me to a real resource for sicko lies, if there is any.
Posted on 03-Feb-08 at 10:35 am | Permalink
Mitexi wrote:
Wow… this article has no facts… It was a waste of time if you ask me.
Posted on 20-Feb-08 at 8:18 am | Permalink
pizzle wrote:
haha, your so clutching at straws to rip this doc. off arnt you….firstly about the woman with no furniture, ok fair point but compare that to someone in the USA with no furniture, do they get that much support/care? Whats that? No? Your credability is pathetic. Down with Bush/Clinton cock suckers
Posted on 23-Feb-08 at 11:41 pm | Permalink
Robert Miller-Eves wrote:
Stay Strong!! But for goodness sake-don’t get sick!
Posted on 17-Mar-08 at 7:03 pm | Permalink
brian wrote:
I was really worried for a moment — but this is great. I will continue on writing my paper, making sure not to include these. Except the missing dog. Where’s that dog, Moore?
Posted on 24-Mar-08 at 4:04 am | Permalink
Russell West wrote:
I think a lot of these things which you have pointed out don’t matter. I also think you need to think about all of these a little more. Just because something is suspicious, doesn’t mean that its a lie. You have shown me that you are a complainer who thinks that a bunch of camera tricks and things about the movie which you don’t understand are lies. Congrats on wasting a lot of time on nothing.
Posted on 15-Apr-08 at 11:15 pm | Permalink
Swatty wrote:
This is hilarious. I wanna talk to the dude who wrote this. Practically everything he wrote was either insignificant or irrelevant to the main focus of the movie.
Cana-duh?!
1. It doesn’t snow here all the time… hell… there’s no snow anywhere right now and hasn’t been for the last few weeks… we probably won’t see snow again until mid-November. In Toronto there is barely ever snow!
2. I haven’t seen a dam building or antler having animal since the last time I went to the zoo! Beaver and Moose aren’t just walking around on the streets.
3.Our police officers wear blue… not red. The Royal Canadian Mounties way way (and I mean WAAAAYYY) up north wear red.
4. All our surroundings seem “Americanized” to Americans. I mean we do have convenience stores, and streets with yellow lines, and curbs, cars, parking, lights, signs.
This person has a pathetic view of Canada and that upset me more than anything.
Who cares about fake rocks, sun and then snow, a boy playing basketball and even a dang dog! All of those things are add-ins. Stop worrying about if the email scene was real since you have never seen an email server like that and focus on the actual topic at hand. The people Moore was tlaking to in France were Americans that had moved to France. You say the french woman had no furniture and yet even in the pic you copied and pasted there is a couch right behind her. Not all doctors wear white coats all the time. How the hell you you know what Cuba looks like?! You seriously need to get off your couch and go experience the world matt because you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Hell, you don’t even know what parody means. You have no business writing these comments. You are only making yourself look dumb.
Posted on 28-Apr-08 at 10:50 am | Permalink
Another Jack wrote:
I feel bad for those who aren’t intelligent enough to get that this is a joke, because it’s freaking hilarious.
By the way, in that picture with no furniture, you notice there are two women together. Well two women together in the same house MUST be lesbians, and as lesbians can’t have children (obvious reproductive issues) that kid must be there for emotion! Another lie! Damn you Michael Moore!
Posted on 04-Jan-09 at 9:46 pm | Permalink
Matt Elliott’s Online – Blast from the Past: Michael Moore trolling wrote:
[...] internet attention his previous two films received for their “lies”, I put together a List of Lies and Untruths in Michael Moore’s Sicko, after watching a pre-release screener version of the [...]
Posted on 09-Jan-09 at 3:20 pm | Permalink
En un país enfermo y adoctrinado, miles manifestaron contra la reforma sanitaria - Página 4 - psicofxp.com wrote:
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Posted on 15-Sep-09 at 11:09 am | Permalink
Bo wrote:
Are you fucking kidding me? Do you seriously think that Canada ALWAYS has snow? Also, our everyday police officers wear BLUE. Our MOUNTIES wear red, and are not who would be dispatched to a clinic for a problem. Do your Canadian research a little more thoroughly, you ignorant jackass!
Posted on 05-Oct-09 at 12:36 am | Permalink
pyaolyangshen wrote:
humorous read. kinda wanted to see some stronger takes on the serious inconsistencies of the documentary. Though I agree that the healthcare system here has its priority in the business market rather than health care, but I do wish that Moore provided more Hard facts regarding the other countries policies, I feel like that was sort of set up. Thanks for the post, it was fun to read.
Posted on 19-Oct-09 at 2:17 am | Permalink
Lindsay wrote:
i am a student in cana-duh as you like to call it doing a paper on the movie, i stumbled upon your site while looking for lies about the health care. You aren’t even making comments about things that matter about the movie. you are mostly just ranting about things you didn’t like. Also, when you were talking about the lady going across the border to Canada, you stated that it ‘didn’t look like Canada.’ It is clear to me that you don’t know what Canada looks like since you said there was no snow, when we obviously only get snow in the WINTER and that the police were wearing blue instead of red, when in Canada only the mounties wear red and the police officers wear BLUE. just thought you and people reading should know that you dont really know more that Michael Moore.
Posted on 25-Oct-09 at 1:57 pm | Permalink
Canadian Girl wrote:
As for snow in Canada… it hardly ever snows where I live. Maybe 2 days out of the year. We have better weather than Washington and it’s right below us! Go figure.
The Mounted Police and regular police issue has been addressed several times… but yes, it’s clear to us that you don’t know your facts either.
And no, I don’t live in an “igloo” (although, by definition, this really is just a house), and no.. I don’t go ice fishing. K, thanks.
Posted on 03-Nov-09 at 1:39 am | Permalink
judy wrote:
This writer gives no viable, educated critisism to any part of the film. He is totally uneducated in many areas. Cubans do drive 1950 cars, and the police in Canada do not wear red when on duty. Maybe you should educated yourself before making a dismal attempt at disqualifing a very interesting film. I have lived in both countrys, and beleive me when I tell you the system in Canada is superior by far to the US system of Health Care.
Posted on 02-Jan-10 at 4:13 pm | Permalink
Gary wrote:
Michael Moore may have made a few mistakes or setup some scenarios, but he doesn’t even come close to the writer of this article for the level of nit-picking. It sounds like to me that this person has shares in an Insurance company and these small, insignificant anomalies are the best they can do to save their rip-off industry!!
The writer never addresses the actual content of the doco, only some of the inconsistencies of the props. Disgraceful!
Posted on 19-Jan-10 at 12:31 pm | Permalink
Ethan wrote:
I was looking to give my media class a presentation on michael moore’s falsehoods and may I say you are right…you have convinced me that michael moor is an alien. I know it sounds crazy, but according to you, if something doesnt have too much logical proof of what it is ( that pathetic dog in the background) than you cant be sure what it is right? But to your credit also, Michael Moore gives no viable evidence he is in America either, I didnt see enough 300 pd plus people or enough mcdonalds for my liking
Posted on 22-Jan-10 at 8:16 am | Permalink