Movies That Blew

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote]I thought "Bowling for Columbine" was a great documentary, albeit a very extreme view of a truth that this country has too many unnecessary firearms.[/quote]

But it wasn't a documentary at all! It was a highly deceptive piece of propaganda, but not a documentary!

You need to check this out and then get the DVD and see for yourself: [url="http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html"]Truth About Bowling for Columbine[/url]

[IcePrincessKRS]

"Puma-man! He flys like a moron!"

[hopeful1]

[quote name='Luthien' date='Jun 3 2004, 10:12 PM'] Mystery Science Theatre 3000, best show ever! Has anyone else seen it?

[/quote]
Isn't it

[hopeful1]

let' see, there's just about every movie staring Hugh Grant (something about that guy ), Jack the Bear (saw it when i was little). And i'm sorry, but Gone with the wind. had to watch it in american history. Scarlett O' Hara just annoyed me too much.

[voiciblanche]

School of Rock - that movie was horrible.

[Luthien]

MST3K-Quest of the Delta Knights. I almost died laughing at that one.

[popestpiusx]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Jun 4 2004, 03:53 PM']
Not "Bowling for Columbine", which was filled with lies, deceptive splicing of various gun-related speeches, false statistics, and incorrect positions? [/quote]
I heard that one was bad, but never watched it. Probably a good thing too.

[popestpiusx]

[quote name='geetarplayer' date='Jun 4 2004, 05:00 PM']




I thought "Bowling for Columbine" was a great documentary, albeit a very extreme view of a truth that this country has too many unnecessary firearms.

[/quote]
Too many firearms???? Not possible.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='popestpiusx' date='Jun 5 2004, 09:58 AM'] Too many firearms???? Not possible. [/quote]
Weren't you in the Marine Corps? So this view from you isn't that surprising ...



My take on [i]Bowling for Columbine [/i]is that Moore's message is not about the NUMBER of guns available in the U.S., but about the cultural climate in which these guns exist.

He contrasts the U.S. with Canada, which according to him has a comparable number of guns per capita, but a significantly lower per capita homicide and violence rate. I personally think this is an important question to ask ... why is it that we -- a "civilized" developed country not currently engaged in a civil war -- comparatively have such high rates of violent crimes, particularly those involving guns?

While Mr. Moore's antics aren't always the most tactful way of addressing the subject (to put it mildly) he does bring up some societal issues that could be considered contributing factors here: poverty; violent movies, games and music; poor moral guidance; lack of parental involvement and control; the fact of our country's frontier heritage; an overall culture of fear.

I think to write this off as being "anti-gun" is missing the major point of this movie, which is to examine the roots of violence in our culture, and perhaps then to be able to address these issues.

[cmotherofpirl]

I have seen [i]Dogma[/i] several times. Even though the theology is terrible, I still howl at watching Matt Damon and Ben Affleck debate it.

[Kilroy the Ninja]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Jun 5 2004, 11:20 AM'] I have seen [i]Dogma[/i] several times. Even though the theology is terrible, I still howl at watching Matt Damon and Ben Affleck debate it. [/quote]
Agreed!


It's awful of me, but I love the scene on the bus... the whole thing. The whole "Are you married?.... To each other?" Just an indulgence really of the kind of judgement I'd love to pass on people if it were actually ok to do so.


Yeah, I'm going to confession... just gotta find my shoes...

[Kilroy the Ninja]

[quote name='Raphael' date='Jun 4 2004, 04:09 PM']
But it wasn't a documentary at all! It was a highly deceptive piece of propaganda, but not a documentary!

You need to check this out and then get the DVD and see for yourself: [url="http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html"]Truth About Bowling for Columbine[/url] [/quote]
That is an awesome link!


I highly suspect Moore's new piece of garbage documentary is more of the same clap-trap.

[~*AnCoRa33*~]

ABOUT A BOY (I think that is the title..)
I COULD FEEL MY BRAIN CELLS COMING OUT MY EARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Winchester]

Well, since even if you kill someone with a gun breaking into your home, you get tossed in the clink, I am not surprised Canadians off each other less with firearms.

Different culture, and not one I'd prefer to live in.

Michael Moore was a great influence on me when I was young: Roger and Me was a great film, and it gave me a long period of communism, socialism and left me a sympathizer of those systems and the good ideas behind them. I owe a great deal of my economic philosophy to Mr.Moore. Sadly, he's chosen folly over wisdom in too many areas, and his site is populated by jack-booted liberals who would, if they had the guts and numbers, kill people like me.



Monster's Ball: overrated tripe.

In the Woods: never heard of it? keep it that way. Dreadful straight to video attempt at horror

On Dangerous Ground: Segall squints his way through a role as an EPA/ninja. Abominable.

Titanic: Grotesque melodrama. Beneath the fetus-headed Leonardo DiCaprio, who is a pretty good actor.

Stigmata: Utter balderdash, nearly hilarious with its ravening stupidity and Catholic conspiracy theories. The vomitously misleading "reality" bent makes it all the more ridiculous. A literary equivalent: The DaVinci Code, which is more miserable conspiracy excreted from the oral bowels of some wild-eyed fruit loop.

[crusader1234]

Well, somehow I'm not surprised considering you said you wouldn't want to live in Canada - but I have to say, Stigmata was NOTHING like the Da Vinci code.

True, both deal with aspects of Catholic faith and dont properly represent it, but Stigmata was a horribly done film, whereas the Da Vinci code is excellently written.