From the home office in Mountlake Terrace, WA
Top Ten snarky potshots at Gus Van Sant's Elephant, in the Martin McClellan-approved style:
10. I'm glad there were those title cards giving us the characters' names; otherwise, I might've gotten them confused.
9. Less Classrooms, More Moving Students.
8. Rumor has it that the planning scene with Alex & Eric is actually a word-for-word transcript of a discussion between Van Sant and his cinematographer Harris Savides.
7. Where can I pick up a copy of KILL MATT DAMON & CASEY AFFLECK, and is there a Mac version?
6. I know the line goes something like, "I've never kissed anyone before," but I heard, "Dude, Gus wants us to kiss or something."
5. "Hi, I'm Benny. I'm here to dispel stereotypes about the survival rates of black characters in...oops, no, wait, guess not."
4. I think there was something wrong with my copy; I pushed all the buttons on my game pad but I couldn't make the characters turn around.
3. Pretty Teens Make Corpses.
2. I'm so, so very happy John found his dad, creating the possibility of an open dialogue between father and son. It really made everything worth it.
1. I've always wondered what it was like to be a student at Columbine on 5/20/99. Now I don't have to. Thank you, Gus Van Sant!
Where we saw it: dvd | We deign to rate it: outta 100#3 is clever. Heh.
Posted by: Steve at May 10, 2004 05:47 PM