[There are no valuable short comments to write down] An extremely rational debate

Declan 2022-04-20 09:01:40

4.5 points This is the first time I have seen such a dense script. If there is no discussion of "what you want" within the Seven Gentlemen, if there is no debate about violence or peace, and if there is no "rationality" throughout, then this film will only be It's an ordinary hymn of classical heroes [the title of the movie reminds me of heroes on trial in ancient Greece and Rome]. The dense content of the script all reflects that the creator is really thinking, and he wants us to know "what is equal, rational, and just rights [forgot what the specific lines in the movie are]", rather than "just remember a bloody riot. [Also forgot the original lines]". Rationality is the proposition that human beings have been exploring since its appearance. Although this film is based on rebellion, questioning, turmoil, tribute, blood and tears, it seems that everything is irrational, but I still want to say that he is extremely rational. , the creator analyzes this history with extraordinary calmness and dissects American society, which is a bloodless revolution. I struggled for a long time between 4 stars and 5 stars, but I couldn't get 5 stars because I think he is not so particular about the camera lens and picture as a movie, and he lacks the art of blank space [this is my personal hobby]. It is more like a TV series. Four stars think it's more than that, and finally give five stars because I think such rational thinking is too scarce in today's society.

Attached is one of the lines that moved me:

"You all know the difference between resisting patriarchy and racial discrimination." "He was not tried, he was sentenced" [I can't remember exactly what this means]

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  • Nicole 2022-03-24 09:01:43

    Sharp editing, slick script and machine-gun dialogue are Sorkin's forte, and trial court scenes and actual riot clips flash back and cross narratives. "If you want to bleed, then let the blood flow through the whole city." In the end, it was discovered that it was our blood. The government had already installed undercover agents. The prosecutors belonged to them, the witnesses belonged to them, and the judges belonged to them. The trial was nothing but blood. Procedural justice in form. I really cried when I saw it at the end. Just like an advocate, the flower of justice blooms above public power. Like a Persian class, I read out the list of more than 4,000 martyrs. Contempt, my contempt for the government is not worth mentioning. 9

  • Charlie 2022-03-23 09:01:48

    It not only caters to current events, but is also the most intense court battle between the left and the right. Alan Sorkin's second feature film, the script maintains a consistent level. In the current situation, the script is even a bit too sharp. The Chicago Civil Rights in the late 1960s in the United States The movement is packaged into one courtroom drama after another. I must first admit that Judge Hoffman in the film is the judge with the lowest EQ I have ever seen in so many courtroom movies, so low that I think the courtroom drama is a farce at all? , with the blessings of many big names and a series of dialogues, in fact, I can't remember which character is who after seeing it. This civil rights movement was originally a peace movement in the name of stopping the Vietnam War. It was not until it was stimulated by the police that it turned into bloodshed. It is hard to imagine that the current events in the film are also happening this year, but just like the lines shouted by the protesters in the film, "The whole world is watching!" Americans, and the people of Thailand who are taking to the streets now, please don't be afraid of power, because the whole world is watching.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 quotes

  • Judge Julius Hoffman: And the record should reflect, that defendant Hoffman and I are not related.

    Abbie Hoffman: [sarcastic] Father, no!

    Judge Julius Hoffman: [bangs his gavel] Mr. Hoffman, are you familiar with contempt of court?

    Abbie Hoffman: It's practically a religion for me, sir.

  • Sondra: You can't give this speech in Chicago!

    Bobby Seale: Fred Hampton wants me there. Plane ticket.

    Sondra: Let Fred give the speech!

    Bobby Seale: Between Hayden and Hoffman there could be 5'000 people. It'd be nice to talk to 5'000 people.

    Sondra: Not while you're in trouble in Connecticut.

    Bobby Seale: Yes, well I'm in trouble - I'm the head of the Black Panthers, Sondra! When the hell am I not gonna be in trouble? Travel bag.

    Sondra: You're going to be in a lot more of it if you stand up and say 'Fry the pigs!'

    Bobby Seale: IF they attack me. You're taking it out of context.

    Sondra: So will every white person in America! Cops won't give a shit about context, and you don't have enough protection in Chicago.

    Bobby Seale: There's no place to be right now but in it.

    Sondra: But 'Fry the pigs'?

    Bobby Seale: IF they attack...

    Sondra: Dr. King...

    Bobby Seale: Is dead! He has a dream? Well now he has a fucking bullet in his head! Martin's dead, Malcom's dead, Medgar's dead, Bobby's dead, Jesus is dead. They tried it peacefully, we're gonna try something else.