4 stars to Macaulay's acting skills against the sky, the script hurts

Sofia 2022-01-07 15:54:16

The 4-star acting

script for Macaulay against the sky looks hurt in my opinion. Is the film trying to express Henry's jealousy and evil due to falling out of favor (this seems to be understood by many film critics), or is he born with him?

If pure evil is the former, I don’t think the film has enough space to describe how parents love other children while ignoring Henry. Except for the yellow duck, this point can be used by the audience to make up for it: "Oh, maybe after the birth of the younger brother, my mother ignored it. Henry’s feelings"

Well, suppose Henry’s malice is out of jealousy, what is the situation of killing a dog with a crossbow arrow? (Actually, he aimed at the cat when he tried the crossbow arrow for the first time. Partial)? What is the situation of a serial car accident caused by throwing a dummy from the bridge? These two things again seem to have no cause for Henry's evil, which was mentioned when Mark was talking with the psychiatrist in the park. After Henry did these two things, I immediately thought of "The Omen" (a trilogy in which the child is a demon reincarnated, born to do evil).

Said it was pure evil, Henry appeared to be very impulsive and irrational when he snatched the little yellow duck from Susan in the cabin. The biggest bug is that he can clearly deal with Mark first, and then implement the rest of the plan. In fact, he has almost succeeded. Both the psychiatrist and Henry Daddy have firmly believed that Mark has psychological problems and tends to be violent, but "I am not. Keep you, tease you." Of course, it can be said that Mark's "protagonist" halo played a role, and finally appeared on the scene to destroy Henry's plan. And finally when she asked Susan to save him, she dropped the chain again and said excitedly, save me, save me, save me, leave me alone Mark, hey, your mother was just pushed down by you! It's easy for your mother to relent when you say something else. So it seems that he has no long-term evil plan.

Generally speaking, the character Henry is more like a semi-finished product. Some behaviors seem to have reasons to follow, but some behaviors are unreasonable.

In addition, I have seen many comments saying that Susan did not save her own son but saved other people's sons. I can't understand why there are such comments. My son killed his other son, and he was just about to put himself to death, and he might save him someday when he would kill him in another way. Of course it is more reasonable to save Mark, because she just saved her life.

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Extended Reading
  • Levi 2022-03-20 09:02:16

    The story of a master kid who loves murder and a hard-working friend... Just like the two paths chosen by two children, the two young actors have also embarked on two completely different paths.

  • Mozelle 2022-04-23 07:03:28

    Original disk#Wood's eyes are so beautiful, but they didn't grow much later

The Good Son quotes

  • [Mark finds Henry looking at the mirror in his bedroom with tears down his eyes]

    Henry: Mark, did you cry at your mom's funeral?

    Mark: Why?

    Henry: I don't know. I figured you're expected to cry at your mom's funeral, but I don't know.

    Mark: You wouldn't.

    Henry: Wouldn't what?

    Mark: Hurt her.

    Henry: Do you really think I'd hurt my own... Oh, wait.

    Mark: What?

    Henry: I just remembered. She's not my mom anymore, she's yours. Isn't that what you said? She's your mother now.

    Mark: Yeah.

    Henry: Your mom, my mom... What the hell? We'll both miss her.

    Mark: I'll kill you first.

    Henry: Poor Mark. So violent, so disturbed. If you don't watch out, they're gonna lock you up.

    Mark: [Mark dashes for a pair of scissors and holds them to Henry's neck] I could kill you now.

    Henry: Go ahead. Jam it in. Gotta push pretty hard though. The blood'll go right across the room. Come on. Come on.

    Wallace Evans: Henry, have you seen...

    Henry: Dad, Dad! Help me!

    Wallace Evans: [Uncle Wallace pulls Mark off of Henry and looks at him face-to-face] Mark! What the hell do you think you were doing? Answer me, goddamn it!

    Henry: Don't be mad at Mark, he's just not himself.

    Wallace Evans: This is serious, Mark. You could have hurt him.

    Mark: He's the one who wants to hurt people!

    Henry: Mark, I'm sorry you don't want to be friends.

    [Uncle Wallace takes Mark downstairs by the arm]

  • [Mark heads towards Uncle Wallace's work study to tell him that Henry caused the freeway accident]

    Henry: [Henry comes up behind Mark outside of his father's work study] Go ahead, tell him. Or better yet, why don't we tell him together?

    [Henry quotes himself sounding like an innocent child]

    Henry: It was Mark, Dad. He talked me into it. We were just playing a game. I had no idea he was gonna do something like that. Please, Dad, go easy on him. It's not his fault he's all screwed up 'cause he misses his mom. What are we waiting for? Let's go.

    [Henry opens the door with them two outside the room]

    Henry: Dad, Mark has something to tell ya!

    Wallace Evans: [Mark runs off to go upstairs] What is it? What's wrong with Mark?

    Henry: I don't know. He's been acting pretty weird. I'd better go see if he's OK

    [the camera cuts to Henry entering the upstairs bedroom where Mark is]

    Henry: I told my dad I'd see if you're okay. Well, are you OK, Mark?

    Mark: Leave me alone.

    Henry: Leave you alone? This is my room.

    Connie Evans: [Connie runs into Henry's room] Guess what? Mom says we can go skating tomorrow.

    Henry: Connie, what did I tell you about coming into my room?

    Connie Evans: But you guys weren't working or anything.

    Henry: You didn't answer my question, so I'm gonna have to do it for you.

    Connie Evans: [Henry pulls on Connie's ears making her cry] Ow!

    Henry: You're not allowed to come into my room. Not now, not ever! Never!

    Mark: [Mark grabs and slams Henry into the wall by his shoulders] You're wrong about that! This is my room too. And I say she can stay.

    Connie Evans: [both boys start to grab and pull on each other's hair as Connie runs out, still up against the wall] Mom, Mom, they're fighting!

    Henry: [continuing to pull each other's hair] You like my sister, don't you? Such a sweet little girl. Too bad if something were to happen to her, if she got hurt. You'd be sad, wouldn't you, Mark? But, hey, accidents will happen. Just ask my mom about Richard.

    Susan: [Susan arrives upstairs when the boys let go of each other] Boys, boys! Henry! What's going on?

    Henry: I'm sorry, Mom. We were playing this really dumb game. We weren't fighting. We were just playing. Weren't we, Mark?

    Mark: [pauses before answering] Yeah, playing.

    Susan: Well, all right, but just not so rough, OK? You two looked like you were trying to kill each other.

    [Susan walks out of the room as Henry just stares back at Mark]