GOOD for ordinary people

Roderick 2022-01-22 08:03:25

Of course, this movie was directed at Aragon, and he did not disappoint me. His acting skills are impeccable. In addition to the Lord of the Rings and this movie, he has also seen a few movies starring him. They are all acting like what. Especially in this one, no trace of Aragon can be seen on the protagonist. After watching the movie, I can't remember what the dignified and masculine Middle-earth hero in the Lord of the Rings looks like.
I don't know if it is appropriate to translate GOOD into a good person, it seems to be a passable. I think GOOD here means "yes", "just so", and "passed". It is not only a good subjective attitude, but also a reaction and judgment to objective changes.
The protagonist in the film is an ordinary person. The only difference from us is that he is very professional in writing, and it is precisely because of this that he can be put under the spotlight.
He is not a bad person, he has a conscience. However, he also has desires and vanity. Like most people, he stubbornly shows no integrity in front of power. It is also difficult for him to persist in becoming a dutiful son in front of a long hospital bed.
It is such a person who is controlled step by step by a joke, and finally loses everything. Unlike the frog thrown into the pot, the protagonist can be aware of the danger, but in the face of temptation he pretends that it does not exist, or does not want to believe that it will get worse. And when the benefits are implemented one by one, the protagonist feels that it is a matter of course, completely ignoring his friends who were oppressed under the control of the Nazis. It wasn't until the conscience was finally endangered that he came to his senses, but there was nothing he could do.
Didn’t the Nazis come to power like this? The difference between us and the protagonist lies in his ability to allow it to benefit from "evil", then weigh and judge and make choices, and under the same conditions, we can only be killed without choice.
What if we can make a choice?

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  • Zelma 2022-04-22 07:01:49

    The excavation of human nature was not deep enough, and the climax came to an abrupt end. The question of the relationship between euthanasia and genocide could have been discussed in depth, but unfortunately it disappeared.

  • Gerard 2022-04-21 09:03:20

    Is the narrative pacing a bit subtle? However, if you combine the background events of the era, you can make it up a little bit. Unfortunately, the ending clicked too fast and missed a breath _(:з"∠)_ Speaking of which, historical films have never been my taste... But for Viggo! Uncle V's acting is great 嘤嘤嘤>

Good quotes

  • Maurice: We probably met him, you know? When we were at Ypres, October of that year, 16th Bavarian were in the line next to us. He'd have been running dispatches back and forth.

    Halder: You may have sent him on an errand.

    Maurice: "Oi, you! Lance Corporal! Yes, you, short arse. Get over here!"

    Halder: And he'd have saluted you., imagine that.

  • [Freddie has just received his Kristallnacht orders]

    Elisabeth: You didn't say where you were going, Freddie.

    Freddie: Oh, I've got to burn down a few synagogues. I could be all night!

    Anne: You said they'd stopped all that that stuff with the Jews.

    Halder: Yes, that's what I thought.

    Elisabeth: You're not really going to burn down synagogues, are you, darling?

    Freddie: No.

    [Elisabeth is relieved]

    Freddie: No, the first thing is a briefing to organize a spontaneous demonstration of popular indignation for tomorrow night.