clean and clear

Trevor 2022-04-21 09:01:22

I wouldn't hesitate to give this film a top score of mine!

A seemingly simple and low-cost movie, but it is wonderful to the extreme.

The plot twists and turns! Yep, that's the word. And the bedding is deep. Xiaoben is really good at being a director and screenwriter!

The best part is the setting of the death of another child. This part of the plot leads to a flaw, and the story continues; it leads to Patrick's final choice. Actually, if I were him, I wouldn't send Amanda back. I will be the same as Angie. But I also understand his choice. A complete experience. It was the pain in his heart after the death of a little boy.

It's also a clean movie. The shots are clean, the plot clean. No cumbersome, no superfluous. Although the characters are not clear enough, the overall feeling is already in place.

Perhaps the final choice will become a struggling question. Like the last few minutes, I didn't even look closely. But I will ultimately choose to let Amanda grow up in an environment conducive to her growth. So, between law and morality, I choose morality. Patrick chose the law because of the last psychological shadow. Maybe also because he is male. I am female. Ha ha. But the word morality may also be wrong. Because he chose the law and did not abandon morality. He chose the law for morality. So, what exactly is morality? Or, am I using the wrong word at all? What should be used? Sense and Sensibility? Neither. I think this is a question worth pondering. I prefer this kind of movie.

Gone, Baby, Gone, a rare good film. reality. profound.

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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.