This is a really great view of the problems with gun ownership in the USA. Moore attacks the issues surrounding the problems that people have with guns from the perspective of someone who obviously advocates gun control. The movie is actually less about the high school shootings than it is about the bigger picture of the problem in the USA. The only reason that it did not get a higher rating is because of the ending: WARNING--HERE THERE BE SPOILERS: When he has Charlton Heston basically admitting his racist tendencies and ignorance of problems in mainstream America, it is ingenious. He should let Heston just hang himself right there. But instead, he persistently starts to harass the old man with a picture of a young girl who was shot and ends up over blowing his point. He could have just shown Heston the picture, explained his point of view, and when Heston walked away his point would have been made. Instead, he badgered him (big surprise!). All in all a great film, but with nuances of the pain in the rear end that Moore prides himself on being that just take you out of it.
Review of Bowling for Columbine
