Michael Moore has not let a single stone unturned in his quest to disparage the loose gun-control this country faces. Although this is definitely an opinionated piece of work, I would refrain from saying it is one-sided. An example is when Moore talks to the arrogant and care-free pool player who when questioned whether the buyers of his stolen arms and drugs were black, replies "Yeah, predominantly."
In the same documentary where Moore tries to inform us that TV series like "COPS" encourage false perception like majority of criminals being black, he shows this true on the face comment of a guy who from his own experience tells us that most of the gangsters are black. If moore were really one-sided he would have excluded that footage since he himself would be falling into a pit of showing blacks in bad light.
I particularly liked the K-Mart scene and also the scene where he appeals to the news media to cover pollution that blocks the view of the Hollywood sign. The documentary takes a gripping and chilling turn when Moore focuses on the Columbine shooting and when he reveals to us a harsh truth that this country breathes with fear which is also a view that is expressed by Marilyn Manson the rocker. Manson definitely did not soil my stereotype of an arrogant rocker who does not give a damn about the society and media. Manson did not judiciously justify that the kids and teenagers followed the President more. How many of us believe that kids today come home from school and turn on CNN or MSNBC to watch their president brief about middle-east or something? On what basis did Manson conclude that the president has more influence on kid's minds? It was even more sillier when he says that with an undeservedly arrogant tone!
Moore's courage and guts to ask the supercilious NRA chief Heston to apologize to the people of Columbine and Flint deserves a special mention. So does his last act in the Heston estate when he places the girl's photo against a pillar.
Over all, a great film that made me laugh, cry, fear and finally sit up and think hard about something that convolutes this country into unending fear violence and paranoia!
In the same documentary where Moore tries to inform us that TV series like "COPS" encourage false perception like majority of criminals being black, he shows this true on the face comment of a guy who from his own experience tells us that most of the gangsters are black. If moore were really one-sided he would have excluded that footage since he himself would be falling into a pit of showing blacks in bad light.
I particularly liked the K-Mart scene and also the scene where he appeals to the news media to cover pollution that blocks the view of the Hollywood sign. The documentary takes a gripping and chilling turn when Moore focuses on the Columbine shooting and when he reveals to us a harsh truth that this country breathes with fear which is also a view that is expressed by Marilyn Manson the rocker. Manson definitely did not soil my stereotype of an arrogant rocker who does not give a damn about the society and media. Manson did not judiciously justify that the kids and teenagers followed the President more. How many of us believe that kids today come home from school and turn on CNN or MSNBC to watch their president brief about middle-east or something? On what basis did Manson conclude that the president has more influence on kid's minds? It was even more sillier when he says that with an undeservedly arrogant tone!
Moore's courage and guts to ask the supercilious NRA chief Heston to apologize to the people of Columbine and Flint deserves a special mention. So does his last act in the Heston estate when he places the girl's photo against a pillar.
Over all, a great film that made me laugh, cry, fear and finally sit up and think hard about something that convolutes this country into unending fear violence and paranoia!