Jeremy Shelton

Jeremy Shelton

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    • Leonie 2022-01-02 08:01:39

      It is wise to always err on the side of life

      Spielberg's 1997 masterpiece is unfortunately at the same time as the Titanic, so domestic attention is not high.
        
        It's heavy, but also beautiful. Although it is recognized that the climax of the whole film lies in the defender of the black slaves, John Quincy Adams, that is, the former U.S....

    • Lenna 2022-01-02 08:01:39

      Amistad-I also have a dream

      If you did not read "A Closer Look at the United States", you would not know the famous "Amistad" case in the history of the abolition of slavery in the United States, nor would you know that the great director Spielberg made this lawsuit into a movie; if you did not read " "A Closer Look at the...

    • Kacie 2022-03-26 09:01:07

      As soon as Mr. Si took over, it became simple no matter how complicated it was. It turns out that McConaughey's role as a fringe lawyer is also one of the stereotypes, at least three times.

    • Jean 2022-04-22 07:01:33

      Repeatedly emphasizing going home, chanting freedom, and self-studying the Bible... is too American-style ideological. Hopkins Sr. did a great job and directly elevates the film. One of his Supreme Court submissions (though largely fictitious) is particularly relevant in America today. One detail that touched me was that JQA dozed off in the House of Representatives when he appeared, and the people next to him laughed and suddenly became alert - he ended up dying in his post in the House of Representatives.

    Amistad quotes

    • Theodore Joadson: I know you, Mr. President. I know you and your Presidency as well as any man - and your father's. You were a child at his side when he helped invent America. And you, in turn, have devoted your life to refining that noble invention. There remains one task undone. One vital task the Founding Father's left to their sons...

      John Quincy Adams: Yeah?

      Theodore Joadson: ...before their thirteen colonies could precisely be called United States. And that task, Sir, as you well know, is crushing slavery.

    • Baldwin: On the other hand, let's say they aren't slaves. If they aren't slaves, in which case they were illegally acquired, weren't they? Forget mutiny, forget piracy, forget murder and all the rest. Those are subsequent irrelevant occurrences. Ignore everything but the pre-eminent issue at hand. The wrongful transfer of stolen goods. Either way, we win.

      Tappan: Sir, this war must be waged on the battlefield of righteousness.

      Baldwin: The what?