OMG, they didn’t show Micheal Moore being born, so he must be FAKE! They didn’t show the cameraman, so how do we know he filmed it? IT’s FAKE!! All cartoons! They didn’t show the gun being manufactured, so IT’S FAKE!!
Really. Let’s watch an hour of background checking. What an exciting documentary. When i open a bank account, i have to show a photo ID, whether or not they give me a gun. You don’t have to waste the audience’s time filming every last detail to give satisfaction to a few nutballs who can program html between worshipping Reagan and Dubya.
It’s also worth mentioning that, whatever else it might be, Bowling for Columbine is most emphatically not anti-gun. Moore himself is an NRA member and champion sharpshooter.
I mention this because it seems to be the chief misconception about this film among people who haven’t seen it, and there seem to be a lot of them in this thread.
The people who Moore thrives on are the sort of immature “rebels” that would buy his books just because they have observed how much so many people hate him. And they refer to everyone as a “tool.” Don’t worry, it’s only a phase -but at any time there’s always enough in the phase to make money off it.
jellen92
You say Michael Moore’s words have become “gospel” and this makes him pompous. As you said this is a free country. If people think his words are “gospel”, they were the ones that made that choice.
On the other side of the political spectrum, there were and are many people who think the words of Ronald Reagan and John Wayne are “gospel”.
The sword cuts both ways.
Is that a haste generalization or a personal attach I always have a hard time telling the difference
Honestly one of the saddest things I’ve noticed is that the lot of criticism that Bowling for Columbine receives are attaches on Moore and the people who agree with him. I have let to see take up arms against the culture of fear theory he presented in his film or make claims that Canada has higher rates of violent crime than the U.S.
Lear it might be easier to take the “culture of fear” problem seriously if the entire movie hadn’t been dedicated to whipping up a state of intense fear. Just a bit hypocritical. Well, that and the whole, as someone said, making stuff up thing. Heh, so long, I have a feeling most people have their minds made up about the man (and his message, or lack thereof) by this point in time anyway.
My own feelings on Michael Moore have been morphing recently:
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[li]First saw him via TV Nation – wicked, brilliant stuff, wish it was on the air more.[/li][li]Read Adventures In a TV Nation for behind-the-scenes fun. Good stuff, especially the material that didn’t get on the air.[/li][li]Read Downsize This! and found it enjoyable, though a bit odd in parts.[/li][li]Watched Bowling For Columbine and found it slightly uneven. I agree about the “culture of fear” point he was trying to make, but some of his other points got lost in the shuffle. While I understood that parts of the documentary were staged for dramatic effect, I was also disappointed to learn that some of the stuff in the movie was flat-out wrong. Good as a thought-provoking movie, bad as a portrayal of accuracy.[/li][li]Hesitated on buying Stupid White Men and Dude, Where’s My Country? because of the problems with Bowling. Still haven’t bought either book, just because I’m under the impression he’s no longer interested in accuracy, which IMO puts him in the same league as Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh.[/li][/ul]
I guess I’m a slightly-disappointed former fan who’s sad to see Moore place sensationalism over truth. I appreciate that he brings up points that should be brought up, but the way he’s doing things today is not something I can support in good conscience.
(At least there’s now Al Franken to take up the slot – I still haven’t seen anyone demonstrate a factual error in his latest book, so I can enjoy it with a clear conscience.)
Actually it WAS an issue before his spittal-filled raving rant at the Oscars…some people simply weren’t paying attention to those raising the issue before that time.
YOU have the right to move out of the country if you don’t like all the free speech we have here. Feel free to do so. Take Jerry Falwell with you while you’re at it.
Good as a thought-provoking movie, bad as a portrayal of accuracy.[/li][li]Hesitated on buying Stupid White Men and Dude, Where’s My Country? because of the problems with Bowling. Still haven’t bought either book, just because I’m under the impression he’s no longer interested in accuracy, which IMO puts him in the same league as Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh.[/li][/ul]