The self in the mirror, false and true

Karl 2022-03-19 09:01:03

I think this movie is very good-looking, and it can be said to be a good movie on many levels. In terms of action, some pictures are indeed very temperamental and very emotional. It can also be seen from the perspective of a society that a person is caught in a trap for the sake of others, and finally falls into a trap of failure. But I think the best thing is to watch this movie from a human point of view.
I can say, there are a few sharp contrasts in a few shots. The first is the period in which the FBI secretly pursued terrorists at the beginning. The righteous and evil were clearly distinguished, killing each other. The first shot where the male protagonist and the terrorist’s head are holding a gun and looking at each other. The two people hate each other, one is hatred and the other is fun. The other one, or two, can be said, that is, when a good person uses the face of a bad person to perform a task, the first time he looks in the mirror, the scene where he is unwilling to accept everything but must accept it. The other is that the bad person uses the good person. When the face was about to retaliate, that kind of lament and a kind of evil intention. In the end, bad guys turn good guys into bad guys forever. Then good people are going to get revenge. Another thing I am particularly impressed is that when the bad guys use the power of the good faces to arrest the real good guys, the two people finally shoot at each other again. Each person looks at his original face and doesn’t know whether his current justice or his current justice is. Evil, eventually shot at each other, and then flashed away from each other. The last one is that at the end of the church with flying white doves, good people and bad people face each other again. Good people use bad people’s faces to change some people in the bad people’s camp, but bad people still can’t control the righteous people with evil, and eventually bring bad people. The good face of the man won the final victory.
I think this film tells me a very important truth, human face, human power, and many things about human beings. Even if you have these, you still cannot achieve ultimate success. The key to true success is not material. Regardless of status, no matter the conditions, even as a criminal, you can still exercise justice and achieve success.

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Face/Off quotes

  • Castor Troy: Isn't this religious, ah yes. The eternal battle between good and evil, saint and sinners... but you're still not having any FUN!

  • Castor Troy: [Jamie shot Archer in the shoulder, now Troy has the gun on her] Clod! No daughter of mine would shoot so wide.

    [to Archer]

    Castor Troy: DAD! *Put* the gun down! Put it down. Dad, put it down.

    [to Jamie]

    Castor Troy: Now we're going to find out what's in Papa's bag, Peaches!

    [licks Jamie's face]

    Castor Troy: Say good-bye to Papa.