Life is like a big vat with holes. Those we chase wildly, believe it, and reluctantly slip away from the hole before the Lord can catch it.
But there are also some things that we have always possessed, but never cherished, never paid attention to, but resisted the ravages of life with extremely tenacious tenacity. That is affection.
This week, the troupe is going to give you a movie for Amway. "Dad Judge" .
This movie, which has no desire to continue after reading the translated name, was mistaken for a comedy after reading the poster. In fact, it focuses on family ethics. It was written by Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. Featured film) and starring Oscar-winner Robert Duvall and The Conjuring heroine Vera Farmiga.
It tells the story of Hank Palmer, a successful and glamorous defense attorney who accidentally learns of his mother's death in court and returns to the small town where he grew up to be in mourning, but accidentally gets involved in his father's murder.
The male protagonist Hank Palmer has a successful career. He owns a luxury house and a luxury car to defend criminals, but his parents have a bad relationship, his wife cheats and his marriage life is facing collapse. When he accidentally learns of his mother's death, he bites the bullet and returns to the small town where he grew up, forced to face his father and estranged brother all over again.
Being hated and disliked by his father continuously, living in a bedroom that was used as a utility room, and being exposed in public to face the dire situation of divorce, Hank left in a hurry after his mother's funeral.
However, on the plane, he learned that his father was involved in a murder case. Although he had a grudge, Hank rushed to the police station. He was familiar with the police routine and stopped the police officer in time to deceive the trick of taking urine samples, but he did not get his father. of gratitude.
Under the relentless pursuit of the police, the father finally decided to find a lawyer, but he directly ignored the elite son who had won every battle and found a rookie lawyer who graduated from Yeji University.
Reasonable development, the rookie lawyer was forced to retreat by the plaintiff's lawyer in the first round of defense, and Hank, who repeatedly raised points outside the court, was also expelled from the court for angering the judge.
The father, who had to recognize the reality, finally began to seek help from his son. Not only did he have reservations, but he also forgot the key link of whether he killed someone. During the investigation and evidence collection process, Hank unexpectedly learned the fact that his father had learned about the advanced stage of colon cancer, and he insisted on chemotherapy because of his mother, and survived to this day.
Holding back the grief, Hank suggested that he could use this to gain the sympathy of the jury to gain an advantage, but was rejected by the father who insisted on justice and the bottom line. As a last resort, Hank had to find another way, and finally used the reason of overrunning the tortoise by his fault to pull back the game, and was caught by the plaintiff's lawyer because of his father's lies.
An angry Hank had a quarrel with his father on a typhoon day, expressing his dissatisfaction with his father's harshness and lack of growing up, and broke up unhappily.
In court again, the opposing lawyer directly showed the surveillance evidence that his father was lying, and the old judge, who couldn't bear the excitement, fell into a coma on the spot. After sobering up, he reached a consensus with his son that he would not admit to a crime that he did not remember committing. Hank, whose heart was finally settled, continued to prepare for the next court session.
Unexpectedly, in the interrogation of the other party's lawyer, his father actually confessed the fact of his murder, and everyone was in an uproar. Although Hank was shocked, he still insisted on defending, disregarding his father's objection, and disclosed the fact that he had cancer on the spot. The father, who called into question the outcome of the trial over the past year, got into an argument with Hank on the spot.
Under the pressure of Hank, the father confessed the reason why the deceased was given a light sentence for the crime before his death, and he saw Hank's shadow in it, because he was just as rebellious. As a father, he hoped that when his son needed help , and someone can give him a chance to reform. In the follow-up, their father and son were alienated and turned against each other, because he also saw the shadow of the criminal in Hank.
Heart is afraid, and to alienation.
The audience was moved, but the executive judge still conducted a trial in accordance with the law and sentenced the old judge not to be convicted of first-degree murder, but convicted of manslaughter and imprisoned for four years.
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In this story, Hank is the protagonist. As the protagonist, he was rebellious at a young age and took drugs. He had a car accident because of drug driving, which directly ruined his brother's football career. Cause fraternity between brothers. Because of his rebelliousness and rebelliousness, he had a stalemate with his father for many years.
The quarrel in the typhoon day in the film is very eye-catching:
"Why did you kick me out of the Boy Scouts?"
"As punishment for smashing people's mailboxes with a semi-automatic rifle."
"I was only 13 years old, you remember?"
"It's not too small, not so naughty"
"You didn't come to my high school and college graduations either, why?"
"Why? Being detained, absent from school, I can't receive any awards from you"
"I graduated from law school"
"Or else? Drop out... I'll give you a place to live, pocket money, food and clothing. I didn't go to your graduation ceremony, but who paid for your college tuition? Your mother? She is A housewife. Why can't you just drop your goddamn pride and go home and see her? Tell me why!"
"You acknowledge the lives of those who have been pardoned in court, those who have served their sentences, those who have changed themselves and made a difference for themselves...Everyone in the court cheers you on, and you do everything you can to make them do that. You tell them how proud you are - proud of the damn stranger"
"Is this what you want? A few good words? A good boy? Then you also say good words, why can't you go home? Because you don't go home, your mother has been blaming me. I'm strict with you. Look at your achievements today, are you a tramp or a waiter?"
