Film-maker Michael Moore produced the movie Capitalism: A Love Story in late 2009. In the movie, Moore focuses on the financial crisis in the United States and he centers his attention to corporate greed, wall street, unemployment, and foreclosures. Michael Moore does an excellent job of implementing rhetoric in this movie as he uses pathos to appeal to the audience.
Although Moore's opinions and bias are evident he does a great job of trying to convey his thoughts. He uses examples of people losing their jobs and falling victim to corporations like Walmart. The victims of these situations are all interviewed by Moore as they solemnly state their depressing anecdotes. He also shows how corporations gain money from the lives of people and how they profit off of those that die. Near the end of the movie, Moore shows a protest of people who refuse to leave their work space after being laid off. Eventually, they succeed. Michael Moore uses this to end the movie in order to try and convince the audience that if we organize ourselves we can fix the economy. He also starts off the movie by showing a series of armed robberies and then compares the U.S. to the ancient Roman Empire. This immediately grabs the audience's attention. Overall, Michael Moore does a great job employing pathos into his film.
Mr. Moore utilizes logos efficiently as well by logically drawing conclusions. For example, Moore starts by not knowing what the term "derivative" means in banking because most of his audience probably does not know what it means. So by going through the process of figuring out what it means, the audience is also going through the journey. By the end, he shows us logically what derivatives mean and how they affect us.
Finally, Moore's ethos is the one aspect he seems to fail a bit in. He does bring much evidence to his opinions but all of his sources are democratic like the people he interviewed in congress. Also, he uses too much satire in his movie and although it's humorous, it makes him seem less credible. He depicts the world falling apart as President Bush speaks which is clear attack at President Bush and was simply unnecessary. He also concludes the movie by supporting Obama and praising his motives for change. Because of this, Michael Moore's bias is clear and his credibility is hurt.
Despite this one area for improvement, Moore still interests the audience with his typical humor and nonchalant sarcasm. There are times in the movie where you feel sad, angry, hopeful, and happy. Michael Moore's emotional roller coaster, Capitalism: A Love Story, receives in 8/10 from me and is sure to please you.
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