In the face of capital, where is the value of justice?

Scotty 2022-03-20 09:02:13

"Three-dimensional Character Creation"

As we all know, the United States is a country that values ​​individualism and heroism. This feature is vividly reflected in "Black Water". The protagonist Rob helps innocent people without hesitation, regardless of the status of his law firm, the financial pressure of his family, the misunderstandings of his family, and the scorn of bystanders. At first glance, he is nothing more than a masked messenger of justice, the object of praise in chicken soup.

But is it really just that? Todd Hines tells you, nonono, don't simplify things.

First of all, is Rob helping those vulnerable people out of his own sense of justice? The film tells us through Anne Hathaway; Rob is a poor child with no childhood. Moved many times, no friends, no contact, only his family, his friends and neighbors carried in his childhood memories. Therefore, he is unwilling to live up to the expectations of his grandmother, and the expectations of his former neighbors. As a competent environmental lawyer, he can help them. It is both public and private.

Second, as a husband, Rob is not perfect. Regarding the case, he was tight-lipped about his wife; he didn't care about the family. It's hard to imagine that as a lawyer, he should be eloquent and eloquent, but it is difficult for him to even say a complete sentence when facing his family.

Again, Rob is a devout Catholic. Catholics are often seen as conservative and ignorant when it comes to things like abortion and guns. But a coin has two sides. It is because of their piety that they have a stronger sense of morality than the average person, which can also explain Rob's behavioral motives.

"The Price of Justice"

The core dramatic conflict of this film lies in the various pressures faced by the protagonist Rob, among which the pressure from DuPont and the pressure from the family belong to the dominant pressure, and the most thought-provoking pressure comes from the pressure of the public. The public who was helped by Rob kept urging him and scolding him; the public who had nothing to do with the incident just regarded him as a cash cow, and even defended DuPont, believing that DuPont was innocent.

Under this kind of pressure, Rob finally couldn't take it anymore. His hands were trembling uncontrollably, he began to have hallucinations, and he suspected that Dupont's people were coming to harm him, even inserting the car keys and starting the car took a lot of courage. But in the face of these, he still chose not to tell his relatives and friends, so I said, this is a tangled hero, silently insisting on what he thinks is right.

Having said that, despite the hehe ending of this film, I'm still skeptical of the phrase "justice is late, but never absent". Because there are huge variables, what if Rob did not wait for the day of victory to hang up, what if DuPont did not give Rob the complete information. Even with the he in the film, we can hardly say that it has achieved complete fairness. For an industry giant, these compensations may be debilitating, but not out of business. What's more, the times will forget, and people will forget that when a giant falls, there is another giant because of capital but the logic has not changed. The only thing we can do is to pray that the "messenger of justice" will appear in time and the country's supervision can be effectively implemented. I think this is one of the key points of this film. Although we have some resistance to heroism and some doubts, in our hearts, we all long for such a "messenger of justice" to save our world full of lies.

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Extended Reading
  • Annabelle 2022-01-05 08:02:07

    Pastures become cemeteries, animals become monsters, chemistry is not metaphysics, and rights protection is not solemnity. The clear and transparent source of life hides the gloom of the deadly place, and behind the friendly and harmless public image is the ugliness intolerable by nature. We have been roaming in the dark, not because of enjoyment, but because someone blindfolded the eyes that should have been opened. For more than ten years, Bilot fought a behemoth with his own power in the dark. It is no longer a word for fighters. He is burning all of himself to express a kind of anger, a kind that seems to have degraded in this era. instinct. Hines is very clever. If this film is filmed according to the general biographical technique, it will definitely be popular. It simply takes a different path to suspense, uses hearing to progressively strengthen the hidden sense of crisis, and brings incident anxiety through the character's own emotional ups and downs. effect. The fly in the ointment is that the division of the year breaks the tension that should have been tight, and the ending is a bit hasty, but I love this lone hero too much. After the film was over, I looked at the newly bought non-stick pan, and on the coating material was written a few unobtrusive small words: polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon). We done.

  • Gregorio 2022-01-05 08:02:07

    Shocking. As a realistic theme adapted from a real event, it is a work above the standard. Why is there no catch during the awards season? This kind of class action lawsuit that has been consuming more than ten or two decades at will. The conscientious person used their own efforts to overthrow the black-hearted giants and expose the long-term shocking scenes buried in the entire industry or society. Tolerating the misunderstandings of the surroundings and relatives, chewing on loneliness, and conquering the voluminous casework, and finally did not collapse under pressure. It inevitably reminds me of Theron’s words in "Breaking News": I am always curious about those historical challenges. What kind of people do big things. The scene of Makroflo facing hundreds of boxes of files alone, really shocked me. Having said that, how is this film comparable to "The Hunt"? Instead, I recommend and watch the best films of 2015 "Focus", Coppola "The Rainmaker", Soderbergh "Never Compromise", and Theron's "Never Concession".

Dark Waters quotes

  • Teddy Bilott (3-5): What's a hooker?

    Sarah Barlage Bilott: Where did you learn that?

    Teddy Bilott (3-5): He told me that Mary Magdalene was a hooker.

    Charlie Bilott (11-12): What? She was.

    Teddy Bilott (3-5): You're supposed to say prostitute.

  • Sarah's Mother: Rob's missing such a lovely day.

    Sarah Barlage Bilott: Law's a jealous mistress, Mom. Means it comes with the territory.