Leaving aside the plot of the whole movie, what impressed me the most in the whole movie was actually the word "fuck". A joking flavor permeated the whole movie, and implied the unremitting devotion to the law and the contempt of the lawyers' infighting. In fact, what Denis Lumet wants to tell is not a legal story, but a story about brotherhood and love within the framework of the law and court. If a Chinese word is used to describe it, it is "loyalty". "Two words, the actor Jackie as a mafia leader can be said to have done all the bad things, but his family upbringing taught him what love is (mentioned many times in the film).
During the trial, when Jackie asked his cousin's "do you believe i sill love you" and the answer he heard was "no", his heart was really cold, and he even doubted what he believed in. Principle, but no matter what the facts are, Jackie's love for his cousin has never changed. This is also the most attractive part of Jackie's image. No matter how fickle and harsh the external environment is, I insist on it. , I don't care so much, I am who I am.
The famous Latin proverb: "Fiat justitia, ruat coelum" directly translates Jackie into "no smoking", which shows his disregard for the law, which is even more so than the original meaning "let justice be done though the heavens fall" There is a bit more irony, especially when compared with his own nature, Jackie agrees more with his own values, and would rather sacrifice himself to squat for 30 years or even an additional sentence, rather than the rest of the family being punished by the law. some punishment.
The most touching part of the film is actually the growth of Jackie in the courtroom. From sleeping in the courtroom to defending himself to making the final conclusion of the trial, we can see Jackie's growth along the way, especially the film. At the end, when the trial was about to end, Jackie began to become extra serious, and began to record something in a notebook, holding a book to find information to write his own conclusion draft, of course, this also explained from another angle. His love for his family brothers, but in the end he gave up and read according to the script written in advance, because that was not him, in the end he just did what he was taught since he was a child, made a statement of facts, made a statement He did the best he could, and the jury was moved by this most simple feeling. In the end, the plaintiff was all innocent.
It was Jackie's victory, when Jackie returned to the cell to hear the inmates chanting "Jackie! Jackie!". Jackie's excitement is indescribable, and at the end Jackie's sentence also points out the theme of the whole film, love. Jackie finally smiled and said: they love me!
Let's look at the title of "Condemned Me" again, who will convict me? Finally, I have to reflect on what is true justice and what is love in the face of the law, and when love and law conflict, what choices should we make? Cicero said in "The Law" that "we are born for justice and understand that rights are more valuable not based on people's opinions but on nature." From this point of view, Jackie's victory seems less just, the jury Instead, it looks dark, but whatever the truth, I want to end with that Latin quote, and my expectation: Fiat justitia, ruat coelum let justice be done though the heavens fall
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