In the current environment, we really have ties to each other.

Zoe 2022-04-21 08:01:07

This kind of movie was made in 1999. It can be seen that the domestic terrorism problem in the United States is quite serious. However, I did not expect that after 9/11 occurred two years later, the CIA's attention was all directed to the Middle East. . . After that, the terrorists in Hollywood movies became Arab faces, and of course they also had white faces as a reversal a few years later. . . The off topic is

that the first 50 minutes are too slow, but I think the essence is in those 50 minutes. The most important thing is the professor’s view of the “murderer” of the tax bureau bombing in class. In the professor’s view, he is just a substitute. Sin lamb, "We don’t need others, we just need a name urgently, because that can restore our sense of security... He is no longer there, and his motivation for committing crimes has disappeared." Unfortunately, the professor’s reasoning was so thought-provoking, and in the end he became himself. The name "restores a sense of security". . .

What does the public want after the terrorist incident? the truth? reason? Nononono, the truth is too naked, not everyone can accept it, and the reason is even more intertwined, intertwined with bloody black history, after clarifying the reason, if you find out who is not carrying a few debts, how to explain this?

So just give a few names, and they are the names of a few people who have been "killed on the spot" or arrested on the spot and sent to court. As long as there are these few names, you will have to confess, the news can be reported, and the files can be reported. The case was closed with a wave of big hand, sealed and sent to the secret library, and dust accumulated.

If you watched this movie a few years earlier, you would probably only call it Qishun at the ending reversal. You can pity the professor. In the end, he didn't become a hero. But in 2014, I feel very sad.


At the end of PS, I was always worried about whether the professor's son would be adopted by the Lan family, and then developed into a member of the "organization" through the tragedy of his parents. In the end, I watched "Criminal Minds" too much. . .

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Arlington Road quotes

  • Michael Faraday: You can't ask government to be infallible, but you can ask it to be accountable.

    Oliver Lang: I can ask it to be honest.

    Michael Faraday: You know, when Leah died, all I wanted was someone to tell me, "We made a mistake." You know? "We made a mistake. Your wife suffered for it, and we'd take it back a hundred times if we could." But they don't say that. She would've.

  • Michael Faraday: You're killing children!

    Oliver Lang: Their lies, their children.

    Michael Faraday: Children die!

    Oliver Lang: This is war. In a war, children die.