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Old 08-03-07, 10:51 AM
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So, Elephant by Gus Van Sant. Anybody see?

Movie based on the events of Columbine, but the thing is... it doesn't take the route of trying to explain the motives or... really anything. It just sits back and observes as the events unfold. It's a typical day at a High School, and you get a lot of scenes where really nothing happen. It uses really long shots, like the camera just following someone down the hallway.

And this is why it's chilling. Because it doesn't have an agenda. It just is. I highly recommend it but keep in mind it's not going to excite you, but it should draw you in.
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Never seen it. Well with your good recommendation about Fight Club, I suppose I shall watch this one too.

I'm trying to find somewhere to watch Dark City, but I can't even find it to download off of Limewire. I don't feel like spending money.
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Haha yeah I hear ya. Well I found Dark City as a torrent. I use torrents and emule to download movies.
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I've tried torrents but I always get like a 5kb/s speed. And that takes a while when the movie is 500MB big.
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Jus' be patient, foo!
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I've never seen the movie, but I can see how it is rather chilling. Rather than two guys going into school and shooting people, it is people at school when two guys come in and start shooting people.
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