The work received by the subtitle group is basically twenty-eighth. Eighty percent of it is the kind of drama that looks very tasteless. It was translated out of a sense of responsibility, stretched out, and sighed: Why is such a boring drama still coming out? Can't you cut it?
Not long ago, there was a new drama in the group. After I checked the information, I sent a question in the group: Why can there be a second season of a drama with an IMDb rating of 4.0! In this regard, the coordinator replied calmly: Everything is destined (everything is destined).
In the future, whoever will say that Chinese dramas are garbage, and British and American dramas are all high-quality ones, who am I worried about?
However, occasionally, gems appear in the ash heap. For example, the "New Chatter Life" recommended before, and the " Comy's Rules " to be recommended this time.
Comey's Rules is a political miniseries with only two 90-minute episodes. It tells about James Comey's mental journey from being appointed by Obama as FBI director to being fired by Trump and stepping down. It mainly focuses on the turmoil and aftermath caused by the Hillary email scandal during the US election four years ago, as well as the FBI (especially Kobe m) The tangle and choices at the center of the storm.
For people like me who basically don't follow political news, the email door is just a vague event in my memory. After watching this drama, I have a deeper understanding of the changes in it. A lot of real videos and footage are used in the play, many characters are living public figures, and the plot involves some of the evidence left behind (so it is conceivable that the screenwriter refers to these evidences), trying to get as close to the truth as possible; but after all, it is still fiction, there must be Fictional elements, although it cannot be said that this is the case, but the solid play and superb performance make the whole story very convincing and appealing.
Let's talk about the cast first. The cast is composed of the old actor and the actress with a familiar face.
Former FBI Director James Comey, starred by powerful general Jeff Daniels.
This man has an excellent resume, starring in two blockbuster films in the 1980s, "Terms of Endearment" (Terms of Endearment, 1983) and "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (The Purple Rose of Cairo, 1985).
Films of the last decade include Looper (2012), Steve Jobs (2015) and Divergent 3: Allegiant (2016).
The character that impressed me the most was 2002's "The Hours", which played a middle-aged gay man in a ruthless manner, and did not fail in the drama with Aunt May (Meryl Streep).
The Comey he interprets is a principled and backboned person who insists on doing the right thing.
Former acting attorney general Sally Yates, played by actress Holly Hunter.
During the 1993-94 awards season, she swept the Best Actress at film festivals, including the Oscars, Cannes and BAFTA, for "The Piano."
Holly Hunter has starred in several quality series in recent years, including "Succession" and "Top of the Lake."
Sally Yates is James Comey's superior. Although the two men's views and positions are not always the same, they have shown integrity throughout the Mailgate incident, and they can be regarded as fighting side by side.
Andrew McCabe, who succeeded Comey after he stepped down, was played by Michael Kelly, the dog's sidekick in House of Cards. In reality, McCabe succeeded Comey as FBI director in May 2017, but resigned a few months later in January of the following year, allegedly for leading the FBI's investigation into the Trump administration's relationship with Russia.
CIA Director of Intelligence James Clapper, played by Jonathan Banks, the old killer in "Breaking Bad".
Among this talented cast, one is particularly outstanding, that is, the comrade who plays Chuan Jianguo. The orange hair, whitish eye sockets, slightly pursed lips, habitual lateral gestures, and the burly figure wrapped under the suit are all too similar. From the first time I saw him, I began to think back: "Huh? Who is this? It looks familiar, I have seen him in many places, but at this moment, he is completely immersed under President Chuan's skin, but It's hard to recognize..."
Finally couldn't help but check. Ah, so it was Brendan Gleeson! "The Killer Has No Vacation", "Edge of Tomorrow", Mad-Eye Moody in the "Harry Potter" series, Irish national treasure-level powerful actor. Usually Gleeson's screen image is a kind uncle, this time is really a reborn performance.
The episode opens with a comment from one of the talk show hosts about Comey: "He was like a good guy at first, then he was like a bad guy, and then he seemed like he sacrificed himself to save others... God, James. Is Comey Professor Snape?"
