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great, great film by michael moore. if you can pick it up i defitily would. i would also suggest watching the trailer on the dvd first, just to give you an idea of what to expect if your never heard of the film before. oh and it won an oscar for best documenty i think.
 
I also thought It was an excellent documentary, and yes it won a Oscar for "Best Documentary Feature". I also seem to remember Michael Moore getting some stick about his acceptance speech, I think he had some things to say about the war that didn't go down too well.

With regarRAB to the documentary though it was enlightening to see Charlton Heston defending his actions and standpoint on guns, especially in one instance where the NRA (National Rifle Association - I think thats the name), who he fronts, quickly organised a pro-gun rally a couple of days after some children had been murdered by a couple of crazed kiRAB with some automatic weapons. I lost a lot of respect for the guy after that.

Moore did go off the rails a bit on some points but I guess it needed some angles to make it viable, although I still the think the moral of the piece came through all that.

It left me thinking about Moores point on how he considers the News and media affects how we live our lives, and got me looking at our news in a different light.
 
controversial, emotive, shocking, thought provocative: yes.

amazing how Canada is more advanced as a nation than US in terms of using/owning +willy nilly shooting ppl with guns.
 
brilliant film. We watched it in Ethics at schoo. I got home then promptly rented it and watched it a further 3 times.
Some of the things that were revealed about the US really shocked me. And that whole welfare to work program made me feel physically sick.
 
i'm amazed no-one has pointed out all the, ahem, *liberties* Moore took in the film.

despite that I still say fair play to him for making a film that at least stops to raise questions about the whole issue, even if some of his answers are a bit ropey.

but then, I think thats the point, he highlights the fact that a lot of the *answers* put forward don't really count for much, and as such the questions still need to be asked until they are.

Iain
 
watched bfc again 2day, must say im thinking about investing in one or all of michael moore's books, can any body suggest the best one.


I like 'Adventures In A TV Nation' personally. As a new member I'm not sure if I can advertise for companies but a big high street chain with the letters MV & H were selling all his books in the 'Buy 2, get 1 free section' - at least they were the last time I looked!
 
There is a campaign to get it's oscar revoked as it isn't technically a documentary, since most of it is lies :) It's very well constructed lies, and uses *creative* editting to make people appear to be saying one thing, when in fact they are saying something totally different. http://www.revoketheoscar.com/ has lots of details.
 
I had a look a that site, and the points mentioned for why the documentary Oscar should be revoked are minor and technical.

As far as the site goes generally its clear to see that its totally anti-moore and seemingly anti-common sense. Every post seems to start off with a discussion point then quickly goes into chaos with abusive posts one after the other. I moved away from the site after seeing an advertising post for tickets to a NRA (National Rifle Association) function, and another post about how New York deserved 9/11.

I quickly came back to the semi-sane RAB :)
 
i think, despite its flaws, and despite Moore's manner, the film at least brings the subject into the open, asking questions etc.

clearly there is a gun problem in the states, and as such should be addressed.

some of the criticisms are stronger than others - for example one criticism was the way in which he used gross figures for gun related homicides, even tho, even with them as per head of population there are still clearly far more in the states than pretty much anywhere else.

Iain
 
I would advise getting a copy of "Stupid White Men".

Very thought provokingand once I started reading it I literally couldn't put it down.
 
Revoketheoscar isn't the web site that had all the details, but I can't remember that site. I found it via a link from Fark, but could remember the url for revoke :) Yes, the revoke site is ott, with quite a few nutters. For a well balanced view go to http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html . This deals with the distortions introduced, there are good reasons for gun control, and you don't need to lie to make the case.
 


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