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really the only thing i have against Michael Moore is that he has made everybody forget what documentary films are.

This isn't because he 'doesn't make documentaries.' it's because he does.

I think his influence on the genre has been very complicated, in that it has pretty much reinvigorated/reinvented it for a new generation of budgetless filmmakers. but a lot of what has come out of that has been pretty mediocre. then again most films are mediocre, and there have been some pretty good documentaries recently as well.

if anything, what keeps michael moore's films from being strict documentaries to me is that he focuses a little bit TOO MUCH on "facts." whether or not they are true is kind of another issue.