Sunday, March 14, 2004

You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire

I think every American should see Bowling for Columbine. I think any person, in fact, should see this movie.

It is a documentary; but, it is not about the Columbine incident which happened 1999. Rather, it is about the American ethic. And on a more specific vein, it is about weapons and why so many people are killed by them each year in the US.

But it is far more than any of this. It says so many little things, so many other things.

At one point in the movie, it shows how the US stacks against other countries in deaths by guns each year. Each country listed has deaths by guns somewhere in the few hundreds or even the double digits.

The US has 21,041 deaths by guns each year, if I am remembering the statistic correctly. I may have made it a little bigger than it is, but you see the point. You see that in comparison with other countries, the US is far, far, far higher in regard to deaths by guns.

The movie is made by Michael Moore, which I'm sure many of you have heard of. You'll remember he won an Oscar for Best Documentary, and came up and talked about his disillusionment with Bush and the Iraq war.

My dad says that Moore is a fanatic; that he is desposed to a cause. And he says that he only does things to get attention.

Wrong. Wrong. Moore is more than that. He's less than that, too. He's just a man saying what should be said. He's a man saying things as he sees them, just like my dad so heavily badgers me at times for not believing in the Christian faith. Moore is someone that, if you disagree with him, you just need to realize it's his opinions he has and your opinions you have.

As far as I'm concerned, Moore has said things to me that make far more sense than most any politician has. But Moore isn't a politician, he's just a man exercising his right to free speech.

Call Moore whatever you want. He still has some things to say that will make you think, even if you disagree.

I am supposing I could talk about this movie pretty in-depth. But I believe I will save it for later.

Just see this movie. It is one of those that will stay with you. It is second on my most recent favorite movies only to The Last Samurai.

This movie will teach you something. It will make you learn. It will make you think. It will make you cry. It will make you laugh. It will make you wonder. It will make you do many things, so many things that you cannot help but agree with me on the point that this movie has many things to tell you if you let it.

But some of course will not watch it simply because they do not agree with what Michael Moore has to say. And this is stupid. It's as stupid as anyone that said they're not going to see Last Samurai because Tom Cruise plays in it; it's as stupid as people can get to not give this movie a chance.

I'll do a more in-depth post later on. For the moment you have this.

I've also seen one more Michael Moore documentary. That was Roger and Me, which was about the death of his hometown, Flint, Michigan, if I remember correctly.

As I've said again and again, see this movie.

This movie was exceptionally excellent. It won many awards, and not without reason. This movie is for most anyone, and will make most anyone think over things.
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