Wow. I can't remember seeing a film before this one and thinking I've got to have it as soon as it comes out. The film is desperately tragic in some places, hysterically funny in others and a must-see for everyone over the age of 13.
Michael Moore is certainly opinionated, and Bowling for Columbine expresses those opinions strongly and clearly. Gun violence is reprehensible and the United States suffers grievously from it. The film explores the question of why it's so much worse here than other places.
Moore raises the question: if easy access to guns was the only cause, wouldn't Canada have the same problem? No answer seems readily apparent. I have an opinion of my own, though. It has a lot to do with fear, as Moore stresses. Fear of competition, fear of other people taking away what is ours. Fear that we're not going to get enough, that other people will take what we need. The cause is a combination of overpopulation and the lack of a support structure for the economically disadvantaged.
See this film and form your own opinion.
Michael Moore is certainly opinionated, and Bowling for Columbine expresses those opinions strongly and clearly. Gun violence is reprehensible and the United States suffers grievously from it. The film explores the question of why it's so much worse here than other places.
Moore raises the question: if easy access to guns was the only cause, wouldn't Canada have the same problem? No answer seems readily apparent. I have an opinion of my own, though. It has a lot to do with fear, as Moore stresses. Fear of competition, fear of other people taking away what is ours. Fear that we're not going to get enough, that other people will take what we need. The cause is a combination of overpopulation and the lack of a support structure for the economically disadvantaged.
See this film and form your own opinion.