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It was excellent - very shocking, very satirical, very now. A lot better than reading his books, even though his style of writing is very apparent throughout the film. Plenty of clips of people shooting themselves and each other (most of them I'd seen before, which is quite disturbing), which I'm glad weren't censored because the reality and consequences of this type of crime should be shown. The one that really stood out was the protestor/rioter standing, topless, with his arms spread out, and he gets shot in the stomach by the police. Not sure which country it was - looked like Asia. The one where the woman was pushed to the floor and then shot happened at a funeral - it was the victim's ex-husband, and it was "shot" by a film crew that were covering a story involving them. Now THAT is reality TV!
It did feel at times that he was badgering his interviewees in that quick, sharp tone of his. Charlton Heston in-particular. Sure, he may be a racist, heartless nobcheese (which he proves), but he was also suffering from Altzheimer's, so it was a bit unfair of Moore to pursue him like that. Getting the result from Wal-Mart was amazing though! Just when they thought they were getting ignored, the execs suddenly come down and say they're withdrawing bullets from sale - result! They were discussing it all along, and it turned out good for Moore's cause and good publicity for Wal-Mart. Although it won't help the Columbine victims. Also, did anyone notice how disabled-unfriendly that Wal-Mart place was? A bit like SR Towers!
Something that I got in the books also appeared here - contradiction. There was a whole section of the film devoted to the media and right-wing Christian types trying to put the blame for their violent society on videogames and entertainment. But then Moore points out that some young kids are playing a lightgun arcade game - whose side is he on? One minute he's defending the videogame industry, then he's using it in examples. Just a small episode, but it's sloppy when compared to the facts and figures he can throw at us, seemingly at will.
But Canada rocks. They can leave their doors open and sleep safely at nights, even though they're just over a river from a major USA city (Delaware? - can't remember), and the only gun crime anyone could remember was when a guy from Delaware shot someone with a gun stolen from someone in Minnesota! And I don't think they did ever figure out why there was such a difference in crime rates, even though the population and amount of guns owned and lifestyle was very similar. The finger of guilt was mainly pointed at the media. Stories of killer bee invasions, and bubonic plagues were used as examples of how news channels scare-monger.
So who was to blame? Media? Turbulent and violent history? Politicians? Moore didn't seem to come to any real answers. But if he could find someone or something to blame then the Americans wouldn't have this problem in the first place. Like I said, it's a very good documentary - much more easy to digest than his books, which seem to drag. I enjoyed it a lot, although some parts you don't really "enjoy". Very educational, I hope it makes people more aware of how their countries screw them over.
It did feel at times that he was badgering his interviewees in that quick, sharp tone of his. Charlton Heston in-particular. Sure, he may be a racist, heartless nobcheese (which he proves), but he was also suffering from Altzheimer's, so it was a bit unfair of Moore to pursue him like that. Getting the result from Wal-Mart was amazing though! Just when they thought they were getting ignored, the execs suddenly come down and say they're withdrawing bullets from sale - result! They were discussing it all along, and it turned out good for Moore's cause and good publicity for Wal-Mart. Although it won't help the Columbine victims. Also, did anyone notice how disabled-unfriendly that Wal-Mart place was? A bit like SR Towers!
Something that I got in the books also appeared here - contradiction. There was a whole section of the film devoted to the media and right-wing Christian types trying to put the blame for their violent society on videogames and entertainment. But then Moore points out that some young kids are playing a lightgun arcade game - whose side is he on? One minute he's defending the videogame industry, then he's using it in examples. Just a small episode, but it's sloppy when compared to the facts and figures he can throw at us, seemingly at will.
But Canada rocks. They can leave their doors open and sleep safely at nights, even though they're just over a river from a major USA city (Delaware? - can't remember), and the only gun crime anyone could remember was when a guy from Delaware shot someone with a gun stolen from someone in Minnesota! And I don't think they did ever figure out why there was such a difference in crime rates, even though the population and amount of guns owned and lifestyle was very similar. The finger of guilt was mainly pointed at the media. Stories of killer bee invasions, and bubonic plagues were used as examples of how news channels scare-monger.
So who was to blame? Media? Turbulent and violent history? Politicians? Moore didn't seem to come to any real answers. But if he could find someone or something to blame then the Americans wouldn't have this problem in the first place. Like I said, it's a very good documentary - much more easy to digest than his books, which seem to drag. I enjoyed it a lot, although some parts you don't really "enjoy". Very educational, I hope it makes people more aware of how their countries screw them over.
