The beginning is tragic, the middle is angry, and the end is shocking!

Eriberto 2022-04-21 09:01:36

After being abused by Zhao Wei and Huang Bo's "Zunzi blockbuster" and "Dear", I accidentally found another very similar movie, that is, the Oscar nomination classic in 2008 - "Suspicious Clouds of Change" ".

The story takes place in Los Angeles in 1928. Angelina Jolie's mother Kristen Collins bids farewell to her son Walter before going to work, but when she returns from get off work, she finds that her son is gone. Christine has been searching for days without any news. A few months later, the police brought a 9-year-old boy to Christine, claiming that he was the missing Walter, but Christine did not know the boy. ! It turns out that behind the strangeness of "changing" the child, there is a huge conspiracy and evil hidden...

Overtime delay, missing the bus, the film uses a tense tone that implies risk factors, or explicitly or implicitly heralds the loss of the child. The negligence of the parents and the abduction of the bad guys have involved decades or even a lifetime of blood loss. Tears rolled in her eyes unconsciously when she saw Christine holding her son's bear. Yes, the child is a piece of flesh that fell from the mother, how can it not hurt?

But it is also the theme of finding children, but "Suspicious Clouds" seems to have been changing types and themes in the slow 140-minute rhythm. It started with a crime film about missing children, and then sued the Los Angeles police force by "changing" children. Bad governance.

With the development of the story, the heroine's image of the abuse in the mental hospital and the brave declaration of war against the corrupt forces has given a strong feminist color.

In the end, there was a feeling of horror and suspense. The fast-paced shots, the life-threatening background music, and the excellent performance of the actors made me go crazy beside me all the time, worrying about what the perverted killer did to her son!

Regrettably, her son was not found in the end, but no matter how long the search was, Christine persevered throughout her life! And this unfinished wait and search also left a touch of emotion and bitterness to the audience, just like the red lips on Christine's smiling lips, bright, firm and charming...

Maybe there are a lot of injustices in the society, or maybe women and children are destined to be vulnerable, but if you encounter some very attractive people, you should face them bravely, just like the heroine in the film said - "If you don't take the initiative to pick things up, But I will accompany you to the end!"

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Extended Reading

Changeling quotes

  • Christine Collins: Why would they do this?

    Rev. Gustav Briegleb: To avoid admitting they made a mistake when they brought back the wrong boy. Of course, anyone reading the newspaper with half a brain would see through it instantly. Sadly, that would exclude about half the readership of the Times. Mrs. Collins, I have made it my mission in life to bring to light all the things the LAPD wish none of us ever knew about. A department ruled by violence, abuse, murder, corruption and intimidation. When Chief Davis took over the force two years ago, he said...

    Chief James E. Davis: We will hold court against gunmen in the streets of Los Angeles. I want them brought in dead, not alive, and I will reprimand any officer who shows the least mercy to a criminal.

    Rev. Gustav Briegleb: He picked fifty of the most violent cops on the force, gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the Gun Squad. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road, and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, they will do exactly that. This police department does not tolerate dissent or contradiction or even embarrassment. And you are in a position to embarrass them and they do not like it. They will do anything in their power to discredit you. I've seen it happen too many times to start going blind now. That's why I wanted to meet you, to let you know what you're getting yourself into and to help you fight it, if you choose to.

    Christine Collins: Reverend, I appreciate everything that you're doing and everything that you said, but I'm not on a mission. I just want my son home.

  • Dr. John Montgomery: He had two cavities that needed filling. He put up a fight, but I took care of it.

    Christine Collins: And?

    Dr. John Montgomery: Your son's upper front teeth were separated by a small tissue, a diastema. It made them sit about an eighth of an inch apart. The boy in that room has no such gap.

    Christine Collins: Can that change with age? Because that's what they're going to say.

    Dr. John Montgomery: In some cases, yes, it's possible. But the tissue between Walter's teeth prevents that from happening. You see, they can never come together without an operation to sever the tissue, and I can tell you right now that he has never had such an operation.

    Christine Collins: Would you be willing to put that officially in writing?

    Dr. John Montgomery: Pardon my language, but hell yes.