Bowling for Columbine

Pros: Moore's biting wit and nonflinching veiwpoint.
Cons: There are times when this film crosses the line.

After watching The Big One, I decided that documentary filmmaker Michael Moore was someone that I wanted to keep an eye on. He's gutsy and not at all afraid of taking on corporate giants such as Lockheed Martin and K-Mart. And he's not one to back...

Pros: A humorous and heartbreaking look at the reasons for gun violence
Cons: Moore's liberal stance is a bit intrusive at times

When a tragedy such as the school shootings at Columbine High School happens, everyone has an answer about blame. Some blame the National Rifle Association, which was once led by Charlton Heston, for having a strong lobby in Washington. Many support the...

Pros: Some good facts to make you think
Cons: Some really stupid stuff

I am not a fan of Michael Moore, nor do I hate him. I think he's a guy who sees a fortune to be made and goes for it. Yeah, I do think it's that simple. As far as my politics, I tend to lean towards the Libertarian view points, after having been a ...

Pros: Smart, savvy, hilarious and problematic.
Cons: Preaches mostly to the choir; Typical muckraking Moore.

You may perhaps have heard that Bowling For Columbine is Michael Moore's "Anti-Gun" film. If you heard that from a conservative friend who used that as a justification for hating the film, that friend is a moron and shouldn't be allowed out of the...

Pros: Some good points are made about the contribution of fear to violence
Cons: Very biased; Some irrational and misleading statements are made

Why does the United States lead the world in the number of deaths by gunfire? This question is puzzling to many, including the experts, and no one has a clear explanation why America is number one in gun- related homicides. Other industrialized nations, ...

Pros: Insightful, provocative, liberal documentary that will make you think.
Cons: Charlton Heston's not in line to see it. But he's IN it!

The tagline for this documentary is “Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?” Coming from writer/director Michael Moore, who has already done the excellent film “Roger & Me” and penned one of my new favorite books...

Pros: lots of ideas explored and questions asked
Cons: disjointed feel, no real conclusions reached

I'll start right off by saying that for most of my years, I never owned a gun. Living in New York, I never felt the need to own a gun for self-defense. I always felt that if I felt that unsafe that I felt the need to own a gun, I would move. So what did ...

Pros: Well produced, written, and arranged. Also intelligent, humorous, and thought-provoking.
Cons: ...

What causes gun violence in the United States? This near-impossible question is what Michigan native Michael Moore attempts to answer in his Academy Award winning documentary Bowling For Columbine. He travels from the wilds of northern Michigan to L ...

Pros: moving, powerful, insightful
Cons: the Charlton Heston interview because everyone else objects to it

I started writing a review of Bowling for Columbine more than three months ago, but I didn’t get very far. The film made me cry and so angry that I had a headache for the next couple of days. I wanted the film to make me want to write ...

Pros: Has many theories as to why the US has such a high murder rate.
Cons: Moore does seem to shoot a bit more at the right with his aim.

What we have here is a man with an agenda!!

Michael Moore takes us on a ride through theories. The question is, "Why is America so violent with it's guns?" The ride is at times direct and to the point, sometimes it's bumpy and slow, but most...

Pros: Thought provoking (sometimes.) Highly hilarious (sometimes.)
Cons: Bullying tactics. Rabble-rousing Rush Limbaugh for the left.

As I sat through Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore's documentary about gun violence in the United States, I found myself thinking about telemarketers. You're sitting at home, eating dinner and talking about the day's events when the phone...

Pros: Very original...
Cons: A film that won awards for being a documentary that is entirely off base.

What a load of crap! I can not believe that people are so gullible and naïve as to entertain Michael Moores shallow explanations and so called solutions. Moore would have you believe that it's K-MART and Carelton ...

Pros: often hilarious, fascinating, well-made, charismatic
Cons: occasionally irreverent, too much muckraking?

With so much muckraking industriousness and brutal honesty in what appears to be an endeavor to shred, douse, and burn the archetypical American Dream that the United States has grotesquely grown obese and stupid on; Michael Moore’s scathing...

Pros: many interesting points and enlightening perspective on what's happening
Cons: manipulative editing of facts, statistics to persuade viewer into a narrow-minded conclusion

If you haven't watched this movie. Go out and watch it. If you read my review before watching the movie, you may find that you may approach the movie with a slight bias given by my bold statements and arguments about it. So, I'd suggest anyone ...

Pros: Masterfully shifts tone
Cons: Melodramatic near the end, preaches to the choir