Before talking about "The Justice", I would like to praise the translation of Taiwan's name. The English title of the film, "The Judge", literally means "judge". At first glance, "the judge" is just a literal translation and an adjective. However, compared with the mainland translation of "Judge Dad" or Hong Kong's "Defense Father Lawyer", the biggest advantage of Taiwanese translation is that it is implicit and meaningful. Because "Judge Dad" or "Defense Father Lawyer" is a bit like the early Japanese drama Tamura Masa and the series of stubborn dads. They are too friendly and funny. If they were called "Judge Dad", I might not want to watch it... But also It's hard to say, because the protagonist is Tony Stark after all. For example, the girl who went to the theater with me, she indicated that she came to watch Stark.
Just google it, Robert Downey Jr. said that this is a good script he has been waiting for for 49 years, and his wife is also one of the producers of the film. The husband and wife are of the same mind, but the evaluation seems to be less than satisfactory. As the opening film of the Toronto Film Festival, according to Sohu Entertainment's reporter Hamai, who participated in the film festival, he was a little drowsy when he watched it, and there were really reporters snoring around. The evaluation of foreign media is also generally in the middle, the main criticism is that the movie is long, the plot is formulaic, and the supporting characters and side plots have not been properly followed up; but the audience evaluation is not bad, at least I think it is pretty good, not too long. , so what's going on?
The synopsis of the story of "The Justice" is: Henry Hank Palmer, a lawyer who works in a big city, is invincible in court with his fluent eloquence and amazing on-the-spot judgment ability, but the money-oriented style of behavior makes it difficult for his colleagues Agree and do nothing to him. One day when the court was in session, he suddenly received the bad news of his mother's death, so he had to go back to his hometown to be mourned and meet with the judge's father, who had not been with each other for many years. Unsurprisingly, they still couldn't get along, but when Henry was preparing to return after the funeral, news came that his father had become a murder suspect, and he had to return to his hometown to defend his father again.
Judges, lawyers, and the deliberate editing of the trailer, probably some viewers will think that this is a court drama with a touch of suspense, but the focus of "The Justice" is 100% father-son relationship in my opinion, so if you criticize it for trying to It’s true to eat the “emotion, reason, and law” of a society governed by the rule of law, but it’s not too greedy to chew. Because except for the father-son relationship, all the ingredients exist to highlight this backbone.
For example, the two younger brothers of the male protagonist, the cheating hot girl wife who only appeared at the beginning, the two daughters who were touched in the middle, and the first love girlfriend who did not explain the follow-up in the end... These characters only have partial functions, or are for the purpose of Embellish the plot. The most important story line, that is, the murder that the judge's father was involved in, was due to a misjudgment made by the judge's father many years ago. There will be misjudgments, and it is because the judge's father projected his love for his son on the young man who made the mistake...
This kind of conflict between father and son is almost a routine that is destined to be repeated, but this movie sets father and son as two professions of "judge" and "lawyer", which is even more interesting. After all, "judge" and "father" are two The roles are too similar: the same authoritarian image can even decide the fate of others, and as a son of man, it is impossible to live under the authority of the father forever, there must be doubts and resistance, and the profession of "lawyer" is just right to perform this kind of interpretation. resist. Robert Downey Jr. plays an unscrupulous lawyer who knows that his client is doing bad things and still uses various legal loopholes to exonerate him, but do you think he is really bad? It seems to be nothing more than an eternal rebellious, counterattack, and disapproval of the "judge/father", who must prove with his unscrupulous victory in court that it is not up to you to decide everything. So when Henry finally reconciled with his father, the case at hand was immediately lost - when he got his father's approval, he lost all reasons for rebellion at the same time.
I totally agree with the criticism that the plot is rather formulaic, but formulas are formulas because they are always needed. Many times, audiences go to the movie theater to date and relieve stress, not to score points. As long as the movie can move them for two hours, I believe not too many people will care about other structural issues, and even be willing to help them. They brainstorm and defend.
In this day and age, it's not easy to tell a touching story -- after all, it's not like you and I haven't watched the super-long MV that left the audience dumbfounded for a long time after the show, right?
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