Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

DebtotheC Thank the Good Lord; we all know that Osama is at the bottom of some DEEP bottomless, and punishing ocean somewhere on the face of our earth!!! I am grateful that he is no longer a threat to the lives of our American citizens, although his religious beliefs have been overtaken by some equally--possibly even MORE evil people in the form of ISIL supporters that are roaming the planet at will today and in the present. I believe in everyone's right to practice their religion in their own way as long as they don't impinge on anyone's human rights! This could never be said of those super-Muslim supporters and those who believe in the tenets of Sharifa law, which includes those involved with ISIL!!! May God take care of them in an equal and final ending, just as was undertaken and accomplished in Osama's case!

david-sarkies I actually read the book before I watched the movie, though I should have realised that Spurlock no doubt would have written the book out of the movie. A part of me felt that he was trying to capitalise on his success of Supersize Me, but to be honest with you this movie surpasses his first movie on some many levels it is amazing. In a way it appears that what he begins to do is to go on a search for Osama Bin Laden because, being an American who has grown up on Hollywood, a single person can generally succeed where the entire US army fails. However, the catch is that the conclusion that he reaches is so much different to the objective that he set out to do (though I doubt he ever was going to find Bin Laden).In a way one almost wants to dismiss this movie as being out of date since it is now an accepted fact (at least according to American propaganda) that Bin Laden is dead, and the number of terrorist attacks has dropped dramatically since the US withdrew from the Middle East and has now focused its attention elsewhere. However I believe that this movie (and the accompanying book) is actually very helpful, and very important, in helping us understand the ideas of others who live in the world with us.What this movie teaches us is that most of the inhabitants of the Muslim world are actually pretty decent people who don't want to kill us. The problem is that because many of them are poor and have no prospects of employment or bettering themselves then they are ready game for the Islamic fundamentalists. This is actually true of our own culture as we find the Christian fundamentalists also recruiting from the poor and the marginalised to help spread their own extreme understanding of the gospel.The thing that struck me the most was that the most hostile people to Spurlock's exploration actually came from within the state of Israel. Once again, most of the Israeli's were decent people, however he wondered into a very conservative part of the state and discovered that the locals were incredibly hostile, and he didn't even get to ask them a question. The fact that he was not a conservative Jew meant that he was an outsider and basically had to get lost, and if he wouldn't do that voluntarily, they would force him out with violence.As can be expected, and exploration of the Muslim world cannot go past without a visit to Palestine, and the thing about Palestine is that it is not a religious war, nor is it an ideological war, it is basically a war over land and over sovereignty. What Spurlock discovers is that the reason the Palestinians and the Israelis are fighting is because of a dispute over land. The Palestinians in fact do not want Bin Laden interfering in their dispute because, basically, it is not his dispute and it is only making it worse.The problem with reading the book before the movie, or even reading the book, is that he goes into a lot more detail with regards to the problem, and in fact travels to France and to the Muslim ghetto's there. I was actually really disappointed that he did not go to France in the movie because I believe that the problems that are arising there, namely the clash of cultures, is also very important to what is happening. Fortunately we do not see it as much in Australia, with the exception of the refugee debate. The thing is that what conservative Australian's are concerned about is that Muslims will come over here and start throwing their weight around and start forcing us to adhere to Muslim doctrine. This is something that we are already seeing in England, and I believe that it is a legitimate concern. My position is that we should let them come in, but they must understand that this is not their country, but rather a multicultural society, and if they do not like the way that our society operates then they can basically nick off.

Garrett DeRose There needs to be more documentaries about the middle-east, in my opinion. It's a shame that they resort to scene after scene showing us how cool and normal the common Muslim person is. This shouldn't be necessary, but it's a sad truth that this could be considered groundbreaking and perspective-changing material for it's target audience.Now that I'm done dogging on it... I'll get into why I think this is an 8/10.First of all, it took me by surprise. I was expecting something more along the lines of a rallying cry to find Mr. Bin Laden. The message behind the movie was quite the contrary. Morgan discovers that it's just not worth it. There's such an upset over one person. Osama Bin Laden didn't bring down the trade towers... the dark side of humanity did. Simple as that. There were many people, some that we may not even know about - who were involved in the 9/11 plot.To say that justice will be instantly served with the finding/capture/killing of ONE person is naive. That's the general message of this film. He goes around to different countries and has interviews with: Family members, public officials, Muslim clerics, students, and the common people walking down the street.He asks them where Mr. Bin Laden is, just to provide some humor... But then he starts asking them the juicy; important questions."What do you think about the United States?" "What do they teach you in school about us?" "What's your opinion on Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban?" You find that many of these people are strongly against violence, and hold a skeptical or low opinion about the United States. One thing that is pretty constant, the American people are highly spoken of - while it's government is hated.There's rarely an uneducated or hostile person Morgan comes across. Maybe this is because of selective editing, who knows? I was impressed with the overall direction this documentary took. It was very heartfelt and important to me.

fwomp Not quite up to Morgan Spurlock's superlative documentary SUPER SIZE ME, WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN is still topical and interesting. Where Super Size Me had a distinct focus, this newest documentary loses that. Let me explain...Initially set up as a means to make the world a safer place for Morgan, his mate, and their future child, Morgan sets out to find bin Laden so that he can help the world become a safer place. Knowing that the U.S. has spent billions of dollars and countless soldier hours looking for this elusive, tall, dialysized jihadist, Morgan figures maybe all it'll take is one determined future father.Scouring the globe as if he were Carmen Sandiego (Everyone gets that analogy, right? No? Look it up), Spurlock becomes a fearless explorer in and around the Middle East, searching for this dangerous killer. But what starts out as a journey of righteousness turns more into a discovery of the differences that divide the Muslim world from itself, from western religious doctrine, and from the policies of the U.S.. This is where things went a bit haywire for the film. Although most viewers will probably be forgiving of this since journeys like this often lead down other paths, it still felt awkward as Spurlock jumped around between political dignitaries, religious fanatics (on both sides), and U.S. ground-based troops in Afghanistan and how they felt about the war effort.It is commendable that Spurlock used animation (like the aforementioned Carmen Sandiego) to get his point across. The silliness of the animation was meant to show how crazy his quest might seem to us but, in the end, it comes across as something he simply had to do ...if not for his future kid, then for himself and the rest of us who live his experience vicariously.The ending is a pretty big letdown and it didn't line-up very well with the beginning of the film. Seeing the alternate ending on the DVD, I really feel it would've been a much better true ending to the documentary.Still, this is a very topical issue that shows not just one man's quest for answers, but a challenge to the U.S. that shows how close one man can come to finding Osama. Perhaps the U.S. military really doesn't want to find this madman. What reason would we have then for staying over there? Oil? Of course not!