I saw it last night at 1000 Van Ness. Sunday night, 9:45pm: full house. Raucous crowd jeering at the endless dumb commercials before the movie.

It's an unfocused and crude movie. Moore has too many targets and comes off, at times, as a bit of a loon. The stuff in the second half is a lot better; Moore lets a Michigan woman who has lost a son in the war pretty much take over. There's an authenticity to her grief that is undeniably powerful.

I was watching some jackasses on the PBS show "Inside Washington" concur, unhesitatingly and without argument, that this movie will have no effect on the election. They're wrong. It'll solidify the base, jack fundraising, and change the minds of swing voters in a poll-noticeable way.

Go!

...also, what Billmon says.