I have been thinking about the reason why Patrick was so determined to send Amanda back to his unqualified mother. Didn’t he ever see Amanda’s uncle Lionel telling how his sister Helene threw Amanda in the hot car in disregard of tears? Didn’t you think of Remy who sacrificed for this? Haven’t you seen how happy Amanda was at Jack Doyle’s house, and Jack Doyle’s love and affection for Amanda? Even so, there are still girlfriends who are earnestly persuading them to break up. Isn't it enough? I think back to the argument between Patrick and Jack Doyle, “If it happens, I will apologize to them, and I will live with guilt, but it’s impossible and what I will not do is to apologize to an adult woman, she will Say to me,'I was kidnapped when I was a child, and my aunt hired you to come to me. You found it. You found me with some strange family members, but you broke your promise and you left me there. Why? Why don’t you take me home? Because all the food, clothes, and family trips are not important. They stole me. This is not my home. You know, you know better than me, but you didn’t do anything.’ Maybe That adult woman will forgive me, but I can never forgive myself." But, is this reason enough? I think Patrick himself is hesitant, at which moment he has more personal considerations from Amanda's own interests, after all It's a question, and more, I think at that moment, at the moment when he made a decision, he didn't even dare to look at Amanda directly. Fate drove him to decide the fate of another person at this moment, but unfortunately Yes, he, Patrick, made a decision that went against the wishes of most kind people at that moment. When he imagined that the girl finally grew up and asked him why he didn’t bring her home, did he imagine that the girl he brought home would end up living like her mother, taking drugs, prostitution, and even more? Fallen, did he expect such a woman to question him? He must have thought about it, because Jack Doyle told him. At that moment, under the cloak of kindness and principle wrapped his arrogance and conceit, he hoped that the girl’s mother Helene would eventually become mature and responsible as he had previously imagined, but when he ended up in some random How did he feel when he learned that the doll that disappeared with Amanda was Annabelle, not Mirabelle as Helene told the police.
In my impression, "Mind Catcher" is the script written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon together. I want to come to this young handsome guy who is somewhat talented. Although "Gone Baby Gone" is based on a novel adaptation, it is still based on the whole plot setting. Can see Ben Affleck's intentions. Many people are a little puzzled that Remy played by Ed Harris in the film suddenly rushed in with a shotgun and masked to pretend to be a robber when Lionel explained to Patrick in the bar. Overlay. First of all, Remy said in his persuasion to Patrick after Patrick killed the pedophile freak that he had framed the father of a child because a child could live better, and repeatedly emphasized that whoever abuses the child is him. Enemy. Secondly, Patrick learned from a conversation with a black police officer that Remy himself is a maverick. As a police officer, he takes a prostitute as his wife. All of these can show that Remy has the possibility of excessive behavior. Moreover, in the process of Remy pretending to be a robbery, it can be seen that Remy himself only wants to prevent Lionel from speaking out what he really wants. He just wants to cause chaos, not to hurt someone. Man, this has not been shot from beginning to end, and when Lionel yelled that he actually lied to Patrick and they kidnapped and extorted them, and that Amanda had died unexpectedly, Remy hesitated seriously, which can also be seen. From another perspective, if Remy hadn’t rushed to the bar at the time, what should he do? A maverick who still burst into tears when talking about the child abused by his father after many years, you let him Did he know that the girl he thought he had just saved from hell was indifferent when he was sent to hell again? This didn't seem to be in line with the character's personality.
After watching the movie carefully, we will find that in fact, the final decision made by Patrick is also paving the way for the movie. First of all, in the film, Patrick promised that Helene would bring Amanda back when he saw Helene really realize his stupidity and cried bitterly. Secondly, when Patrick killed the pedophile freak before, Remy asked him if he would kill the freak if he did it again, Patrick replied, no. These are probably to show that Patrick is a very principled person. He knows that the freak deserves to die, but he thinks it is wrong for him to decide whether to kill him or not, and regrets his behavior a little.
Regardless of whether these foreshadowings are adequate, just say that there is a strong sense of this (although this is a quality that Hollywood directors must have), then Ben Affleck's performance in his debut is already satisfactory.
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"Gone Baby Gone": Director: Ben Affleck. Starring: Casey Affleck, Karen Ahern. 2007.
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