Fahrenheit 9/11 Film Analysis

The three films that I chose for this final project are; Fahrenheit 9/11, CSI season 1 episode 22, and West Wing Season 3 episode 1. These films are connected because they focus on different aspects associated with the attacks on September 11, 2001. Fahrenheit 9/11 is connected to the current topic because its main plot point follows Michael Moore’s narrative of blaming George W. Bush, our president on September 11 2001, for the acts of terrorism. Moreover, the film examines step by step the failures of President Bush before, during, and after the falling of the Twin Towers. The CSI episode took a somber and realistic tone airing an episode that featured Taylor expaining that his wife died when the towers fell. Furthermore, The West Wing,

Bush and the Saudis for all the events that occurred. He pointed his finger too much without having evidence and it seemed as though he had a very biased viewpoint. I feel like he should have looked at this situation with an open mind and conducted more research on the event before blaming the President. If there was non-biased information used, then I could see people taking this documentary much more seriously. However, Moore simply stated his opinion and used his hatred of the President to discuss this issue. This film showed that the American people potentially could have been lied to in order to push for war. There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam was not a threat. Moore blames Bush for 9/11 because he had a great relationship with Al-Qaeda and 9/11 was simply due to financial profits and gains to the Bush family. In West Wing could have been strengthened by discussing more roles in terrorism and not just blaming Islam for the entire event. I do not feel like anything in CSI could have been strengthened because that episode did not emphasize 9/11 and it just focused on explaining the idea that people are not in control in events that