Ad reading: "SICKO - Hilarious! Brilliant!" on the left of my screen...

[Matsubara]

For those of us who have already seen it - did anyone find it "hilarious"?

There were a couple of chuckles in there, but overall, the film REALLY made me sad and ANGRY.

The most infuriating was the family at the beginning, in Colorado.

The daughter had the most unbelievably callous and cold attitude when putting her parents up in her storage room. She had made no special preparations for her parents' stay to make them more comfortable, very matter-of-fact that the room was to stay as it was. The son was also unbelievably callous, telling his parents that "of yourse you have to pay $9000 for a procedure to be done, I understand that, it's the system...it's going to be hard" and otherwise criticizing his parents' decision to treat their cancer and heart disease and complaining about the inconvenience it was causing THEM.

Well, I DON'T understand a system that makes people pay that kind of wad for one procedure, OUT OF POCKET, and I really don't understand what kind of people could treat the people who raied them like such absolute trash. I would NEVER treat my parents like that!

Are most people in America this cold and callous to their own flesh and blood today? It's no wonder we can't get people to take care of their fellow citizen anymore, if they hardly even give a damn about their own parents! :puke:

Then the son who had to go overseas to make some money, well, that goodbye scene was heartbreaking too.


Sicko was a great film. There are a lot of positive words I would use for it, but "hilarious!" is not one of them.

[malaise]

1. Those kids really pissed me off

Any bets the parents did without to give them what they wanted as kids and teens. There's a large section of a generation with an amazing sense of entitlement and no sense of respopnsibility or commitment to anyone but themselves. I firmly believe we are responsible for creating those monsters.

Sicko is great - I've watched the first hour and will finish tomorrow.

[cynatnite]

2. Same here...

My inlaws moved in with their daughter in Washington. She cleaned out the basement, new carpet, and basically redid it for them. I thought it was rather insensitive that daughter didn't even bother setting up a bed for her parents. Then there is that son. What a jerk!

It was a great film with some funny moments, but I was completely pissed when it was done. We, as a country, should be ashamed of ourselves.

[MisterHowdy]

3. Sicko made me very upset.

I almost cried when I saw how much that woman paid for drugs in Cuba.
She and her husband basically went bankrupt paying for medical expenses,
and In cuba her $200.00 meds were selling for 5 cents.

It drives me insane hearing rightwingers defending private healthcare.
There is nothing to defend, it is a horrible, corrupt system.

Private helathcare = you pay thousands, fuck the poor
Public healthcare = Free, quality care for everyone.
PERIOD.

Anyone who argues against this is *@#$ing insane.
PERIOD.

[crappyjazz]

4. No, nothing funny at all about SICKO

I watched it last night. I might have smiled a couple of times, Michael Moore is a humourous person, but overall, I've had a sick feeling in my gut since I saw it (and before people howl about illegal downloading, I have family in the industry and received an advance copy). I bawled through most of the movie and have woken up in the night thinking about it.

I'm Canadian, and I hope every single Canadian sees this and appreciates what we have. We often howl up here about taxes and about how "nothing is free" but not one of us have to worry about losing our house or going bankrupt if we get sick.

I was going to type more, but just thinking about it overwhelms me and I don't really know how to express what I feel.

[MisterHowdy]

5. Canada, Is wonderful.

I too live there and appreciate our healthcare.
I would pay double the taxes I currently pay to keep it the same.

Harper always fiddles with the idea of a two-tier system.
And he gets slammed because of it.
Thank god.

Two-tier helthcare would spell the end of quality healthcare in Canada.

[crappyjazz]

8. Yes, we are indeed extremely lucky

I work in healthcare and the appalling lack of appreciation takes it's toll. I will be buying several DVD copies to send to friends.

And holy cow, FRANCE! I'm jealous!

[cynatnite]

9. I saw a guy lose his house...

because he couldn't pay his medical bills after a heart attack.

As an American, I am more ashamed now of my country than ever.

[Canuckistanian]

10. Was it really that bad?

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have a good idea what the themes are.

I don't live too far from you and my wife had a hip replacement in Hotel Dieu a few years ago. The care was superb and my wife is once again living a normal life. The cost? Our transportation and a few hundred bucks for some subsidized equipment.

I think about Americans every time I go to the hospital and realize that this same care would cost $thousands.

We're all healthy and NOT in bankruptcy because of our system.

[crappyjazz]

11. It's not just that bad, it's worse than I imagined

what is the most stunning about the film, is that it is not about the Americans that don't have health insurance at all, it's about the ones that do

Seriously, I barely slept a wink last night and I cannot get it out of my mind.

[Canuckistanian]

6. They used the same words for Roger & Me

Fun! Wacky! Irreverant! (or words to that effect)

I found it to be one the most depressing movies I ever saw. I was appalled by what he was showing and felt genuinely sorry for the people of Flint, MI.

But, I guess they have to draw the crowds in somehow.

[Matsubara]

7. Yeah, I guess if it works and end up educating someone, that's a good thing.

"Roger and Me" will always have a special place in my heart. It was a huge awakening to me in my young life, and had a lot to do with my change from an apolitical young person to someone whose political priority will ALWAYS be the poor and working classes, because more than anyone else, they are the ones who ALWAYS get screwed over.

[JDPriestly]

12. You have to choose -- the most extravagant defense in the world

or good health. We pay to be the boss in the "free world." We pay a lot.