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It was excellent - very shocking, very satirical, very now. A lot better than reading his books, even though his style of writing is very apparent throughout the film. Plenty of clips of people shooting themselves and each other (most of them I'd seen before, which is quite disturbing), which I'm glad weren't censored because the reality and consequences of this type of crime should be shown. The one that really stood out was the protestor/rioter standing, topless, with his arms spread out, and he gets shot in the stomach by the police. Not sure which country it was - looked like Asia. The one where the woman was pushed to the floor and then shot happened at a funeral - it was the victim's ex-husband, and it was "shot" by a film crew that were covering a story involving them. Now THAT is reality TV!
It did feel at times that he was badgering his interviewees in that quick, sharp tone of his. Charlton Heston in-particular. Sure, he may be a racist, heartless nobcheese (which he proves), but he was also suffering from Altzheimer's, so it was a bit unfair of Moore to pursue him like that. Getting the result from Wal-Mart was amazing though! Just when they thought they were getting ignored, the execs suddenly come down and say they're withdrawing bullets from sale - result! They were discussing it all along, and it turned out good for Moore's cause and good publicity for Wal-Mart. Although it won't help the Columbine victims. Also, did anyone notice how disabled-unfriendly that Wal-Mart place was? A bit like SR Towers!
Something that I got in the books also appeared here - contradiction. There was a whole section of the film devoted to the media and right-wing Christian types trying to put the blame for their violent society on videogames and entertainment. But then Moore points out that some young kids are playing a lightgun arcade game - whose side is he on? One minute he's defending the videogame industry, then he's using it in examples. Just a small episode, but it's sloppy when compared to the facts and figures he can throw at us, seemingly at will.
But Canada rocks. They can leave their doors open and sleep safely at nights, even though they're just over a river from a major USA city (Delaware? - can't remember), and the only gun crime anyone could remember was when a guy from Delaware shot someone with a gun stolen from someone in Minnesota! And I don't think they did ever figure out why there was such a difference in crime rates, even though the population and amount of guns owned and lifestyle was very similar. The finger of guilt was mainly pointed at the media. Stories of killer bee invasions, and bubonic plagues were used as examples of how news channels scare-monger.
So who was to blame? Media? Turbulent and violent history? Politicians? Moore didn't seem to come to any real answers. But if he could find someone or something to blame then the Americans wouldn't have this problem in the first place. Like I said, it's a very good documentary - much more easy to digest than his books, which seem to drag. I enjoyed it a lot, although some parts you don't really "enjoy". Very educational, I hope it makes people more aware of how their countries screw them over.
It did feel at times that he was badgering his interviewees in that quick, sharp tone of his. Charlton Heston in-particular. Sure, he may be a racist, heartless nobcheese (which he proves), but he was also suffering from Altzheimer's, so it was a bit unfair of Moore to pursue him like that. Getting the result from Wal-Mart was amazing though! Just when they thought they were getting ignored, the execs suddenly come down and say they're withdrawing bullets from sale - result! They were discussing it all along, and it turned out good for Moore's cause and good publicity for Wal-Mart. Although it won't help the Columbine victims. Also, did anyone notice how disabled-unfriendly that Wal-Mart place was? A bit like SR Towers!
Something that I got in the books also appeared here - contradiction. There was a whole section of the film devoted to the media and right-wing Christian types trying to put the blame for their violent society on videogames and entertainment. But then Moore points out that some young kids are playing a lightgun arcade game - whose side is he on? One minute he's defending the videogame industry, then he's using it in examples. Just a small episode, but it's sloppy when compared to the facts and figures he can throw at us, seemingly at will.
But Canada rocks. They can leave their doors open and sleep safely at nights, even though they're just over a river from a major USA city (Delaware? - can't remember), and the only gun crime anyone could remember was when a guy from Delaware shot someone with a gun stolen from someone in Minnesota! And I don't think they did ever figure out why there was such a difference in crime rates, even though the population and amount of guns owned and lifestyle was very similar. The finger of guilt was mainly pointed at the media. Stories of killer bee invasions, and bubonic plagues were used as examples of how news channels scare-monger.
So who was to blame? Media? Turbulent and violent history? Politicians? Moore didn't seem to come to any real answers. But if he could find someone or something to blame then the Americans wouldn't have this problem in the first place. Like I said, it's a very good documentary - much more easy to digest than his books, which seem to drag. I enjoyed it a lot, although some parts you don't really "enjoy". Very educational, I hope it makes people more aware of how their countries screw them over.
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