Elephant

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J.T. H. @JTH006 15h One of the most quietly powerful films I have ever seen. Sticks with you long after viewing. See more Megan H Nov 30 People who are giving this movie a low rating and calling Elephant boring are not understanding the purpose of this movie. No, this movie was not supposed to be exciting, gripping and dramatic because, the Columbine tragedy it was based on, was not. They were regular people. Regular teenagers. This movie does a great job at spreading awareness to a gun violence topic without making it extraordinary. The horror of this movie comes from the fact that two regular boys decided to do this. No motive to move the plot - just straight experience. I will forever cry to this movie and its importance in the 21st century is astounding. There will be no change in the world if we don't see others as completely human. There will be no change in this world if you cannot feel empathy and anger for the regular teenagers whom you've watched go through a normal day in the life until that life is taken and they are boiled down to a simple number statistic. Go watch this movie and be horrified that people's main takeaway is that it was boring. See more Davi 1 @Davitr3 Nov 10 With Elephant, Gus Van Sant reaches a rare kind of cinematic purity — a quiet, almost spiritual observation of the absurdity hidden within the everyday. His direction is an act of restraint: no rush, no emotional manipulation, just the slow drift of time and the inevitability of what’s to come. The camera moves through the school’s hallways like a ghost, witnessing lives intersecting in innocence and oblivion. Van Sant directs with unsettling serenity — the horror emerges not from violence itself, but from the calm that precedes it. Every shot feels like a meditation on perception. He forces us to watch, to wait, to feel the weight of the ordinary turning into tragedy. The absence of commentary becomes the most haunting statement of all. Elephant is cinema stripped to its essence — observation, time, and space as pure reflection. Gus Van Sant directs like a poet who understands that silence can sometimes speak the loudest. Rating: 8/10. See more Ash H Jun 25 Elephant is a haunting, and sadly true story that does an excellent job at not sensationalising the lives lost and staying respectful whilst showing the tragedy in this format. See more Dani G May 3 One of those movies that just goes, without any previous or later explanation. It just tells a story, Sadly, inspired by real life See more ringo l Dec 26 Ok, so I see that the film has gotten many award, it tried to really recreate what was happening in the day in many different students perspectives. The scenes were very and I mean very slow, there were minutes long scenes where u just follow the student walking down the hallway, I get it, they are trying to create the regular school day atmosphere, but it was getting lowkey kind of boring. I wish they would ve spend more time on the shooter's motive. The shooting was definitely heavy and impactful, especially knowing that it is a real event. See more Read all reviews

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