The reason why everybody likes movies and especially Hollywood movies is that the main purpose of making a movie has to do with selling dreams. Our lives are so monotonous, routine, and uneasy, that everybody wants to escape from that reality and movies seem to be the best and easiest way to do so. However, unlike most of the American movies "Bowling for Columbine" does not sell a dream, it sells you a reality the American one.
This movie, actually documentary, tries to find the answer to the question: Why in America there are more homicide cases than in any other country in the world? It looked like Michael Moore couldn't find the answer to that question. And I don't know about him, but I have my answer, which I would like to share with you:
First of all, there is no way you could compare 30 million Canada with 300 million USA. Demographical structure, population density, economy, and I would say even the climate are completely different. The same applies to the comparison with Germany and especially Japan where 99 % of the population are Japanese.
Secondly, of course the historical factor matters and here again the inappropriate comparison with England, Germany, France and Japan. You cannot compare a few isolated incidents (OK even more than a few) with the everyday killing that was going on thought out the American history.
The mass media in this country. It is one thing to go and see one Schwarzenegger movie at the movie theater, another is to watch violence and shooting everyday on the TV in your home. No other country has such TV programs.
Marilyn Manson also provided part of the answer to that question. By the way, this guy is good.
And finally, I think that there is no other nation in the world that has made money a cult. In the USA like in no other nation everything is money; and we all know that where there is money there is blood.
Well anyway, I will stop being a philosopher for now. Going back to the movie a would say that it is definitely a worth seeing one. Very entertaining. Recommended-9 stars out of 10.
This movie, actually documentary, tries to find the answer to the question: Why in America there are more homicide cases than in any other country in the world? It looked like Michael Moore couldn't find the answer to that question. And I don't know about him, but I have my answer, which I would like to share with you:
First of all, there is no way you could compare 30 million Canada with 300 million USA. Demographical structure, population density, economy, and I would say even the climate are completely different. The same applies to the comparison with Germany and especially Japan where 99 % of the population are Japanese.
Secondly, of course the historical factor matters and here again the inappropriate comparison with England, Germany, France and Japan. You cannot compare a few isolated incidents (OK even more than a few) with the everyday killing that was going on thought out the American history.
The mass media in this country. It is one thing to go and see one Schwarzenegger movie at the movie theater, another is to watch violence and shooting everyday on the TV in your home. No other country has such TV programs.
Marilyn Manson also provided part of the answer to that question. By the way, this guy is good.
And finally, I think that there is no other nation in the world that has made money a cult. In the USA like in no other nation everything is money; and we all know that where there is money there is blood.
Well anyway, I will stop being a philosopher for now. Going back to the movie a would say that it is definitely a worth seeing one. Very entertaining. Recommended-9 stars out of 10.