Hank, who is nearly 50, is approaching the age of knowing his destiny. He has also become someone else's father, and he will also learn from his father to put a candy in his breast pocket, so that his daughter can always find surprises.
But he may never realize that deep down in his heart, he is still the child who yearns for recognition and love from his father. Like infancy, his every move was designed to win his father's attention.
He'll be heartbroken by his father's snarky remarks, pissed off for years because his father didn't show up for his graduation, jealous because he's proud of a stranger who had sinned and reformed, never been stubborn but stalwart Dad, who was incontinent due to cancer, was suddenly sad and mad because he never cooperated to make his defense more difficult.
These extremely real plots touched Hank's emotions and touched us at the same time.
Hank is you and me in life, no matter how strong he looks, no matter how angry he is, no matter how light he looks, no matter how he avoids or denies, no matter how many gray hairs he goes, he is still there. The original intention has not changed.
I want to be the "good boy" that parents are proud of.
Love doesn't always exist in familiar ways
When we grow up, we often hear words such as "father's love is deep" and "father's love is like a mountain". We may have been able to understand our parents' original choice after many battles. But can't change the bruise of youth.
Hank never understood the harshness of his father, just to make himself grow better. He always thought that his counterattack was due to his own efforts, but he never realized the financial support behind his father. He didn't see that his father would cry quietly because of his rebellion, and he would hope that strangers could also help him. the son of a demon who lightly sentenced.
The old judge's love has always been there, albeit in a way Hank doesn't know and doesn't approve of.
This is most evident when Hank's daughter Lauren arrives and confesses her guilt in court.
The old judge, who was portrayed as a "mummy" grandfather, was kind to his granddaughter, hugged and kissed his granddaughter, read to her with reading glasses, and promised his granddaughter to eat ice cream through the door when he was incontinent.
When pleading guilty in court, he, who has always been silent, expressed his concern for Hank in front of everyone.
Including at the end of the film, he accompanies Hank to go fishing again. When he is dying, he finally admits that Hank is the best lawyer he has ever seen, and he is the "good boy" in his mind.
Of course, he never uttered a single word "love" throughout, but what did it matter?
Silent lines, loud and clear.
Faith is far more important than winning or losing
There are also many people who have said that a father who is not good at words always teaches by example.
The old judge hated evil all his life and enforced the law impartially, just like Bao Zheng in Chinese culture.
Although there is tenderness under the "iron face", justice is the truth that should be believed.
In the film, the reason why the old judge refused to disclose the drama of his illness to gain sympathy was because he did not want the case that was judged in the last year to be overturned. The reason why he decided to plead guilty was not only because he finally remembered, but also because of what he believed in - the law.
"General Glenn defended the peaceful unity of the country, but what is his image in people's minds? A drunkard.
Ronald Reagan predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and knew the Cold War would end, but his storied saga was eventually replaced by indecision, lethargy and dementia. "
Although he is just a civil servant loyal to the Bible in a closed town in the Midwest of the United States, even if he has a bright life and insists on justice, no one will pay attention to his so-called broken legend.
But the old judge said: "I care, I've been in that court for 42 years, people in this town believe in me, they believe in the law, and this accident is the bottom line of the law, you can't break it."
The law is what he believes in, so he defends it to the death . In Hank's world, the law is nothing more than a rule that allows rape and accusations of obscenity at will. For him, winning or losing is what really matters.
Therefore, the quarrel after the old judge confessed his guilt was not only a conflict between father and son, but also a game between two different beliefs.
The old judge was not recognized by his son all his life, and even committed murder when he came, but he would rather die to defend his dignity. Perhaps the old judge never communicated with Hank about their understanding of beliefs, but after his death, the town's flag was lowered to half-staff, and the chair he sat on for 42 years suddenly became empty enough to explain everything.
Did he kill someone? It doesn't matter at all anymore.
Although it has never been heavier than Mount Tai, it is by no means lighter than a feather.
Let alone winning or losing, faith is greater than anything else.
So in the end, Hank let go of his invincibility and deliberately lost the lawsuit that the title defended. The old judge defended himself with his life, and finally taught Hank what is really important?
In addition to the plot, there are many bright spots in the film. Such as two Robert's bursting acting, as well as the picturesque town scenery.
Of course, I also have to mention the grooves. For example, Hank slept with a suspected niece, and was unclear with her mother, her high school lover. From the overall script and length of the film, cut out these blunt love scenes. Make the whole film sublime in an instant.
But the flaws do not hide the beauty.
The group said:
Most people are not the ferrymen of fate, but just wandering swimmers. Most people are not heroes, dignitaries, or giants. There is no glorious family background and magnificent life trajectory, but our hearts are equally turbulent and magnificent.
Most people are fascinated by endless material fame and fortune, and fear the eternal love, but ignore the family around them . This is not as glamorous as fame and fortune , but something that lasts longer than love is the wealth that we cherish for a lifetime.
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