Eastwood: The Story of Fathers

Beulah 2021-11-30 08:01:26

This film is well-made, but only for Samsung. Because it's really not addictive. Originally, people like Hoover, the big head of the FBI, the veterans of the eight dynasties, and the previous presidents were all worried about them. There are many biographical gimmicks. Those points are not missed in the film. The establishment of the FBI criminal investigation system, the annihilation of anarchy and all the enemies of the people, the anecdotes of interactions with Hollywood, and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Kennedy, and so on are not missed. If you want to shake, all are raw materials.

But after reading it, I found that I was fooled. I could say that I started everything but I didn't explain anything to you. There is no special wild history, nothing at all. Especially for people like me who are looking forward to watching political films such as "Assassination of Kennedy" or "Conversation with Nixon", there is really nothing. Apart from knowing that Hoover was also involved in basics, there is nothing bloody. Zhang's point.

As a foreigner, there is nothing new to watch. It seems that Americans should be even less interested in watching it. Why is Eastwood still so popular in the United States? Thinking of the "Flags of Fathers" before Uncle Dongmu, I suddenly understood something. This old grandfather’s historical film is actually like a father’s generation, telling a lightly past story to young people. This story does not need to be fresh and exciting, but to tell the descendants of all the ins and outs, the glory and darkness of those old times.

In fact, as a Chinese, I also hope to see such a movie, telling the pros and cons of my father's generation and the good and evil. After 49 years, countless heroes or mortals are waiting for comment, countless glory or tragedy are waiting to be told. There is no need for sensationalism, no need for political correctness, just a calm talk, that is enough.

However, none of us can see it. As a result, we can better understand the American love for Eastwood.

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J. Edgar quotes

  • [J. Edgar Hoover meets the child actress, Shirley Temple, at the movie house in front of reporters]

    Reporter: Miss Temple!

    Shirley Temple: Mr. Hoover, I was wondering if you would join my police force.

    J. Edgar Hoover: Why, yes, Miss Temple. If you agree to be an honorary G-Woman and give me one little kiss.

    Shirley Temple: I don't know if your wife would approve, Mr. Hoover.

    J. Edgar Hoover: But, you see, I still live with my mother.

    [both chuckle]

    Shirley Temple: Oh, Okay!

    [Miss Temple kisses him on the cheek under the flash of cameras]

  • [later in the night Annie Hoover passes away, Edgar is alone in his bedroom and wakes up to grab his rosary]

    Annie Hoover: [in the air he hears his mothers voice] Stay strong, Edgar.

    [Edgar then goes to the mirror as his mother helped teach him to, to get over his childhood stutter, holding out and dressing into his mothers shirt]

    Annie Hoover: [again in the air Edgar hears his mothers voice] You stay strong, Edgar.

    J. Edgar Hoover: [Edgar screams out and tears apart his rosary in a frantic shiver] Stay strong! Uhh!

    [Edgar finally collapses in tears and curls himself in a ball]