Elephant

I love Gus Van Sant's directing style so much, and it really helped this movie. I felt so claustrophobic the entire movie, and I enjoyed how the violence wasn't romanticized like how columbine movies usually are. I also really enjoyed the long walking scenes, they added to the tension of the movie knowing that these characters are walking to their deaths. I also enjoyed the nonlinear narrative, it really helped shape the unorthodox style of the movie. People usually complain that this movie has too little characterization to actually care about the characters, which I think is wrong. The whole point of this movie is too show how the media only remembers who the perpetrators of violence are, not the victims. honestly I just had to remove half a star because I do agree that the pacing was a tad off.