The more I’ve researched the topic and every ones views, I’ve come to the conclusion that Michael Moore exaggerated Bowling for Columbine horribly. Although the intent of the movie was acceptable, the way he presented the information was very bias and not your typically “documentary” style. The academy’s definition of a documentary is: An eligible documentary film is defined as a theatrically released non-fiction motion picture dealing creatively with cultural, artistic, historical, social, scientific, economic or other subjects. It may be photographed in actual occurrence, or may employ partial re-enactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact and not on fiction.
Although the Columbine shootings are non fiction, Moore uses that as his mechanism to get into peoples heads by appealing to emotion. When people see the shootings with the the facts hes throwing at us in between, its very easy to believe every word he is saying. Many of the speeches that were shown were heavily edited to make the effect even stronger(Hardy).
Overall I believe Bowling for Columbine is very deceptive and over-rated. To the naked eye, its not difficult to believe the words that are coming from his mouth when he appeals to emotions like he did; however, when I researched facts about the movie, I have come to the conclusion that this movie was a crock.
