just so wrong...

Monica 2022-04-21 09:01:22

The part of the film that touched me the most was the debate between Patrick and the Inspector about Amanda's future. The director tried his best to argue for Patrick here, at least to make the audience feel that Patrick himself had a good reason to make such a choice, I just want to say that although there was such a momentary touch, I can't forgive Patrick's decision.

Looking at the characters themselves, Patrick seems to think that Amanda will grow up to question him about a happier life without his mother. However, I don't know if he ever thought about how he would feel about being a kid growing up in a rotten life when he learned that he could have lived a happier life, the crux of the problem seems to be, if Amanda stayed in With her mother by her side, she had no way of knowing that she had a chance to live a better life, and she couldn't question Patrick because of it. Patrick is intelligent, decisive, and principled, but in my opinion, it is really sad. He would rather carry deep remorse and guilt into the coffin than face a girl who questioned him. Shouldn't a man of flesh and blood endure such questioning for the well-being of a child? Obviously, he had no idea what was going on in the heart of a child who grew up in a desolate and depraved environment. They questioned the injustice of God, hated their own circumstances, would rather trade their non-biological parents for a better life but wept because they didn't even have a choice for their own parents. Obviously, in this story, the choice is in Patrick's hands, but all of this is beyond Patrick's comprehension, and I think that's the only way a person can ruin a child's life so calmly and never understand How wrong he was. Yeah, even if he regrets it for the rest of his life, deep down he feels that he had to do so at that moment.

But the movie itself may be so thought-provoking because of this setting. As the footage in the film's finale makes clear, Patrick, for his supposed principles, makes a choice that haunts him with guilt and guilt soon after. This is an explanation to the audience. But left endless regret and heavy.

So, from a movie point of view, I think the story is excellent. But being there, I hated Patrick from the bottom of my heart.

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  • Jennifer 2021-10-21 15:30:23

    Some say that the hero is weak, and the hero's voice is unpleasant, I want to kill you! ! ! ! (#‵M′)! !

  • Melyna 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    Looking forward to the director's shooting of a Hong Kong version of the gunfight film, it is absolutely thrilling.

Gone Baby Gone quotes

  • Officer in Procession: [approaching Patrick and shaking his hand] Mr. Kenzie. Nice fucking job on Corwin Earle.

  • Patrick Kenzie: I'm calling state police in five minutes. They'll be here in ten.

    Capt. Jack Doyle: Thought you would've done that by now. You know why you haven't? Because you think this might be an irreparable mistake. Because deep inside you, you know it doesn't matter what the rules say. When the lights go out, and you ask yourself "is she better off here or better off there", you know the answer. And you always will. You... you could do a right thing here. A good thing. Men live their whole lives without getting this chance. You walk away from it, you may not regret it when you get home. You may not regret it for a year, but when you get to where I am, I promise you, you will. I'll be dead, you'll be old. But she... she'll be dragging around a couple of tattered, damaged children of her own, and you'll be the one who has to tell them you're sorry.

    Patrick Kenzie: You know what? Maybe that'll happen. And if it does, I'll tell them I'm sorry and I'll live with it. But what's never gonna happen and what I'm not gonna do is have to apologize to a grown woman who comes to me and says: "I was kidnapped when I was a little girl, and my aunt hired you to find me. And you did, you found me with some strange family. But you broke your promise and you left me there. Why? Why didn't you bring me home? Because all the snacks and the outfits and the family trips don't matter. They stole me. It wasn't my family and you knew about it and you knew better and you did nothing". And maybe that grown woman will forgive me, but I'll never forgive myself.

    Capt. Jack Doyle: I did what I did for the sake of the child. All right. For me, too. But now, I'm asking you for the sake of the child. I'm begging you. You think about it.