Even Moore on Farenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11 Breaks Records in Military Town
"'Fahrenheit 9/11' sets record"
By Matt Leclercq / The Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina)
June 29, 2004
…Many were like Natalie Sorton. She is 25 and married to an infantryman who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"I want to see what my husband is fighting for," Sorton said Monday before going into the theater with a friend, Kathy Norris.
Another military spouse had recommended the movie. While Sorton described herself as a moderate Republican, she said she gained respect for Moore after seeing his last documentary, "Bowling for Columbine."
…"I think it's going to open my eyes a little, and that worries me," Sorton said before taking her seat.
…After Monday's showing, Sorton emerged with a grim face. She said she plans to buy the film on DVD and give it to everyone she knows.
"I'm disgusted," she said. "Disgusted."
The film changed her opinions on the war in Iraq by convincing her that oil and corporate interests were behind decision-making, she said. Worries over whether Moore would vilify soldiers were unfounded.
"I don't think they portrayed them as bad," she said. "I don't think it portrayed them as not doing their jobs. It showed them doing what they're told.
