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Without turning this into a political thread, some people are reporting that their "Bowling For Columbine" DVDs are two-discs, and some are stating that theirs are two-sided. There's a little bit of confusion going on with this title. To those who bought it, is yours two discs or two-sided?
Mine's two-sided.
Larry Geller
08-20-2003, 09:52 AM
Mine's 2-disc
Grant
08-20-2003, 10:09 AM
Mine has two discs. I prefer it that was so I lucked out!
Jamie Tate
08-21-2003, 05:42 PM
2 disc also.
Dugan
08-21-2003, 07:17 PM
Haven't watched it yet but it's a 2 disc.
Originally posted by Clay
Is it worth watching?
It's hilarious. The last bit with Charleton Heston is a bit much, though. Moore went over the top methinks with this stunt, when the rest of the movie was great without the Heston "hijack."
JohnG
08-21-2003, 10:10 PM
Yes it is worth renting.
Moore makes a couple of good observations like why is America so violent at times compared to other cultures (we are very rich). And why does the Media push fear so much that the average guy/girl is a nervous nelly.
That part really resonates with me after hearing the Feds warn us silly this past year with yellow/orange /red colors and that we better all run out and duck-tape our houses. Ridiculous!
The good old days of trying to make everyone feel calm and safe are over. Fear sells apparently. I know in my line of work it keeps my job very secure. When people fear everything, they want more police etc...
Moore can be over-the-top at times but his essential point is good.
Ralpho
08-21-2003, 10:51 PM
2 Disc here...
Better than 'Roger & Me' and definitely worth owning.
JohnG
08-22-2003, 08:44 AM
I loved the buy a CD get a Gun segment.
"Maybe I shouldn't be waving a rifle around in a Bank".
...we will never see that promotion here on Long Island. In fact they don't even give out free toasters here anymore.
When you watch movies like this one, you really realize we American's are nuts! Lovable nuts I'm sure....unless one of them is waving a Gun in your face :D
Jamie Tate
08-22-2003, 12:17 PM
Originally posted by Clay
Is it worth watching?
Depends on your political views. You'll either love what he's saying or hate what he's saying.
Michael is an interesting phenomenon. He's made a career out of being that normal, flannel wearing average guy. He's slow moving and speaks like he's about to fall asleep but he's obviously an intelligent guy with an interesting way to get his point across, whether you agree with him or not.
What was the name of his Fox series? Loved that episode where he went to Russia looking for the missile pointed at Flint, MI. Funny stuff.
Larry Geller
08-22-2003, 12:20 PM
TV Nation
Grant
08-22-2003, 01:29 PM
Originally posted by skysaxon
It's hilarious. The last bit with Charleton Heston is a bit much, though. Moore went over the top methinks with this stunt, when the rest of the movie was great without the Heston "hijack."
I thought the Heston "hijack" was the best part and made Michael's point better than anything else in the documentary.
I don't thin k Moore went far enough!
Brian Cruz
08-22-2003, 01:46 PM
I think Michael Moore pushes fear more than the "government". I think they do a background check on those new bank customers. What happened in the Charleton Heston part?
Jamie Tate
08-22-2003, 02:36 PM
Originally posted by seckels
What happened in the Charleton Heston part?
He didn't have answers for Michael's questions and wound up walking out of his house.
Grant
08-22-2003, 02:41 PM
Originally posted by yesman
He didn't have answers for Michael's questions and wound up walking out of his house.
Yeah! And, Heston said very little. But what little he did say and do at the end of the movie seemed to be very damaging to himself and the organization he once represented, IMO.
Jamie Tate
08-22-2003, 02:45 PM
Originally posted by Grant
Yeah! And, Heston said very little. But what little he did say and do at the end of the movie seemed to be very damaging to himself and the organization he once represented, IMO.
Yup. It made him look very uninformed and stupid, IMHO of course. :)
Grant
08-22-2003, 03:33 PM
Heston *appeared* very callous and uncaring, among a couple of other things to some. IMO, the non-interview with Dick Clark was almost as disturbing.
To sum it all up, this is a must-see movie for everyone to make up your own minds.
Jamie Tate
08-22-2003, 04:02 PM
Originally posted by Grant
He *appeared* very callous and uncaring, among a couple of other things. The non-interview with Dick Clark was almost as disturbing. Now that's as far as I can go without violating forum rules.
I just watched it for the first time a few hours ago. There's some really disturbing things in this flick, not excluding those you mentioned. The video from inside Columbine High School during the shootings was awful. So was the montage of people getting shot unexpectedly. Horrible stuff. People can be so cruel to one another.
That's all I can say without violating forum rules too. :)
The flick does include a good advertisement for Canada though. :)
Grant
08-22-2003, 04:04 PM
I think I want to move to Canada! :thumbsup:
Jamie Tate
08-22-2003, 04:06 PM
John B, Gary Dave... got any room for Grant and me? :D
Grant
08-22-2003, 04:15 PM
Yeah! You guys don't know how good you have it up there!
James RD
08-22-2003, 05:30 PM
Interesting movie. Moore is quite good at this sort of thing and he makes some very good points. But, please don't call it a documentary.
And I think it should be noted that Heston has been displaying signs of his illness for quite some time now. This "ambush" was unfair.
Jamie Tate
08-22-2003, 06:10 PM
Originally posted by James RD
Interesting movie. Moore is quite good at this sort of thing and he makes some very good points. But, please don't call it a documentary.
Well, it's a non-fiction, 2 hour news story. :)
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