The Michael Moore film "Bowling for Columbine" showed various scenes from the past to bring awareness to a problem. Although this film was released in 2002, there is no doubt, that the issue he brought before us still applies. Over a decade after Moore attempted to bring awareness to the issue, the issue has only become worse.
The film focused on three major tragedies that had occurred before the movie. Columbine, Buelle, and the Oklahoma City tragedy were the three main events that Moore dealt with in the film. All of these events brought great attention from the media as these events proved to be the firsts in a line of many more to come. Moore attacked this issue early looking back at the string of events. After the three events he talked about, it would become more and more common. In the country today we have come to expect tragedies like these almost once a month, if not more often. In a sense I feel Moore was a little ahead of his time in terms of attacking this issue. I wonder how much more popular this movie would have been had it been released recently. I believe a majority of the people at the time of the movie release thought these were just fluke events that would not continue. This, unfortunately, is not the truth, as the tragedies have accumulated exponentially since the movie's release. I did admire what Moore did at the end of the movie by seeking out several kids from the Columbine incident and bringing them to the K-Mart headquarters. I think this might have been a symbol for the fact that if the people really felt like there needed to be change, that the people could do so.
I believe "Bowling for Columbine" was an informatory film with an obvious political pull. Although this pull might turn some people off, the issue Moore brings before people is an issue that truly needs to be resolved.
