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* NewbieBoom: While talk of the film had been quietly floating around both indie movie and true crime fan spaces on site such as Tumblr since the late 2010s, a recent boom in the fandom (mostly of a younger-leaning demographic) has occurred on newer sites such as Twitter and TikTok since 2020.
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* NewbieBoom: While talk of the film had been quietly floating around both indie movie and true crime fan spaces on site such as Tumblr since the late 2010s, a recent boom in the fandom (mostly of a younger-leaning demographic) has occurred on newer sites such as Twitter and TikTok Platform/TikTok since 2020.
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* MisaimedFandom: The aim of the directors being to make the two shooters seem like normal, even attractive teenage boys before violently whipping the rug from underneath the viewers at the final act has undoubtedly worked; in fandom tags romanticization/glorification of the shooters actions is rampant, alongside homoerotic shipping art and fanfiction between the boys. With the NewbieBoom mentioned down below, the film has become a sort-of gateway into true crime community spaces. In a way, it mirrors the cult following of the Columbine shooters that Andre and Cal were based upon.
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* ValuesResonance: While being clearly inspired by Columbine, the film itself pointedly resists most attempts to paint the shooters as bullied, uncool losers or give them a FreudianExcuse and instead portrays them as a pair of nihilistic bastards who [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse look like normal teenagers]], a perspective that became more mainstream after the Parkland shooting in 2018 (and many, many subsequent shootings in the mid-late 2010s). At the time the film was made, a shooter was much more likely to be regarded as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
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* ValuesResonance: While being clearly inspired by Columbine, the film itself pointedly resists most attempts to paint the shooters as bullied, uncool losers or give them a FreudianExcuse and instead portrays them as a pair of nihilistic bastards who [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse look like normal teenagers]], a perspective that became more mainstream after the Parkland shooting in 2018 (and many, many subsequent shootings in the mid-late 2010s). At the time the film was made, a shooter was much more likely to be regarded as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds. Even retroactive looks at Columbine nowadays focus on the killers' {{delinquen|ts}}cy and Eric Harris' [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi fixation]] while noting that they had multiple friends at the time.
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* ValuesResonance: While being clearly inspired by Columbine, the film itself pointedly resists most attempts to paint the shooters as bullied, uncool losers or give them a FreudianExcuse, a perspective that becomes even more mainstream after the Parkland shooting in 2018 (and many, many subsequent shootings in the mid to late 2010s). At the time the film was made, a shooter was much more likely to be regarded as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Almost every scene is dripping with symbolism. After explaining his desire to leave his (devastating) mark on the world before dying, Cal points out that the musical instrument he had been strumming the whole time is out of tune and has a broken string.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Almost every scene is dripping with symbolism. After explaining his desire to leave his (devastating) mark on the world before dying, Cal points out that the musical instrument he had been strumming the whole time is out of tune and has a broken string.
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* ValuesResonance: While being clearly inspired by Columbine, the film itself pointedly resists most attempts to paint the shooters as bullied, uncool losers or give them a FreudianExcuse, FreudianExcuse and instead portrays them as a pair of nihilistic bastards who [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse look like normal teenagers]], a perspective that becomes even became more mainstream after the Parkland shooting in 2018 (and many, many subsequent shootings in the mid to late mid-late 2010s). At the time the film was made, a shooter was much more likely to be regarded as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Almost every scene is dripping withsymbolism. symbolism.
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** One of the most haunting scenes of the film shows Andre driving on the streets at night with his eyes closed, guided only by Cal's voice, laughing about how crazy it all is.
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* ValuesResonance: While being clearly inspired by Columbine, the film itself pointedly resists most attempts to paint the shooters as bullied, uncool losers or give them a FreudianExcuse, a perspective that becomes even more mainstream after the Parkland shooting in 2016 2018 (and many, many subsequent shootings in the mid to late 2010s). At the time the film was made, a shooter was much more likely to be regarded as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
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* HoYay: A lot between the two shooters.
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* ValuesResonance: While being clearly inspired by Columbine, the film itself pointedly resists most attempts to paint the shooters as bullied, uncool losers or give them a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, FreudianExcuse, a perspective that becomes even more mainstream after the Parkland shooting in 2016 (and many, many subsequent shootings in the 2000s). mid to late 2010s). At the time the film was made, a shooter was much more likely to be regarded as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Quite obviously, the shooting spree itself.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Quite obviously, the shooting spree itself.itself.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Almost every scene is dripping with symbolism. After explaining his desire to leave his (devastating) mark on the world before dying, Cal points out that the musical instrument he had been strumming the whole time is out of tune and has a broken string.
** The depressing poem that Cal reads out at the poetry slam.
** One of the most haunting scenes of the film shows Andre driving on the streets at night with his eyes closed, guided only by Cal's voice, laughing about how crazy it all is.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Almost every scene is dripping with symbolism. After explaining his desire to leave his (devastating) mark on the world before dying, Cal points out that the musical instrument he had been strumming the whole time is out of tune and has a broken string.
** The depressing poem that Cal reads out at the poetry slam.
** One of the most haunting scenes of the film shows Andre driving on the streets at night with his eyes closed, guided only by Cal's voice, laughing about how crazy it all is.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: During the carnage, while Andre and Cal are distracted, one of the students manages to crawl from under the table he had hidden. When the gunmen see him running towards the door, one of them shouts, "Stop!" to which the fleeing student responds, "[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Fuck you!]]" Inexplicably, the guy grabs his bag before fleeing, something which is {{lampshaded}} by the two shooters, who jokingly ask themselves whether the student had drugs in his bag.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The footage captured by the high school security cameras.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The footage captured by the high school security cameras.
