My Review of The Elephant Man

Elephant Man was a really good film. I liked how the movie was black and white to portray that the movie was taken place in the 19th century. The beginning of the movie, was what interested me the most. You see a picture of a women and an elephant; it looks like the elephant is striking and hurting the women. The symbolism of that was to signify the women was raped by another man or perhaps a group of men. This really captured my attention because since the film title is "The Elephant Man" I wanted to know what connection the man and the elephant had. Followed by that scene it was an image of an explosion with the sound of a baby crying. I also wanted to know why is a baby cry in an explosion? The true meaning of it was that the baby was the result of the rape and he came out deformed people call him the "elephant man" because they made up that his mother was hit by an elephant when she was pregnant. I enjoyed how there was so much symbolism throughout the movie, but you just really had to pay attention to notice and understand it. The actor who portrayed John Merrick did a nice job I felt like his acting was what made the movie into a great one. I also found it interesting that some of  the cast members and crew members had a connection to the actual people that worked with and knew John Merrick. The movie overall made people ask themselves if they were good or bad people, and showed people  that are different are human too.