Dark Night

I wish I could get back the 17 minutes that I wasted trying to watch this "film". I foolishly thought that this would have interviews with survivors of the Aurora massacre, maybe some insight, news coverage, maybe parts of the trial. This isn't a documentary, this isn't art, its an embarrassment. And what was the purpose of that god awful singing, if you would even call it that?

I'd rather be scooping poop out of a litter box for 17 minutes while my dog barks at the possum under the house.

Maybe I'm missing something, but the only point of this film seems to be to emphasise that the victims of mass shootings are normal people leading mundane lives with no clue that they will be involved in a mass shooting before it happens. That seems so obvious it is not a point that needs making, which makes this a film that didn't need making.

Most of the characters are nameless and no flesh is put on the character bones. No emotion is evoked. Even as an unsensational snapshot of normal daily life it seems abnormally devoid of life. Mundanity is emphasised to the degree that you feel these are not normal people - they don't seem representative - they barely talk, they are all flat in affect and extreme in their inactivity.

Once all the things this could have done have been missed or avoided it can only be a Who's-Gonna-Do-It. I don't get it.

I can describe this movie a pointless slideshow with messy sound exploiting mass shootings theme. The movie is trying to be realistic and naturally paced but its sound design is anything but realistic. It is somehow inverted, highlighting ambient background for now particular reason except being disturbing and serve to jump scare viewers.

The worst of all that this movie will only be shown during film festivals meaning that it will be watched by viewers who actually love and cinematography. I strongly recommend to skip this work of art and rent Gus Van Sant's Elephant instead.

The director adopted the right approach in not sensationalising the cinema atrocity. It's just after 5-minutes you get it that the characters collectively mesh into a portrait of a dislocated society. You then have to sit through 80-minutes of skateboarding, selfies and PS4 violent games.

Gus Van Sant's superb Elephant this is not.

Was this a student project? Trying to be existential and having problems staying awake mar this movie from the beginning. It's feeble attempt to try to be "deep" is annoying. The individuals who gave this movie any rating above a 2 must be relatives of the filmmakers. Avoid this movie at all course...it's a waste of time.