Good and evil are only in one thought

Weston 2021-12-26 08:01:20

I wanted to say that the poor must have something to hate, and the hateful must have something pitiful. But for this film, it's actually just a person's instant decision that changed the trajectory of his life. For a society under the rule of law, he should not defend and cover up his crimes because of his usual behavior. Unfortunately, from the perspective of this film, both DA's starting point and his behavior are more speculative. So in my opinion, the director is actually more inclined to sympathize with Bernie. Personally, I am more inclined to probation or commutation. At least for someone who can persist in doing good deeds for decades, no matter how hypocritical is, it is far better than those true and evil people who even dismiss such hypocrisy.
Jack Black's acting skills are very good, all kinds of small moves are very damn saying. At the end of the film, the actor looks a bit like a real person, and the cast director is very accurate in finding someone.
Four stars

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  • Scrappy Holmes: So why did you leave the body there? It would seem to me that if you didn't want to get caught, you'd find some way to dispose of it.

    Bernie Tiede: Oh, no, no. No, I could never do that. That was never my intention. Everyone deserves a proper burial. And I was... I was just waiting for my chance to give her one.

  • Danny Buck: Ladies and gentlemen, after listening to all the evidence, I'm sure that you will agree that the defendant is a liar, a coward, and a backshooter. Now, come on. That's got to be about the lowest thing a man could ever do, ain't it? Shoot a little old lady in the back? Four times. There is no doubt in my mind that Bernie Tiede is a calculating, evil actor. He fooled a whole town for nine months. Now if he can do that, there ain't no telling what he'll do if you let him back on the streets. That poor woman stayed frozen stiff for nine whole months. In a freezer. It took two days to thaw her out. Just so they could perform a proper autopsy.