subtract the guy in the mask and this is the Bush administration

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2006)

We live in an era that is tough to satirize since the fake newscasts in this movie are indistinguishable from Fox News, and the lies, crimes, and fear-mongering of the government to protect their corporate masters were actually a bit understated compared to what we see in America now.
The only false note was John Hurt as the angry, yelling dictator, Sutler. Even our own president, the Texas Tard, does't blow up like that, though if he did, it would probably make some people love him more.
The question this left me with is how bad things have to get in real life before people react. Obviously, the random arrests of Muslim Americans including an Army chaplain, domestic eavesdropping without warrants, and even an unprovoked war against a country that couldn't harm us are not enough. We could probably get as far as open dictatorship like in this movie, and it would only bother people enough to make them crack open another beer.