Review of Elephant (2015) by Daniel T — 06 Jan 2010

I was interested in reading what other people had to say about this movie until I started reading all of the negative comments about how the students stories weren't interesting enough and it was boring.

The whole fucking point of it is that it's an ordinary school with ordinary students, that's what makes it so interesting and the finale more disturbing. For those that don't know this movie was inspired by the Columbine school massacre, so we know exactly how it's gonna turn out.

Part of me was hoping that the actual massacre would be more suggested than depicted but the violence made it even more shocking and tragic. The style of the movie was brilliant, with only about 20 or so minutes of actual school time shown from different students view points.

Not an easy watch at times but a must see.