My Review on the Elephant Man

My personal opinion on the Elephant Man is that it is a great movie.  I enjoy how it is a dark and thought-provoking film, it made me ask myself moral questions.  I found myself considering each character's point of view and putting myself in their situations.  This helped me understand the movie more because I could see how one thing led to another.  I also found myself feeling very sorry for John Merrick because amongst everyone, he definitely had had a stressful and very hard life.  It would've been easy to just give up, but John Merrick still found reasons to live life and be happy.  If that were me  I wouldn't have made it as far as John Merrick did.  It's such a terrible life to even imagine, no one should have to put up with such abuse.  Another thing that intrigued me is the meaning within the movie.  I'm not religious, but I acknowledge how John Merrick represents Jesus and how our own society has deformed and raped the Earth that was given to us, so pure, by God.  It is a very deep way to depict the effects of the industrial revolution and the ignorance of man kind.  It's disgusting to imagine how cruel, insensitive, and monstrous human beings can be to others just because they don't fit the crappy "normal" standard; it's really unfair.  I have to admit that my favorite thing about the movie is how it's eerie and dark and very symbolic.  That's what really got my attention.