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Summary: Shame on us.
Review: A quote in an earlier review. bloated trash, October 5, 2003
Reviewer: jxm442 (see more about me) from BROCKTON, MA USA
I could not sit through the 2 hours plus of the self righteous biased bloated michael moore without being nauseated. please will someone shoot this guy !!! And People say there is not a gun and violence problem in the USA. This movie is very important and should be viewed by all.
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Summary: Great and informative film.
Review: This film is worth your time!
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Summary: Dull, devoid of insight, lacking flow
Review: "Bowling For Columbine" would have been completely ignored if it wasn't for the drab, monotonic alternatives Hollywood has tranquilized America with. Desperate to find anything "different", reviewers gave "Bowling For Columbine" far more credit than it deserves. To call "Bowling For Columbine" a documentary is laughable. In a genuine documentary, one of two approaches is taken. The author will either start with a hypothesis and attempt to prove/disprove it through investigative journalism, or he'll investigate a topic in an attempt to provide some insight. Moore does neither. Instead, Michael Moore pollutes the screen with his unpleasant form, bouncing from scene to scene making no points in particular. Hijacking an inevitably controversial topic, gun control, Moore gives his audience a paltry excuse at objectivity by interviewing people on both sides of the issue. Moore follows no path of reason, nor does he make a persuasive case for his obvious anti-gun bias. Just as the audience might start to doze off, Moore becomes inflammatory, badgering K-Mart into policy change and staging an infantile display of emotional drivel and character assassination directed at an overly polite Charlton Heston. "Bowling For Columbine" at long last grinds to an abrupt much-awaited conclusion, cheating this viewer out of an opportunity to demand a refund before the end of show.
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Summary: Honesty makes many uncomfortable...
Review: This movie is fantastic. It's not about easy answers, but tough questions. This is a film that will leave you chewing on the subject long after it's over. If you don't have the fortitude to accept that America isn't all wonderful, and that there are bizzarre problems in our society that other societies seem to have well under control, don't bother - It will only frustrate you. If you take a thoughtful approach to difficult issues, you will love BFC.
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Summary: Criticism of the Critics
Review: Having been a freshman in High School in Denver when the shootings at Columbine occurred, I'd like to thank Michael Moore for making me remember and cry. There has been a lot of criticism of Moore for playing fast and loose with the facts, but as a student in Colorado at the time, I personally remember the events of Columbine in a deeply personal way. I am not anti-gun, I've been shooting since I was nine, and my dad was a member of the NRA before Charlton Heston's insensitve and morally corrupt decision to come to Denver and have his effing rally. Whatever criticism you may have of Moore, his facts regarding the Columbine Shooting are dead on. I had friends at Columbine. And while I fully believe we have the right to carry a gun, I also believe we have a moral obligation as human beings to let a community grieve without attempting to use people's sorrow to further our own ends, which is exactly what Charlton Heston did. I don't care how you vote, but this is a damn good movie about an extremely tragic occurrence, and if Moore did a damn good job.
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Summary: entertaining, but biased
Review: I found this movie to be quite interesting with all the unusual facts Michael Moore states. I don't know how much of it to believe or ignore because I know for sure Moore has no idea about the middle east and believes all the rulers there are dictators by stating "dictator of Kuwait." If that's the case would he call queen Elizabeth a dictator because both countries are democratic monarchies? I am not sure about other facts but this just made me skeptical about the validity of his other comments.
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Summary: Would Have Been Interesting If...
Review: This documentry would have been more interesting if instead of going to Canada and comparing American gun crimes to Canadian's, Moore had instead made comparisons of gun crimes of different American cities and towns. Why is the gun crime rate in Washington D.C and Gary Indiana higher than it is in some other similar sized cities,or why is it lower in others? Also,I thought it would have been interesting for Moore to have gone to inner city areas that are known for gang violence with guns like Los Angeles,Chicago or Detroit and talk to gang members there about why they keep getting guns to do their violence? He could have interviewed some Crips and Bloods while he was in South Central L.A.
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Summary: Interesting, but definitely distorted
Review: Let me just start by saying that I don't, personally, think BFC comes anywhere close to the underappreciated brilliance Moore showed with 'Roger and Me.' I really got the impression that 'Roger' was a much more personal movie for Moore, whereas I saw a lot more ego showing through in BFC. Let me lay down a few things first: 1. I TOTALLY believe that a LOT of facts about the NRA's actions, post-Columbine, were intentionally distorted. 2. I KNOW a lot of facts about Lockheed-Martin were flat-out wrong. That said, it's skewed presentation of the facts almost completely kills the works credibility, and that's terrible because it raises a LOT of really interesting points about our society when compared to other countries and their problems (or lack there of) with violent crime. Moore just seemed to be all over the place with this one, seemingly so desperate to find someone to blame that he can't seem to find his finger to point fast enough.
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Summary: Please, forget politics and watch this movie!
Review: Michael Moore has made a very moving, very well made documentary with "Bowling for Columbine." The story takes interesting twists and turns, and only after an hour or so will you see where Moore is headed. He makes surprisingly effective and powerful statements about why such tragedies happen in the United States. It will be a shame if people do not watch this movie simply because they disagree with Moore's obvious and blatant leftist politics; the emphasis on violence in the US is so much more important than political persuasion. Viewers should note that Moore is no kinder to Bill Clinton than he is to GW Bush. Another big surprise in the movie is a brilliant interview Moore has with Marilyn Manson. Look in particular for Manson's answer to what he would want say to Columbine students. For those that wonder about Moore, and whether his "common man" approach is for real or not, some of the extra features on the DVD should resolve their doubts. His recounting of his "Oscar experience," and another extra showing portions of his first return to Denver following Columbine, are excellent. Bowling for Columbine addresses a number of very important issues in the US. At the same time, it is alternately funny, serious, important, discouraging, and depressing; but most important, it will make you think. This fascinating movie/documentary gets absolutely my highest recommendation!
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Summary: Michael Moore is a big fat idiot
Review: What a disgusting piece of work. This is so edited that it is cartoonish. The guy is a MAJOR liar.
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