Bowling For Caroline Analysis

BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE

"BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE", DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MOORE, DEALS WITH THE PROBLEMS OF GUN CRIME IN AMERICA. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS FILM IS TO PERSUADE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR IDEAS ABOUT GUNS AND GUN LAWS. MOORE CONSTANTLY REFERS TO OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS CANADA AND THEIR GUN POLICIES TO BACK UP HIS ARGUMENTS FOR INCREASED GUN REGULATION. HE IS SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO COUNTER ARGUE ANY REASON GIVEN BE PRO-GUN SUPPORTERS AS TO THE REASON WHY AMERICA HAS THE HIGHEST GUN RELATED CRIMES AND DEATH, EVEN THOUGH OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE SIMILAR ATTITUDE TOWARDS VIOLENCE. THE SCENES THAT BEEN SELECTED FOCUS ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE FILM, WHICH PRESENT MOORE'S ABILITY TO PERSUADE HIS AUDIENCE INTO HIS WAY OF VIEWING GUN CRIME.
YOU TURN ON THE NEWS AND WHAT DO YOU HEAR? MURDER, HOMICIDE AND KIDNAPPING. THERE IS SO MUCH EXPOSURE OF CRIMES IN THE NEWS THAT THEY DO IT TO SUBCONSCIOUSLY MAKE PEOPLE GO OUT TO BUY THINGS, TO KEEP THE GREAT US ECONOMY GOING. THE POLITICIANS SCARE PEOPLE INTO STOCKPILING FOR THE Y2K BUG, THE POTENTIAL CHEMICAL ATTACKS FROM BIO-TERRORISTS SO PEOPLE RUN OUT TO BUY DUCT TAPE AND PLASTIC AND SEAL UP THEIR HOUSES. THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH FEAR IN THE US THAT IS EXPLOITED BY THE MEDIA AND THE POLITICIANS. GET A GUN BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOURSELF. YOUR NEIGHBOR MOST LIKELY HAS ONE. AT THIS POINT MICHAEL MOORE FAILS TO PERSUADE ME. IT FELT LIKE HE IS MANIPULATING ME INTO THINKING THAT IT'S THE FEAR THAT CAUSES THE AMERICANS TO KILL. I THINK THIS WAS THE WEAKEST ARGUMENT IN HIS FILM. IT MIGHT BE TRUE IN SOME RESPECTS BUT HE FAILS TO TRY TO LOOK FOR OTHER ANSWERS THAN THE ONES HE HAS PRESENTED. COULD IT BE THE LACK OF GUN CONTROL? THE LAX CONTROLS OF SALES OF MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS, HANDGUNS AND OTHER NON-HUNTING STYLE WEAPONS? THE LACK OF EDUCATION ON GUN USE? THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS AND FACTORS BUT THOSE WERE NOT DISCUSSED BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HIS
I THINK HE WAS REALLY EFFECTIVE. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE PART WHERE HE HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH MARILYN MANSON. THE CAPTIONS BEFORE THE INTERVIEW WITH MARILYN WERE HOW THE MEDIA AND OTHERS DECIDED THAT ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF THE COLUMBINE SHOOTING HAD TO DEAL WITH MARILYN MANSON AND THE TYPE OF MUSIC HE SINGS AND THE LYRICS TO THOSE SONGS. THEY WERE ALL LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME FOR THE SHOOTING THE BOYS DID. IN EVERY NEWS SHOW THAT MOORE SHOWED IN A SEQUENCE OF CLIPS ALL HAD TO SAY THAT MARILYN HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SHOOTING AT COLUMBINE. WHILE MOORE WAS INTERVIEWING MANSON, THERE WASN'T ANY MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND, WHICH I FEEL WAS GOOD TO HIS PART. HE SHOWED THAT HE WAS A CIVIL PERSON WHO IS JUST IN THE INDUSTRY OF MAKING MONEY. MOORE DIDN'T USE ANY TYPE OF SYNCHRONOUS BY PLAYING HIS MUSIC IN THE BACK GROUND WHILE DURING THE INTERVIEW. HE DIDN'T PERSONALLY TELL THE KIDS TO SHOT UP COLUMBINE HIMSELF. HOWEVER HE ASKED HOW MANSON FELT ABOUT THE BLAME BEING ON MOSTLY ON HIM, HE REPLIED WITH A STATEMENT ABOUT HOW IF YOU "KEEP EVERYONE AFRAID, THEY WILL CONSUME." MEANING THEY WILL CONSUME GUNS TO "PROTECT" THEMSELVES FROM EVERYONE ELSE. AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW MOORE ASKS MANSON WHAT HE THINKS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE, OR WHY ERIC AND HIS FRIEND DID THIS. HE REPLIED WITH "LISTEN TO THEM, NO ONE DID." THIS HELPS OUT WITH PATHOS, BECAUSE THIS SHOWS MARILYN MAKES MUSIC FOR PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO HIM, AND ESCAPE FROM ORDINARY