Sicko
Categories: Reviews
Written By: Kei Centillion
Today I woke up with a heavy heart, as had become quite usual, living as an American that must fight for what I consider my rights day in and day out. Now, what usually helps me relieve my pain is going online, and browsing forums that my foreign neighbors frequent, and trying to thus come to better conclusions with more insight I could not understand on my own (or at least criticize some form of stupidity for the lulz).
Now, while browsing a forum, I saw a line quoted from a movie, Sicko, and I remembered acquiring a copy of the movie, and so out of curiosity I decided to finally watch it (after all, I have it, and it’s an odd day off).
From the intro, I could I tell that there was something… different about the movie. At first glance a while back ago, I had figured this movie would be a perverted attempt at something. At the opening scene my stomach almost turned as I thought that this would prove correct (the leg thing). But as the movie progressed, I quickly fell in love with it.
The message of this movie is a powerful one, and the way it is set up is so… amazing, so professional, so… perfect. I found myself laughing, crying, and excited to really try to get my faith back in humanity. There really is some good in the world, though being a lower middle class resident in southern America kind of makes things seem otherwise.
I really feel this is a movie all Americans should watch; I feel obliged to say so.
This movie explores in depths the evil of the American system, and how this false dream perpetuates the cycle of fear, depression, and compliance to a system that should have never came to be. It really makes me wonder, who are we? Why are we doing this to ourselves? This movie takes an in-depth look at how the US medicare system measures up to much more efficient health care systems the world over; I was shocked at how everything the American media and government says is “the wrong way” is truly billions of times more efficient and fair than the American government; which clearly and shamelessly bastardized 9/11 volunteers, spitting in their face and leaving them to cope with the problems generated by lending a helping hand on - problems that Michael Moore solved by taking the same volunteers to Cuba, where they got instant health care and medical attention - for free.
This movie easily made my top 10 of all time.
September 28th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
The UK gave the public a health service 5th of July 1948. Some say it is the best health service in the world. Some people in the country would have to disagree. I think its amazing, and my encounters have been agreeable and left with no questions. The thing is. That every year the health service costs more and more and more. I know this is partly due to new medications, vaccines, such; though there is the underlying fact that there is no profit so no cost comparison. The thing that really gets me is. Drug companies can buy the licence to the drug they invent for a VERY long time. Drug companies should be allowed a cap upon the time, and or until they repeal all costs and make so much profit.
The American system is simply not fair. Though the UK system allows companies to take them for a ride.
I dont know if they employ companies to clean the hospitals or whether they are employed through the NHS. I do know. They pay cleaners quite a lot of money. They could pay the wardens money to keep the cleaners in check. Paying them lots of money does not mean they will do a good job.
Ill have to watch Sicko. Dont it sound like some gore horror movie.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I really thought it was going to be along the lines of a horror or gore movie! But I was indeed proved wrong about those assumptions.
Michael Moore explores in depth the injustices of the American medicare system, and how most foreign nations (some third world!!!!), while going about a different (gasp, socialized) aproach, are exponentially more effecient, fair, and above all - cheaper.
America is epic fail. Unfortunate, but we must do the best we can to make our-once great nation stand tall and proud. Have a long way to go, and the obstacles seem insurmountable, but where there is a will there’s a way; even when seemingly 99% of American politicians rally to the death against such common sense, there is still hope (at least I like to think).
$700 billion (1/13th GDP) spent to aid failed supbrime-lending mortgage companies. 1/10th the GDP spent on a war on terrorism.
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All the while, morale drops across my country. You can see it in our people’s eyes. We have lost faith.