Initially, Comey felt that Obama would not elect him as FBI director because they thought he was a "pro-Bush guy." Before Obama invited him, the two had a heart-to-heart conversation. "After you take office, we can't talk like that anymore because the FBI director has to keep his distance from the president," Obama said.
These are two very important concepts in Comey's Rules: the bipartisanship, and the relationship between the president and the director of the FBI. The upper and lower episodes are basically based on these two concepts.
The first episode mainly focuses on the Mailgate incident. In 2015, Hillary's email leaked. After a year of investigation, the FBI believed that although Hillary's team used a private domain name mailbox to handle work emails, it was extremely sloppy, but no illegal intent was found. On the eve of the 2016 election, another source suddenly found a flood of emails that had been missed in the previous survey.
The sensitive time point made Comey and the FBI agents very entangled: If the investigation is restarted at this time, it will be a fatal blow to the Democratic candidate Hillary; but if the information is pressed and nothing is done, it will violate the FBI the rules. In the end, Comey decided to follow the rules and reopen the investigation. Although no illegal intent was found in the end, Comey still carried the infamy of "favoring the Republican Party", and many people believe that he sent Trump to power.
The last shot of the first episode is Trump's back. The second episode focuses on the game between Trump and these "old ministers" after he came to power. If the tone of the first episode is mainly serious and decent, then the second episode is much more fun, mainly because the Trump team played cards according to common sense and contributed to the dark humor in this episode.
For example, after Trump won the election, CIA intelligence director Clapper reported to Obama that they knew that the Russians might have interfered in the election and had information on Trump. Obama has a big head, but he wants to safeguard the interests of the next administration, so he sent Clapper and Comey and others to report to the Trump team. The dialogue was very exciting - one of them kept saying: the Russians are playing a very dirty trick, you have to be careful; the other side's reaction is always: I am not, I don't, there are always bad people trying to harm me... As he walked out of Trump's office, Pooh was extremely depressed, saying: "There's only one question they didn't ask from start to finish: How do we keep the Russians from getting it right again?"
Another example is that Trump's subordinate, General Michael Flynn, was questioned by the FBI. The FBI simply recited to him the entire conversation on the phone with the Russians, apparently listening to him and recording it. As a result, the buddy said: I didn't say these words...
For another example, since the FBI has mastered the information about Trump and the Russians, President Chuan has always wanted to talk to Director Comey one-on-one. After a meeting, President Chuan dismissed everyone, including the attorney general (that is, Comey's boss), and had a private conversation with Comey. Afterwards, Comey went to the Attorney General and said angrily: "You can't go away, you should stand between me and the president!" This is the system of the United States to ensure justice. As a result, the Attorney General said indifferently: "James, you are a good man."
I burst out laughing at this - officialdom all over the world is the same sinister and funny. In the future, whoever will say that only I will perfunctory and fool the officials to play Tai Chi, who am I in a hurry. Look at the tai chi performed by the US Attorney General. It is as straight as a large bowl of wide noodles, big and round, and has a direct beauty of washing the lead.
Comey returned to his office and hurriedly recorded the conversation between the president and himself from memory as evidence for future self-defense. You see, officialdom all over the world is the same.
A big scene in the second episode is that Mr. Chuan directly invited Comey to the White House for dinner. Comey secretly prayed that it was best not to eat alone with me! In the end, Mr. Chuan just ate alone with him, skipping the Minister of Justice for a secret conversation. This conversation can be summed up in three sentences.
President Chuan: I need your loyalty.
Comey: I'll do my job.
President Chuan: I need your loyalty.
After the meal, Comey recorded the conversation from memory again. Soon after, he was suddenly fired while on a business trip. Before that, Sally Yates had been fired. We have reason to believe that the conversations that Comey recorded were exposed at least to a certain extent after he left, and the creators of the show also referenced these notes.
Comey's Rules is about a grand power game. A key word is called "leadership" several times in the play, and several senior government officials with different identities also show different leadership styles. When you are in power and in a high position, do you control the power, or do you let the power control you? If you are in power, what parts of you are made to exercise power? This is a question I like to think deeply about as I get older, and it is also the reason why I Amway "Comy's Rules".
Of course, this political miniseries is worth watching, even if it's just for a glimpse of Gleeson's version of Trump!
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