Adios justice goodbye

Eliza 2022-04-21 09:02:06

The whole film is reminiscent of Kurosawa Akira's "Seven Samurai".
I opened this film because it is a milestone in the history of Westerns, a very classic Western, but the connotation of its story itself is an anti-traditional Western, there are not so many heroes here, and there is no one shot to kill four or five cowboys Such a good hand, only an old sheriff who is about to retire, can be said to represent justice.
The plot of the story is similar to that of "Seven Samurai". The background is that the villagers are defenseless or timid and selfish when they learn that the robbers are coming. As the plot develops, the two stories go very differently.
If you are watching "Noon" with the idea of ​​watching the duel of the Western Fast Gunners, then there is no bright spot in this film, because the shooting part of the film is only about ten minutes at the end, and the film effect is very eye-catching, but it is more realistic. Shooting, rolling, hiding in the house, climbing up the stairs and waiting for an opportunity, whether it is positive or negative, it is very embarrassing, but it does make people feel more real, and the real gunfight will not be like the one performed in the movie. A group of people, like a duck.
This film is about an hour before noon, the old sheriff gave up running away, in order to protect the town and his justice, he ran around in a tense atmosphere, looking for help, and the deputy sheriff escaped. , the ridicule of people in the tavern, the panic of the masses in the church and the pursuit of profit maximization, abandoning the sheriff.
Various profiles depict the sheriff, from ex-girlfriends to current ones, tavern managers, and kids running and playing.
While the sheriff was looking for help, I wasn't in a rush, because in Seven Samurai, a few good guys were eventually recruited and successfully guarded the village, even though four of the final seven died. What I didn't expect was the selfishness of everyone. They didn't even want to protect their village and the sheriff who once protected them. They just let the sheriff run away to save themselves from trouble.
The town residents here are no different from the villagers in "Seven Samurai". They are disgusting and lowly, and they only care about their own interests.
When it was finally decided that there was no helper, and the sheriff stood alone on the street of the town, defending justice was really uncomfortable.
At the end, the sheriff successfully killed four villains and guarded the village and the moment of justice. All the villagers came out of the houses where they hid themselves. The sheriff put the police emblem, which symbolizes the sheriff of the town, that is, justice, in the dirt. In the dust, he took his wife away, which is the point of play in the film.
Some people say that justice only exists in the eyes of children, and justice in the eyes of immature people. What is the difference between these people and villagers?
So goodbye justice, Adios

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  • Gabe 2022-04-22 07:01:26

    #The time in this film is the same as the time in reality# In order to achieve this, the wall clock and time appear frequently in the film and film, and the script editing should be very powerful, but in this era, the plot is slightly weaker.

  • Holden 2022-03-24 09:01:51

    Anti-Western masterpiece. The whole film is edited according to 85 minutes of real time. The title of the film predicts that there will be a fierce battle at noon, which is equivalent to a time bomb detonating the countdown. The synchronous passage of time prompted by the repeated clock screen in the play gives the audience a strong impression. Substitution and excitement. As the plot progresses, the male protagonist's sheriff's attempts to recruit companions are repeatedly frustrated, making people chilling, angry and desperate. But at the end of the film, when the gang of residents of Qiantoucao town who were secretly observed swarmed out, the picture of the protagonist throwing the police badge coldly and then walking away is really heartwarming.

High Noon quotes

  • Helen: [in Spanish] One year without seeing you.

    Will: [in Spanish] Yes, I know.

  • Helen: You're a good-looking boy: you have big, broad shoulders. But he's a man. And it takes more than big, broad shoulders to make a man. And do you know what? I don't think you are going to make it.