Bowling For Columbine

Michael Moore attempts to explain the Columbine massacre and gun violence in the U.S. in general. He is good at what he does. He provokes us, makes us feel, he makes us think. I'm very uncomfortable with his movies though. He sneaks up on people, he ambushes them. He makes connections between people and events that don't necessarily connect the way he infers they do.
The facts he presents us don't always add up and we wonder if we are being presented the whole story or some biased version. The logic he uses seems slippery.
Michael Moore won an Oscar for this documentary. He is very successful and influences many people. That makes me a little queasy. He pushes people's buttons, uses emotionalism as a shortcut to gain our support instead of making a clear coherent argument. I feel uneasy thinking that people believe his form of sensationalistic, ambush journalism has real merit.