Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: J. Michael Strasinski
Starring: Angelina Jolie/ Gatlin Griffith
Genre: Plot / Suspense / Thriller
Release date: 2008-10-31
Duration: 141 minutes
In terms of film quality alone, this is a masterpiece. It has long been known that this film has helped Angelina Jolie get a series of nominations for the frontline and the vane, and of course, the Oscar for best actress. Aside from these industry recognitions, she used her real performance to prove to us that "the old lady can not only fight and fight, but also take the academic route".
The original soundtrack + art direction of the movie is also great. Unlike other movies that rely on music to prompt the development of the plot, its soundtrack doesn't show off the wind, doesn't show any clues, and doesn't steal the show for the plot. green leaves. The art director is different. It expresses the director's inner emotions and attitudes (such as the dimness in the mental hospital and the brightness of the hanging platform) through the use of color tone + camera angle between scene transitions. These are remarkable.
If there's a bone in the egg, it's the editing of a movie. The appearance of the murderer in the film seems to go with the flow, but it is actually a bit abrupt. In his first scene, the target of hunting for a shotgun was too obvious, and in the second scene, he bought a train ticket to escape, which was even more difficult to catch up with. Although these things are necessary to explain the story, the final effect is indeed a little disappointing (in fact, I am too picky, ordinary people certainly cannot see these things = =).
The above is a full technical analysis.
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(Golden Row)
A movie that can take me time to write a long film review must have two things that attract me: one is that I expect it to have a good box office, and the other is that it is not only good-looking, but also allows me to generate a lot of idea.
The film is based on a true story. At the beginning of the film, I went from being free from the outside of the play, to the deepening of the story, the deeper the emotions, the more shocks, and the more feelings I naturally felt.
"Don't take the initiative to provoke disputes, but accompany to the end" is really the central golden sentence of this film. Son disappeared, police brought a child 3 months later, but "It is not my son". The heroine shows the world the desperate and painful side of a mother who lost her flesh and blood. This is human nature and can be imagined. But who can imagine the feeling of a mother who was sent away by the police with a strange child who has no blood relationship with her when she lost her son? Who can imagine the feeling of a mother who still has to take care of a child who insists that she is her son when her son's life or death is uncertain? So far in the film, the police department's handling of "missing children" is absurd and embarrassing.
The existence of the pastor is a support for the heroine, a threat to the police station, and more importantly, the director's emphasis on belief and even the role of religion. It is very important for foreigners to look at faith: in "A Parting", it is faith that pushes the plot to conflict and escalates it; in "Youth School", it is faith that helps teenagers overcome difficulties, and it is faith that leaves the audience behind a puzzle. The same is true in "Changeling", the belief and pursuit of truth, fairness, and integrity have always been the hope of the plot development to a happy ending, as well as the hope of all audiences. This belief is not only the light of the pastor, but also the light of the masses. This is why there are demonstrations against the police station and support for the heroine. A fight to the future to unmask the police department's ugly mask.
Sometimes when you question the government and express dissatisfaction with their work, it's easy to be labelled a "reactionary" and seen as a Cynical. So most of us try to get used to "job mistakes", numb them, and ignore them. Because people who are high above, they themselves have an attitude, even an air. They don't want to be picked on and questioned. If this situation intensifies, the result is "white terror". This reminded me involuntarily of "V for Vendetta", "people who obstruct government work" disappeared overnight, some were resolved, and some entered the mental hospital that will be mentioned later. I believe that if it weren't for the Joker in "The Dark Knight" or the murderer in this film, a few eccentrics who want social chaos, no one would not want the government to progress day by day. But the problem is that the current social contradictions are manifested in the tendency to ignore the advice of the above, and the phenomenon of "official forcing the people to rebel" is easy to explain.
The Asylum is a dramatic and ironic movie setting. The staff inside are ruthless, iron-faced and bloodless, like robots. "If you laugh, you'll say you're paranoid or silently crazy; if you don't laugh, they'll say you're depressed; if you're neutral, you'll say you're withdrawn, maybe a nervous breakdown." . The mental hospital is the cemetery for the police to cover up their brutal actions and faults, and it is also a derivative of their corruption and depravity. The murderer, which seems to be a dramatic conflict, is actually a naked satire of the police station at that time. His existence is like a knife, inconspicuous but lethal. He cuts through the government's perfunctory one by one The lies of the people, and to some extent thanks to this murderer. Of course, in the end both didn't work out well. The little boy who helped the murderer, the setting of this character can be seen as the fruit of the director's ingenuity (of course it may not be set, because it is an adaptation of a true story). He is a key key to solving the final mystery, and it is also a symbol: even if he does something harmful, human nature will not be completely wiped out. To change to a simple, rotten but thorough word is hope. He had been forced to be ruthless, but he looked so regretful that no one would not be moved. Society is not cruel and unreasonable, there is always a chance for all, equal to the penitent.
Back to the heroine, she is a fighter. Gong Li's "The Case of Qiu Ju", Julia Roberts' "Erin Brockovich", and Angelina Jolie's "Changeling", although the characters have their own strengths and weaknesses, but there is a spirit of not admit defeat, do not bow, and do not give up. Shakespeare once said in "Hamlet": "Vulnerable, your name is a woman! ... God, an irrational beast will grieve longer." Since ancient times, women have always been discriminated against and viewed as low or even ignored. However, the heroine made an indelible contribution to Los Angeles at that time with her initial adherence to "mother responsibility". Although the ending was not a perfect happy ending for her (because she didn't find her son in the end), but she smiled dignifiedly and spit out the word "Hope" from her red lips, which shows the director's intention: Hope is beautiful.
Finally , the end of the movie gave me a big surprise, this is actually the work of Clint Eastwood! This evergreen tree in Hollywood, although he is old, he still sets one benchmark after another for the film industry with his talent and stubbornness. From "Million Dollar Baby" to "The Changeling", Clint has been immersed in the dream of trying to change the whole world as a character. Some say it's stubbornness, others say it's persistence. The fruit of perseverance is one masterpiece after another, propping up dramas in the commercialized film market.
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