color under grey sky

Ethyl 2022-04-21 09:01:12

After watching "Training Day", the first feeling is actually chaos. It's not the film that's chaotic, the film is very good, and the story is clear and engaging, but it's me who's chaotic, and I'm stuck in a deep sense of language.
Maybe it's because I'm not used to growing up, of course, being in the world of "right" and "wrong" for too long also has a certain inhibitory effect, so when someone is pulled under the gray sky, everything is not as good as indoors. It was bright and bright under the fluorescent lamp. When asked, "What color?", it was as if he had eaten too much. Common sense was choked in his throat, and he burped, but he couldn't utter a complete word.

The laws of nature have maintained their vitality in the streets of Los Angeles for hundreds of millions of years. Now, when an incarnation of justice enters the jungle, trying to construct a new kind of continuity, should he incarnate as a sheep or a wolf?
Alonzo travels among drug dealers with ease, and even has his underground wife and children in the drug den. He used black money to open up joints and buy people's hearts, and easily obtained the indulgence of the top police officers and the information provided by drug dealers, so that he could be unimpeded anywhere, catch what he wants, let him let go, and also, solve him to be resolved. But as long as he needs it, he can betray anyone, whether it's a Los Angeles drug lord who has been drinking for ten years, or a fledgling policeman who has been with his ass for a day.
Jack is just the predecessor of Alonzo. He is passionate, impulsive, and hates evil. Facing the impact of Alonzo's design, temptation and values, he swayed on the moral ridge in a daze; finally, when his righteous actions saved himself over time, he realized To the irreconcilable difference between him and Alonzo. His perseverance stopped his depraved soul, won the respect of drug dealers, and finally sent Alonzo to a dead end.
The film does not say anything to the two protagonists, but only takes the audience into the real jungle. Alonzo deeply understands that the Angel of Justice has no way to escape in the jungle, and that only his wife and children will be left behind after the corpse, so he chooses to use his own way to save a safe life, and the star title that comes with it And rolling black money; on the contrary, Jack chose sacrifice, put himself and his family on the altar of justice, and defended the purity of soul with firm belief. Two people and two lives are equally real and vivid. The audience needs to think and make choices. What is right and wrong, or how can we understand it?

In this film, Denis Washington's performance is hearty and vivid, and the contradiction and complexity of Alonzo's character are portrayed to the core, and he deserves the Oscar for best actor.

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Extended Reading

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