Sunday, April 27, 2008

Bowling for Columbine

Honestly, I am not sure what Moore's thesis would be if I had to think of one. Throughout the movie he brings up several points that could affect the rate of violence but he never really comes to a conclusion. He explores the idea of poverty and how your economic standings affect the rate of violence. Moore shows how the United States has more gun violence than Canada but Canada has just as many guns. All of Moore's points seem to spur discussion but, at the same time, he never comes to answer any of them. I found this kind of annoying. I feel like throughout the movie he is trying to get answers, which came across in a very pushy way, but he never comes to any conclusions. He also seems to only include points in which he could find enough information and if he couldn't find information on the other points he just skipped them instead of informing the public of those reasons as well.

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