Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Irresponsible and shallow

I have had a lingering distaste for this film since I saw it some time ago. I felt that Van Sant used the Columbine tragedy as a dramatic device to add weight to what would otherwise be a blend of homoerotic scenes between neophytes and existential meditations on the banality of adolescence (starring particularly attractive adolescents). I found the vignettes of the perpetrators that offered potential explanations as to the motivations and environmental factors that led to this massacre particularly distasteful, and as vapid as the mainstream media discussion following the real life events this story is loosely based on. Were they desensitized due to violent video games? Was the access to guns too easy? Were they misunderstood by their peers? Were they gay? Did they listen to crazy music?Dull as bricks, and offensive.However, if you particularly enjoy looking at adolescent boys, this film may please you on some level.