My Review on The Elephant Man

    In my opinion, the elephant man is a great movie. Usually black and white films do not interest me, but this one did. To be honest, at the beginning of the film I thought it would be boring, but as we continued to watch it, I felt very interested, and at some point even felt kindness towards John Merrick. For example, when the night porter harrased him, it made me feel terrible. It made me want to punch the night porter. I kept telling myself that it was only a movie and that they were actors, but it didn't make me feel any better. I felt compassion for John merrick. As we kept watching and anlyzing the film, I learned that there is much more to the movie than just a story being told. I learned about the symbolism in it and everything that went along with it, and it surprised me. It also made me question myself: if im good or bad. Well, if in the future I were to see a deformed person like John Merrick, I would not express disgust towards him/her. I would rather remind them that they were made that way for a reason, and that they are beautiful no matter what others say.