This movie was completely unnecessary (spoilers)
I mean, why did they bother? and what was the point? This story has been told many times to much better effect. Elephant was a much better diatribe on school shootings. We get it. Lives are lost. Futures are wasted. Her choice at the end was suppose to redeem her? In whose eyes? Kind of preachy. Was that plot point even necessary? I mean, if she is going to die, why not make it a completely pointless death at least in the eyes of the movie goer, because anyone who dies because of a school shooting has died a completely pointless death. Why make it preachy? I would rather see this movie from a number of other characters point of view, i.e. the friend who didn't die. Now there is a tragedy worth telling. Of course, it pretends it is that story it is telling in the beginning but it becomes quickly apparent that this message movie is about a bad girl who even as we get to know her and come to like her is in fact still a bad girl who makes a sacrifice so her friend can live and we can all feel good that she has redeemed herself and maybe she isn't such a bad person even after all the flaws of her character are exposed and she would have been worth saving if she wasn't heartlessly killed.
This movie was just too cute in trying to present itself from a "breakthrough perspective!!!".
Although I've got to say, it is a great message movie for people who want guns in schools so that people can protect themselves from the crazies who seek to do others harm for no reason.
Who took my toast?