I just went to go see Bowling for Columbine. Wowza. The movie was unfucking believable. I think Michael Moore is a freaking genius. I starting crying about 1/2 an hour into the movie and never really stopped. I'm getting kind of choked up right now to tell you the truth. Filled with things that make you want to look away from the screen like actual security camera footage of Columbine and 911 calls, it’s horrifying. There were things that he talked to people about that I didn't know what to make of. The kid who talks about building bombs for example. Well I know for a fact that my boyfriend, his brothers, and their dad used to build bombs and set them off in the woods. What does that mean? I used own a copy of the Anarchist Cookbook and have vaguely considered blowing some people away when I was in high school (especially football players and cheerleaders)-I don’t think I was ready to do a school rampage. When a home security expert said the word Columbine and his face just crumpled, the movie stopped being funny.
Some moments were neat like when they showed footage of Katie Sierra there was spontaneous applause in the audience. There was a cool interview with Marilyn Manson. Moore was wrong about killer bees though; they have reached Texas and are very dangerous. As I said, it was a hard movie to watch, too many images of death and adults crying (which always kills me). The stuff with the boys from Columbine and Kmart was great; it was cool to see change actually happening in front in your face. And it was interesting to find out that Matt Stone went to Columbine. The last bit and interview with Charleston Heston was interesting but too melodramatic and expected. What I liked most about this movie is that Michael Moore does not blame guns or lack of gun control for our culture of gun violence. He doesn’t really have an answer. Watch it. I plan to see it repeatedly.