The director's skills need to be improved, Matthew's acting skills save the world

Because of the subtlety and complexity of Micheal Connelly's novel, the film has inherent advantages, but also challenges that cannot be ignored. In a typical crime film, the lawyer who fights against the evil judicial system with conscience and the police officer (or other character) who arrest the bad guy regardless of personal gain or loss are often distinct and even confrontational. But in this film, two typical characters are unified into the criminal defense lawyer haller, and the pair of "contradictions" that come with it is enough to keep the whole plot above the audience's excitement. At the same time, this kind of plot setting It makes this film different from ordinary detective films or legal films that only focus on one "scenario". The film constantly switches between the two scenes of court defense and private investigation, but the specific content presented is diametrically opposite. Although the time is a single-line plot, the camera is also concentrated on the haller, but it can give the audience a little brain burn Therefore, the exquisite arrangement of the plot determines that the lower limit of this movie will not be low. I believe that the audience has a deep understanding of this.
At the same time, the design of the script brings great challenges to the director and the actors. Especially in a limited period of time, it is still very difficult for the two characters to be unified on the same character, and the two scenes must eventually meet. Separately, Matthew McConaughey's excellent performance is definitely a guarantee of film quality. Contradictory characters, contradictory scenes, and complex psychological activities are finally implemented into the "fatigue" of the characters he presents, and the pressure the characters face is vividly expressed, always giving people a feeling of turbidity in the chest that is hard to breathe out. Feeling (in the same vein as the performance in "True Detective"), "unscrupulous lawyers" and "chasing the murderous iron man" are finally unified under the creed of "not letting innocent people be wronged". Even the villain's ferocity is reflected through his performance. This performance is textbook, maybe not innovative enough, but not harsh. It's no wonder that he can win the Oscar winner a few years later, which can be seen from his vision of dormant film selection and responsibility for performance.
While appreciating Matthew God's acting skills, it is rude to say that the director's skills are slightly weak. The rhythm of the whole movie is slow and tight, with a sense of "anticlimactic". Because the plot comes directly from the novel, there is no flaw, but due to editing problems, in fact, the complete plot always gives people a sense of abruptness. At the same time, because the title of the film has the word lawyer (the original version has it), most audiences expect a wonderful court debate in the end, but their hopes are lost, and they always feel that the film is over before the real climax. At the same time, the protagonist's legal status is limited, and it is impossible to personally bring the criminals to justice, so the story cannot really be told (for example, Lei pleads guilty and confesses to punishment), so the ending is a little weak, and he can only ask the big gangsters to let him The audience is cool, and the right to vent the audience's psychology, after all, hate the villain so much that its teeth itch.
In short, in my personal opinion, it is still far from a masterpiece, but it is still a masterpiece.

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