A typical idealistic film with some small talk.
The first two thirds were fine to me, until Phil got into a paranoid fight with Casey.
I saw a short animated short film on the subway that was very educational and unexpected. It was about the protagonist jumping in line when buying subway tickets and getting on the subway, and then his other friends stopped playing with him. After he reformed, his friends They all said "come to my house to play today" and "come to my house". At the end, Phil smiled and went to see Casey and this little short film, which is very hard to describe. Furthermore, Casey is not anti-Semitic, only the silent majority/silent lambs, the confusion seems to be just to create a confrontation, and the quarrel is inexhaustible.
There is also the quarrel with the waiter in the hotel that was praised in the comments. Anyone can talk about this, and at the end, it's just Phil returning home in despair. He's only been a Jew for two months, of course he can maintain a fighting mentality and quarrel, but what about those Jews? It is the easiest way to reduce conflict and avoid danger. Those who have been discriminated against but can maintain a long-term fighting mentality are the real warriors.
Secondly, let's talk about the four types of people the film tries to portray, anti-Semitic people (including explicit and subconscious anti-), Jews, fighters who struggle to fight, and indifferent bystanders.
The first two-thirds are good because they have a very clear portrayal of each type of person, especially the point that indifference is also an accomplice (combined with the recent incident of sexual assault on room n, etc.), and then collapsed in fighters. Too idealistic And a distaste for the actual non-resistance of others.
I don’t know what I’ve written, but overall, the film’s idea is good, but maybe because of the limitations of the times and politics, it’s not deep enough, and I still don’t dare to describe the deeper persecution of Jewish families. The persecution is not solid enough, and the contradictions are not enough. The impact on people is there, but it is not enough to change people. At the end, Kathy said "it can't be just empty talk", and there is no particularly great motivation to take action.
Writing so much, just thinking it could be better, he tore the fig leaf but only a small seam.
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