The movie "Official Secrets": Be a hero and don't harm your family

Glennie 2022-01-10 08:01:58

Text/Mr. Shen

Gulong has a saying, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

The rivers and lakes here are intrigue, intrigue, and darkness; it is also the one who gives up to me, for the country and the people, and is the light. Being a hero is very tiring, and often has no choice but to be powerful, but as long as there is a dark place, there will always be a little light, which makes people hopeful. This is the so-called "evil overwhelming righteousness."

The film "Official Secrets" is really bold and explores political right and wrong. After leaking state secrets, the female protagonist Catherine was able to speak paranoidly with violent government agencies in the name of serving the country for the people. She was eventually released without charge. The result was gratifying. However, it can be said that the year-long waiting is a real torment. He was monitored, followed, and his husband was almost deported. He may face imprisonment, and his resume has traces of crime.

She doesn't back down, just angry with lies. She doesn't reject wars, but she doesn't want to see wars caused by lies.

War is cruel, and even a game of chess that is sitting in distress can make people feel the fight of gold and iron horses, not to mention the real war with swords and guns. Modern civilization should be far away from war, just as there should be fewer physical fights between people. Even if the opponent is weak, if the opponent is in a hurry, he will fight desperately, and the strong will naturally suffer damage.

However, it was not the people who made the decision behind that were killed or injured, but the soldiers on the front line, the innocent people on the battlefield, and the leaders who were unwilling to submit to the weaker party. Seeing that the United States wanted to influence the results of the UN Security Council vote, Catherine felt that this was wrong. But the government's decision-making is more than numerous. Could it be that everything is transparent, open, just, and correct?

She just happened to be here. An ordinary employee without any background dared to disclose the "black box cooperation" between the motherland and the allies to the media, hoping to make it public. Her behavior will involve department leaders, colleagues, and even her husband, leaving Xiaojia in trouble. What she has done is trying to save those who may be harmed in the war. Is this right or wrong?

Just like a classic problem, you are a train driver, but there is a group of people playing on the normal track ahead, and there is a child on the track that can change lanes. What do you do at this time?

The driver is not at fault, is it the fault of the group of children? Or is it the child's fault? No matter how you choose is wrong, who made you the driver is probably because you, as a driver, are wrong. The train can't stop. Someone’s answer is that the children on the track with variable lanes are innocent when driving normally, and the train may also derail, causing even greater disasters.

When Catherine's information leaked out, the war started. It's like the driver chooses to change lanes and rushes to a child, but there is another train behind, and then rushes to the group of children, because Catherine is like the train driver, not Superman, and can stop the train instantly.

Catherine chose to disclose, even though the opposite is the state apparatus, live 10,000 people and live one person? Does she have a choice? From the perspective of her conscience, no matter how she chooses is wrong. If she is afraid of implicating her husband without revealing it, will she not be implicated? In the face of the beloved, she sometimes apologizes and sometimes says that she does not regret it, just because there is an obsession in her heart. There are innocent people who are hurt by lies, but who can't tell lies? Everyone lied, and so did the government. After all, government workers are also human beings.

The degree of harm to lying determines whether you can lie? Can a person who runs 50 steps despise a person who runs 100 steps?

The whirlpool is a monster that devours life, why not stay away from the whirlpool? Still desperately trying to win, betting on the happiness of people around me, even though some colleagues came out to tell her that she was brave, wasn't it all panic when she was affected.

The position where the heroine stands, sees the unfairness, she is doing her best to reverse and change, like a lonely hero, but people are limited, what she sees, what she knows, and the conclusions drawn are all one-sided. It's even weaker. As I said at the beginning, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. When you find that the darkness is stretched out, you will burn yourself and pursue the instant fireworks to illuminate others; or try to stay away from the darkness and seek the light. This is a touching philosophy. Dialectical choice.

If everyone does not give up his body to become light, where does the light come from?

But then again, if you step forward and burn yourself, only to find that you can't illuminate the darkness at all, and the result is useless, then what's the point?

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Extended Reading
  • Gaetano 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    3.5/5 The espionage atmosphere of the first act is quite tight, and overall it is very neat, but unfortunately the ending is a bit too fast. The key court scene at the end thought it would be a fight of words, but it ended in a short time. It’s a pity that the country The machine controls everything. I watched "The Unkindness of the Vice" a while ago, so when it was mentioned in the film that Bushey sent troops to Iraq, I couldn't help but think of the Vice President Dick Chaney hiding behind his back. The director's previous film "Operation Sky Eye" is still better.

  • Angela 2022-03-20 09:02:22

    This is why they are developed countries

Official Secrets quotes

  • TinTin: So, you work for the British government?

    Katharine Gun: No. Not really.

    TinTin: No?

    Katharine Gun: Governments change. I work for the British people.

  • [first lines]

    Clerk of the Court: Katharine Teresa Gun, you are charged with an offence contrary to section 1, subsection 1, of the Official Secrets Act of 1989, in that you did knowingly and intentionally disclose top-secret intelligence information contrary to the said act. How do you plead? Guilty or not guilty?