I'm usually a few years behind on movies, aren't I? :-) Watched this last night. Was pretty good. I do know Moore movies sort of stretch/twist/spin the truth a bit.. or use truth with other truth to make new truth (make sense?) by splicing things together in the movie.
What I actually found most interesting were the (real?) stats between gun deaths here and everywhere else. Him speaking with the Canadians about safety and gun, and what is different between us and everyone else where more people here kill eachother. If those stats are real with the number of killings, and number of guns, gives us something to think about.
Posted by Kevin at July 15, 2004 08:37 AMThis is funny. I too just recently (last week) saw bowling for columbine. I wanted to see that movie b4 downloading... uh, I mean seeing F9/11. Well, I guess it was really more the fact that I was able to find a quality torrent of BFC and went with it.
Anyways, I was impressed by the exact same thing. The numbers. Numbers don't lie... right? But if Bush is number 1, then why does he lie? I digress.
Another thing I thought was cool, was that at first, it seemed that Moore was going to make a case for anti-gun laws and the like. Seemed like he was showcasing redneck gun owners and that one crazy fucker especially who put the gun to his own head, and I was thinking "this is not what I was hoping for, becuase it's kind of shallow"
But, I think he intentionally kind of misguides the viewer at the beginning, and takes you on a walk through the understanding process, as if you are discovering it all with him. So that when he reaches what I believe was his final theory, you understand why he came to it.
From what I got out of it, Moore believes that the media and government keep the public in a perpetual state of fear, and that is the root of many of the problems here. And it has nothing to do with gun laws. It is a little more than that, but just watch the movie if you are curious. And if you are not curious... why?
I liked the sequence where he walks into peoples houses in Canada, to see if the doors were really unlocked. I know I lock my doors. Even the one inside the garage when the garage is closed. Not that I'm going to stop that or anything. Just thought it was interesting.
Posted by: Jim on July 15, 2004 3:11 PM