a marquee reading 'Capitalism: A Love Story'
Overture Films

Capitalism: A Love Story: Michael Moore's new movie about the financial crisis finally gets a name.

Michael Moore will arrive in theaters on October 2, and it's finally got a name: Capitalism: A Love Story. In the press release, Moore says that the film will be "the perfect date movie," and adds, "It's got it all — lust, passion, romance, and 14,000 jobs being eliminated every day. It's a forbidden love, one that dare not speak its name. Heck, let's just say it: It's Capitalism."

It will be interesting to see how a Michael Moore movie railing against large corporations and the financial system fares in an environment where everyone's already doing it. It's a swing at a pretty big target at this point — he's going to be competing with, among others, every other edgy, ironic gadfly who was inspired by Roger & Me back in the day and is now a crusader against all the same things Moore is against.

So I put the question to you: Are you eager to see what Michael Moore has to say about the financial crisis? Did he ever have any charm for you, and does he still? Do you find his description of the movie tantalizing? Wearying? Something else? I sense that the earth has shifted under the guy a little bit, and it will be a different thing to market this movie in late 2009 than it was to market Roger & Me in 1989.

What do you think?