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Bowling for Columbine!
Feb. 14th, 2003 12:53 amWhat a mind blowing film! I sat and held my head like I had a tooth ache on both sides half the time, the other half I was laughing. Went and saw it with Stardream 42 to get a break from my writing, and now I can't think of anything else..
What I'm wondering now is...How was this masterpiece received in the USA? I mean..Moore has a very good rep here in Europe, the swedish papers gave "Bowling.." good reviews, but what about the States? Do lots of people see it? What do they think?
The reactions in a typical swedish semi-full movie theater was a looot of laughters, even though some where confused ones..and some tears actually. No one was unmoved.
I have to thank my rp friend Matt for informing me on "the Trench coat mafia - thing" and of course cxgeek for giving me more details about that particular incident and high school.
But the film was about many things, not just Columbine...and I'm afraid I'm never going to view mr Charlton Heston in the same way again...
If I were to write a sociological essay, I would write about all those modern day "Scary Monster - archetypes" used so frequently by the media to angle our perception of reality into fear.
Three major ones: The black/Immigrant non caucasian male
roleplayer/live roleplayer
hard rock/heavy metal listener
But there are many many more. And incidentally, one of the most intelligent remarks in the film was made by Marilyn Manson.
What I'm wondering now is...How was this masterpiece received in the USA? I mean..Moore has a very good rep here in Europe, the swedish papers gave "Bowling.." good reviews, but what about the States? Do lots of people see it? What do they think?
The reactions in a typical swedish semi-full movie theater was a looot of laughters, even though some where confused ones..and some tears actually. No one was unmoved.
I have to thank my rp friend Matt for informing me on "the Trench coat mafia - thing" and of course cxgeek for giving me more details about that particular incident and high school.
But the film was about many things, not just Columbine...and I'm afraid I'm never going to view mr Charlton Heston in the same way again...
If I were to write a sociological essay, I would write about all those modern day "Scary Monster - archetypes" used so frequently by the media to angle our perception of reality into fear.
Three major ones: The black/Immigrant non caucasian male
roleplayer/live roleplayer
hard rock/heavy metal listener
But there are many many more. And incidentally, one of the most intelligent remarks in the film was made by Marilyn Manson.
