OK, OK... I've turned off my troll light. And I only had it half on before.
I agree partly with Creamo - I'm not really making a good point, but that's because I don't know what I'm arguing against. By which I mean that I'm puzzled as to why people want to rescind Moore's Oscar. I believe the reason to be one of the following, or a combination of one or Moore of these factors, but I don't know for sure which one, or the proportional breakdown should more than one reason apply: [list=1]
- A movie was released as a documentary, but some people are angry because they feel it was not really a documentary.
- A movie which was released as a documentary has won an award which many believe it did not deserve and who are angry about the lead figure having been awarded an Oscar.
- The content of the movie deals with a subject close to the hearts of many Americans, and quotes statistics about which many every day folk are unaware, the main one being the 11,127 gun homicides. (Like many of the movie's critics, I could find no year in which 11,127 was the actual figure. Sometimes more, sometimes less)
- Moore is seen as an NRA infiltrator who his using his knowledge of that organisation to garner support against it, and to champion the cause for more gun control.
- The NRA/gun lobby is upset that guns and even gun lobbyists have been portrayed in such a bad light, and now seek to discredit Moore in any way they can. Were they to actually succeed in getting Moore's Oscar rescinded (unlikely) they will have something tangible that they can hold up in front of the American public and say that "it was all lies! Guns are great after all!"
Assuming that the movie was reclassified in another category, it would still exist. Even if Moore's Oscar award was rescinded, the movie would still be available for all to see.
I am reminded of a situation that arose back in the 1980s. Former MI5 agent Peter Wright had written an inside account of his service, released in a book called "Spycatcher". The then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, had it banned! So what happened? An otherwise nondescript book became an overnight bestseller. I bought my copy in Chicago, and brought it back. Boring as hell, I only got about one third into it. My point is (Creamo pay attention now!) that the book became a best seller because of all the publicity, and not because it was an interesting book - it wasn't.
I see the same thing happening with BFC. The furore created by the NRA and other gunlobbyists and "rescind the oscar" campaigners has given this movie/documentary/cinematographic work a springboard to fame. I might never otherwise have heard of it. Bet you wish I hadn't! I downloaded it from Kazaa. Ban Kazaa!!
Midnight Target - have you seen BFC? You mention Moore's NRA membership, and indeed he does mention it himself when introducing himself to Heston. Heston gives a nod of approval.
I wondered if you had seen that part.
The NRA/Gun Lobby is in no way threatened by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it's just plain redikulolous. 
