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Bowling for Columbine (2002)
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Michael Moore's superb documentary (following in the footsteps of Roger & Me and The Big One) tackles a meaty subject: gun control. Moore skillfully lays out arguments surrounding the issue and short-circuits them all, leaving one impossible question: why do Americans kill each other more often than people in any other democratic nation? Moore focuses his quest around the shootings at Columbine High School and the shooting of one 6-year-old by another near his own hometown of Flint, Michigan. By approaching the headquarters of K-Mart (where the Columbine shooters bought their ammo) and going to Charlton Heston's own home, Moore...
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Bowling for Columbine Movie Review by B Movie Ben  (4/23/2007) |
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Well, here we go again. over 30 students and faculty gunned down at Virginia Tech and we will again see numerous editorials about how film and music contributed to the violence and little on how the numerous guns that we possess make these things so easy. The fact that our politicians are in the pocket of the NRA is so...
(complete Bowling for Columbine review by B Movie Ben)
| Bowling for Columbine Movie Review by AJ (7/19/2006) |
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When Bowling for Columbine was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, it received a standing ovation that lasted for 13 minutes. Every single second of every single minute of that applause was wholly deserved: Bowling for a Columbine is a profound, disturbing, and absolutely brilliant dissection of America's love for guns...
(complete Bowling for Columbine review by AJ)
No one has the courage that Michael Moore has to seek out the root of the issue. He is a hero of the American public, their champion, even if they don't realize it.
This film reveals how American capitalism has eaten away at the hearts and souls of what the country is supposed to protect: each other.
The scene at the...
(complete Bowling for Columbine review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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