Sicko

The movie Sicko was such an interesting movie. I have never seen a documentary before and I really enjoyed it. When I was watching the movie, I was getting so upset and I wanted to pack my bags right away and move out of the United States. But once I finished the movie and read the first article, I started thinking about what really goes on in all these countries. It really sucks that America is supposed to be this great country, yet people are suffering and dying because the hospitals won’t treat them or their insurance companies decided to turn on them and the patients become upset. I asked my dad if we have ever been denied by our insurance and it was sad to find out that my mom has over a lot of things because of her illness. I thought to myself though because not everyone is suffering. America is good in a lot of ways. In France and Canada there are many other problems also and the article “'Sicko': Heavily Doctored, By Kurt Loder,” talked about how much money it is costing them to have socialized medicine and the problems they are having because people have to wait on waiting lists to get procedures done.
When I read the article “Out of focus,” it talked about a documentary that was made about Iraq insurgency. The article talks about how film makers make it seem so bad, but they miss so many things. They don’t seem to have the real reason why people killing people over there. The documentary makes it seem like they do it because of the simple question “What would you do if someone invaded your country.” The article talks about how this isn’t the reason for a lot of people thought, because the main reason is their religion. This article doesn’t have to do with the movie Sicko, but it deals with the broader basis that documentaries leave out a lot of important information, and a narrator to explain things during the movie so you don’t get lost. In Sicko, I never got lost because Michael Moore was the narrator throughout it. He did a great job at explaining what was happening, the problem was that he didn’t explain the full truth. When you watch that movie I’m sure everyone is just ragging after it, but is that really the entire truth. Not everyone in America is suffering like those people, and Moore makes it seem like everyone is suffering.
The last article that I read was “From Ballet to Buddhism.” It was about a documentary a young boy made who is now making more and is famous. He was just eight years old when he shot his first documentary. The boy has won many prizes and has continued to keep making documentaries. Anyone can make a documentary; it’s the quality of the documentary and the truth behind it that will determine if people are going to enjoy it. Sicko was a good quality because of the narrator, but the truth behind it is sketchy. There are two types of people after watching this movie, the ones that believe it and the ones that don’t. The documentaries the little boy made made it seem like everyone was for it because his seemed simple. Sicko is a little more confusing and takes some time to think about it.
So what is the truth? The more I think about what side is right the more and more confusing it gets. So this is what I have decided. I believe the movie Sicko to some extent. I know that our insurance companies have too much power on the people. I know that there are people in the United States that are being denied healthcare, which is extremely sad. I also know that other countries have socialized medicine which seems very good in many situations. I don’t believe though that Sicko told the truth in every situation and that he found the worst people that have had problems with our healthcare so of course it looks bad. He didn’t explain the entire truth about Canada, Britain, and France either. So after watching and thinking about this documentary, I have decided that I am 50-50 on it and that is how I will remain until I know what exactly the truth is.