First there was Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 911", then there was some group's "Fahrenhype 911", then somebody did something else that had a number in the title that was a vague satiric reference of some sort to Michael Moore's stupid film.
But just when you thought it would be impossible to satirize something as already ludicrous as "Fahrenheit 911" comes a new excellence in satirical short films:
One of the most controversial and provocative films of the year, Fellowship 9/11 is Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore's searing examination of the Aragorn administration's actions in the wake of the tragic events at Helms Deep.*
With his characteristic humor and dogged commitment to uncovering - or if necessary fabricating - the facts, Moore considers the reign of the son of Arathorn and where it has led us.
He looks at how--and why--Aragorn and his inner circle avoided pursuing the Saruman connection to Helms Deep, despite the fact that 9 out of every 10 Orcs that attacked the castle were actually Uruk-hai who were spawned in and financed by Isengard.
Fellowship 9/11 shows us a Middle Earth kept in constant fear by "Orc Alerts" and shows us a Middle Earth kept in constant fear by "Orc Alerts" and lulled into accepting a piece of legislation, the Patriot Scroll, that infringes on basic civil rights. It is in this atmosphere of confusion, suspicion and dread that Aragorn, backed by the secretive "Fellowship Group," makes his headlong rush towards war in Mordor - and Fellowship 9/11 takes us inside that war to tell the stories we haven't heard, illustrating the awful cost to soldiers and to orcs and to their families.
*Not really. This is a parody.
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[Via Karl]
Posted by Clifton at November 17, 2004 08:30 AM | TrackBack