Review of The Elephant Man

When we first started watching the movie I was not interested at all. I thought the movie was boring and long. But as time passed by, we, as a class, started dissecting the movie. There were parts of the movie that I had failed to see. I am fascinated by how much detail there is in the movie. How they used the perfect sound for the image presented was very interesting to see.

When the elephant man was being ridicule by the night porter, I was angered. It was sickening to think that the real John Merrick had actually gone through that and probably much worse.

I liked how at the end of the movie, we went back and saw the beginning of the movie.

I had not seen how John Merrick’s mother was sexually assaulted.

Overall, I enjoyed watching the movie. I will someday watch the movie in one run; not like how we saw part by part in class. If I do that, I think I will enjoy it much more.