A new interpretation of the old story

Aurore 2022-03-22 09:01:09

It’s actually an old-fashioned story about police corruption, but the director’s screenwriter slowly unfolds it with suspense, and the motion of igniting the fire at every turn makes the audience dumbfounded. They don’t know what the evil anti-drug agent will do next and what they will do. What's the intention, coupled with Denzel Washington's gorgeous performance, so the character image is completely new, the intention is sublimated, and the values ​​are questioned again and again in the process of watching the movie. The characters are rich in levels, unlike ordinary movies. It is not the plot and the characters that go up together, but the plot gradually goes to a climax, and the characters gradually collapse: from the initial preconceived and aggressive image setting, to the central part is also good and evil. The fullness of the layered sense of the character, and the complete collapse of the final character image, Denzel’s interpretation is supernatural, open and unrestrained, quiet and detailed, dynamic and dynamic, large lines, with just the right body language and eyes, all kinds of complex, each This kind of rational conflict is constantly laying out a full and three-dimensional character, but there is no trace of it. The audience seems to be the rookie police detective. They are fascinated by this mysterious image, and they are constantly getting used to it by Denzel's performance. Thinking about it sexually, his words make sense. A police detective with practical capabilities should be so familiar with the dark side of society until his team attacked, shotguns ruthlessly blasted the informant, and familiarly arranged the right. Confessions, even scheming to lay out the rookie into the water. The audience realized that this capable detective had gone astray, and that this role was not what was expected. A rather distinctive image of a corrupt policeman, he has his own ethical and moral values. Although he has unknowingly conflated and is hated by black and white, he still believes in himself, right. The predicament he was in was not at all chaotic, and he played and played a lively character against a rookie. Of course, Ethan Hawke is also quite powerful. As a contrasting role that is purely good for defending the image of the police, he played the image of this "rookie" very lifelike, and Denzel's performance, with his foil, is even more like a fish in water. Without the simplicity of a rookie, the complexity of reality cannot be seen. Without the persistence of a rookie, the audience's values ​​will almost deviate. The rookie in the movie is almost reining in the precipice. The last persistence may not exist either. A three-dimensional story, two three-dimensional people.

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Training Day quotes

  • Jake: [Telling Alonzo a story in a coffee shop] It was a quiet night we were rolling on Van Nuys I'm driving this Acura comes out a side street all over the median in excess I light it up hit the whaler guy drives on like I'm invisible for ten blocks before he pulls over plates were unclean so I'm watching from our unit and she's tossing the Acura she calls me over to the vehicle a snub 38 two shotguns fully loaded so she calls our supervisor and I keep searching and I find five hundred grams of meth turns out this DUI is on bail for distribution and is on his way to smoke his ex-partner before trial so we prevented a murder.

  • Jake: [Driving away from Sandman's house after the shooting] God damn it that was not cool opening fire in the middle of a neighborhood where was the Sandman? What the hell were you doing back there?

    Alonzo Harris: I was checking for narcotic activity drugs, guns, and baggies

    Jake: Cash

    Alonzo Harris: Speak on it

    Jake: She's screaming about money

    Alonzo Harris: She's just talking shit, she's talking about us getting killed

    Jake: I'm going to be on the six o'clock news in an orange suit in hand cuffs because of you with the scandals and what not it is open season on misconduct they will nail us to the wall

    Alonzo Harris: Listen, you're in a privileged position to learn a thing or two keep your mouth shut and your eyes open you say you're serious about doing some real police this is the place to learn but if this kind of shit shakes you up maybe you should go back to your division you have to decide if you're a wolf or a sheep

    [Alonzo shows Jake his tattoo, after pulling over on the side of the highway]

    Alonzo Harris: Get your ink