Let's write a little, and the last sentence is summarized: Food is tasteless, but it is a pity to discard it!

Jarvis 2022-12-11 17:08:49

Let me start by saying that when the starring saw the cover, he thought it was the comedy Jonah Hill, Dragon Tigers, The Wolf of Wall Street. There is nothing wrong with being funny all the time. In James Franco's impression, he is a handsome little fresh meat. The combination of these two people just looks at the cover design, which is a bit expectant, but it is also rushed to see the two leading actors. The following

is the real title. After watching this film, I feel that it is tasteless to eat, but it is a pity to discard it! why? Because from the beginning, I always thought that there would be a lot of suspense and baggage in the watch, but I am looking forward to some reversal in the ending, but in the end it is not so attractive, no surprises, and tasteless!

The fact is that Christian killed his wife and 3 children. After the murder, Christian casually used the name of a reporter who he knew and read his article to escape. How can I watch how calmly escaped after killing someone? Swaggering to the church to strike up a conversation with the German girl, is this trying to be arrested and punished? I don't understand this point.

Later, after reporter Michael was fired from the newspaper, the pen pal told Michael the story of Christian who pretended to be his name and identity as a reporter and was arrested, and led the reporters to narrate and introduce the scenes of the crimes one by one. I want to ask how this pen pal is better than the police. In detail, this point is too unscientific.

The reporter wanted to write about Christian in order to achieve both fame and fortune, but he got deeper and deeper in the contact with the murderer, and he couldn’t figure out whether he was guilty of killing or not. The feeling I saw in the middle section was also: Did he kill or not? He wanted to conceal something, and said in court that he killed a wife and a child. The other two children pleaded not guilty. They had been expecting some burden until they finally got married.

Christian pleaded guilty at the end, so there is a question mark in my heart? Why is this murderer tossing about with reporters like this? To publish a book? For innocence? When the story is explained, the reporter's intention is obvious to restore his reputation and livelihood by publishing a book and reporting the story. And what is the intention of the murderer in order to learn how to use vocabulary to compile stories during the period of contact with reporters and to think of not guilty? If this is the case, I think I should change the shooting method. I always find it strange to set the tone.

Although it is an adaptation of a true story. And the summary is just one sentence: food is tasteless, but it is a pity to discard it!

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True Story quotes

  • Jill Barker: [In the prison visiting room, talking to Christian Longo] Can I play you something?

    [Jill reaches for her iPhone, presses play and beautiful music is heard]

    Jill Barker: Se La Mia Morte Brami. If You Crave My Death. Carlo Gesualdo wrote it in 1611. A few years after killing his wife and newborn son. His wife had a lover so he tracked them down with a hunting knife. He stabbed her many, many times all over her body, and as she was bleeding to death on the floor, he forced the lover to strip her naked, put on her bloody nightdress and humiliate himself, before shooting him in the head. Then he went upstairs and beat his infant son to death against the side of his crib. The music is almost beautiful enough to make me forget I am listening to something written by a man who broke his baby's skull on a piece of furniture... but not quite.

    [Jill stops the music]

    Jill Barker: You see Mike wants to try and understand you. I think he believes that if he can understand you then maybe he can understand himself, but I don't wanna understand you at all. You're a murderer. You kill women and children. You're a narcissist who resents every single second of attention not given to you. I'm here to tell you that whatever else is coming to you, you will never ever escape what you are.

    [Jill stands up and leaves the visiting room]

  • Jill Barker: I thought you'd be taller.

    Christian Longo: What?

    Jill Barker: I don't know, maybe because he looks up to you.

    Christian Longo: No, I look up to him.