Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Console best movie i've ever seen.

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Amy Adler As most of the world knows, in April 1999, two Columbine High School students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, took guns to school and shot thirteen students and one teacher dead. How did they get the guns? What does bowling have to do with anything? Those looking for an in-depth look at the two shooters will be disappointed. Although Mr Moore does record that Harris and Klebold went bowling on the morning of the shooting and later takes two of the wounded students, now recovered, to buy bullets at Kmart, this is not really about Eric and Dylan. Rather, it is more of an examination of the "gun culture" of the USA. The National Rifle Association, in this film headed by Charlton Heston, has ensured that getting a gun and ammunition is as easy as filling a prescription. Moore notes that we are unique among countries in that our rate of gun shootings and killings far surpasses that of Canada, our nearest neighbor, and other Western civilizations. Some have blamed violent video games, some singers like Marilyn Manson (interviewed in this film as a favorite singer of Harris), still others that "family department" stores like Kmart and Walmart have the weapons and the ammo. Interestingly, Moore also takes a look at Work-to-Welfare programs like the one near his hometown of Flint, Michigan. A young single mother was forced to work at a casino, 90 minutes away, to satisfy the welfare requirements but still couldn't pay the bills. When she was forced to move in with an uncle and had to leave her six year old son in his care, the young lad found his uncle's gun and took it to class, only to shoot a fellow student dead. what a tragedy! In short, anyone wanting to talk about the Second Amendment and gun control would do well to begin with this film. Those seeking in- depth information on the Columbine shooting should look elsewhere.

murray_johnc I'm generally an admirer of Michael Moore's work, but his film-making IQ was at a low ebb when he did Bowling for Columbine. I'm not going to spend too long expressing my disgust with Moor'e sleazy "got-ya" attack on Charleston Heston; by posing as an NRA member he cynically took and advantage of an aging man's mental confusion as Heston succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. Moore creates ridiculous fantasies, as he suggests Canadians don't bother to lock their doors at night (if Moore seriously believes that break-ins and burglaries don't occur often in Canada, he should try living in Vancouver's DTES or the North End of Winnipeg. Another ridiculous assumption is that Canada is not a nation of gun owners.Instead of doing such ridiculous comparisons of the US with Canada Moore should have chosen Japan as his field of study. Japan has the lowest rate of gun crime in the world. In 2014 there were just six gun deaths, compared to 33,599 in the US. What is the secret? If a Japanese wants to buy a gun in Japan the applicant must attend an all-day class, take a written exam and pass a shooting-range test with a mark of at least 95%. The applicant must also undergo mental health and drugs tests, a criminal record check and police will look for links to extremist groups. Then authorities check the applicant's relatives and work colleagues too. And as well as having the power to deny gun licenses, police also have sweeping powers to search and seize weapons. That's not all. Handguns are banned outright. Only shotguns and air rifles are allowed. In most of Japan's 40 or so prefectures there can be no more than three gun shops, and Japanese gun owners can only buy fresh cartridges by returning the spent cartridges from their previous visit. THAT's why Japan has near zero gun crime. Japanese culture is at the apex of human civilization, and they wisely shield their society from the influx of riff-raff from less enlightened parts of the world.

framptonhollis Michael Moore may be the most controversial filmmaker around. Every time he releases a new film, there is bound to be tons of controversy. Many will agree with him, and many will disagree with him. Many may agree with his points but disagree with the way he expresses them. However,there is one thing about Michael Moore's films that everybody must agree on: they are extremely one sided and manipulative-and "Bowling for Columbine" is certainly no exception.Don't get me wrong, this is one of my favorite documentaries! It's hilarious, satirical, entertaining, and powerful-but it's also a propaganda piece. Those who Moore dislikes are harshly villainized throughout, and Moore manipulates his audience with many different methods. Various pieces of footage and music are chosen to make his film just a tiny bit more powerful, a few montages are inserted just to persuade you a little bit more.However, the points that he makes are very powerful and important. His sense of humor and justice collide to show that the United States is a country full of problems that must be solved. He offers reasons and solutions that are normally backed up by solid evidence, and the final product is equally funny and impactful.And, I must also point out, that after re watching it I have discovered that "Bowling for Columbine" is much more than just a "gunz r bad" movie! You can be a hardcore gun lover and still agree with many of Moore's points and be a fan of the final product, because, as the movie goes on, Moore stops targeting so called "gun nuts" as much as he does the media and large corporations. America's obsession with guns and violence is satirized throughout, but the movie is about far more than that.

schoolcraft-25536 When an American is asked why she thinks there's less crime in Canada, the answer is 'fewer blacks'. Moore counters by revealing that 31% of the Canadian Polulation is non-white. Maybe, if you count Native population as well as Asian and Latin American population.The facts: Preston, in the Halifax area, is the community with the highest percentage of blacks, with 69.4%; it was a settlement where the Crown provided land to Black Loyalists after the American Revolution. And... Halifax had the highest rate of gun-related violent crime of all major Canadian cities in 2012, according to Statistics Canada. According to the 2011 Census, a total of 945,665 Black Canadians were counted, comprising only 2.9% of Canada's population, and this figure includes Black Canadians of mixed race.What do you say to that —Michael Moore?