School Shooting and Schools Taken Hostage Movies

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Movies about school shootings and school hostage situations, or movies where all hell breaks loose in a school setting.

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Elephant 2003,  R)
Elephant
What an overrated turd of a movie...seriously!!! If you honestly truly think this movie is a masterpiece you need some help. I appreciate what Gus Van Sant was trying to say with this but the execution (no pun intended) flat out sucked. Why do we need to see 15 minutes of someone walking down a hallway or developing a picture? Yes I know its supposed to realistic but not that damn real. I also didn't get why some of the scenes were repeated with different angles. It sorta seems to me like Gus knew he only had about 30 minutes of an actual movie here..... then stretched it into an hour and a half. His other movie the last days was a giant overrated shitfest as well.

If you want a good Van Sant movie I guess his stuff like Goodwill hunting is worth a watch but his no budget independent stuff is for the birds. I gave this 2 and a half for the subject matter but the rest of this movie can go jump in a lake for the most part. Oh and more thing wtf is up with the shower scene? Where the hell did that come from and what was the point of that? Kinda seems to me like Old Gussy has some issues to work out if he thinks something like that adds to his film. In case you don't know what im talking about (Spoiler Alert) The two killers decide to take a shower together and say "Looks like we're gonna die today" then one mentions how he's never kissed anyone and they start to make out...then it goes to the next scene. Wtf? Why did we need that? I'm not anti gay but that just seemed like it was put in for shock value and nothing more. All in all this was pretty terrible and not the great classic like everyone says it is.

Yes I know Gus Van Sant is one of those directors hipsters and movie geeks will tell you have to like but this movie didn't knock my socks off...and his direction is very lazy for the most part. I think hes ok when he has a big studio telling him what to do but besides that hes kinda meh as a director. If you want a truly chilling portrait of teenage life watch Kids or anything else by Larry Clark...he's much better at that kind of movie.
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Home Room 2003,  R)
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Heart of America (Home Room) 2003,  R)
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If.... 1968,  R)
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The Basketball Diaries 1995,  R)
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Light It Up 1999,  R)
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April Showers 2009,  R)
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Duck - Carbine High Massacre 1999,  Unrated)
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Bang Bang You're Dead 2002,  R)
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Bowling for Columbine 2002,  R)
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Hostage High (Detention: The Siege at Johnson High) (Target for Rage) 1997,  R)
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Toy Soldiers 1991,  R)
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Demolition High 1996,  R)
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Class of 1984 1981,  R)
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Class of 1999 1990,  R)
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The Principal 1987,  R)
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The Substitute 1996,  R)
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The Substitute 2: School's Out 1998,  R)
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The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All 1999,  R)
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To Save the Children 1994,  Unrated)
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Class of Nuke 'Em High 1986,  R)

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