A Time to Forgive

Randy 2021-11-15 08:01:27

After dragging on the eMule for a week, the download was completed, and it was difficult to find English subtitles that fit the source of the film, so I planned to just watch it "naked".

Because American legal films are always related to various gangster crimes, they usually have a lot of slang and speak very fast. Unexpectedly, the atmosphere at the beginning of the film led the audience to the plot. Not only did they not have time to worry about whether they would not understand it, but also found that the pronunciation of the whole film was clear, pure, slow and dignified.

The film is handled very well. Compared with another rape-themed film-"The Accused", the naked depiction that I was worried about never happened. But when the splicing of a series of shots tells us that the inevitable terrible facts have happened, depression, anger, confusion, and sadness have already implied that this is another glorious hymn of individual humanity overcoming the evil of the group. Similar to "Amistad", white people must first transcend their own limitations and then save black people. But one of the highlights in the film is that defense lawyer Jake is always inspired by the defendant Karl Lee, and finally overcomes his own fears. Also defeated the inherent prejudice of the jury.

The most touching thing is the participation of assistant girls. If you don’t know much about the black movement in the United States, you probably think this kind of dedication is quite incomprehensible. Why is a girl with a superior family background, outstanding ability, outstanding appearance, knows well and has personal contact Why are you still optimistic and naive to believe in liberalism when it comes to the narrow, barbaric and brutality of a closed southern town? This is the faith and belief in justice, and this is why the United States was able to struggle out of the era of such chaotic race conflicts, North-South divisions, and rampant lynchings, and always defended the dignity of the law and the belief in building a nation.

The KKK Party, which is all white, is notorious for constantly discrediting the history of white Americans suppressing blacks, but it is also a white jury and lawyer, and judges have worked tirelessly for the rights of blacks. For hundreds of years, people's conflicts, misunderstandings, and prejudices will not come for no reason, nor will they disappear for no reason. The compromise and introspection of the whites are indispensable, and the progress and tolerance of the blacks are indispensable. At any time, as long as we still have humanity and affirm the value of life, family, and peace, ignorance will not raging and spreading.

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Extended Reading
  • Pasquale 2021-11-15 08:01:27

    Uncle Ma had already acted as a lawyer fifteen years ago. Empathy and paternal love are the root causes, but they extend beyond racial discrimination. As Uncle Ma said in his concluding statement, please use your heart instead of your brain. Imagine she's white is the last killer. In the final analysis, the jury system adds and subtracts weights on the psychological scale, and the result is not necessarily the fairness and justice of the truth restoration. PS: Spencer, Oscar's female partner in Help, plays a female nurse in it.

  • Pasquale 2022-03-21 09:01:42

    The emotional and visual impact could have been stronger...

A Time to Kill quotes

  • Judge Omar Noose: Good afternoon, citizens. Be seated. Counsel. And you, sir, are you Carl Lee Hailey?

    Carl Lee Hailey: Yes sir.

    Judge Omar Noose: Mr. Hailey, I am holding a copy of an indictment returned by the grand jury of Mississippi presenting that Carl Lee Hailey did murder Billy Ray Cobb, a human being, and James Willis Willard, a human being, and did attempt to kill Dwayne Looney, a peace officer, against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi. Do you understand the charges against you?

    Carl Lee Hailey: Yes sir.

    Judge Omar Noose: How do you wish to plead?

    Carl Lee Hailey: [pause] Not guilty, Your Honor.

    Jake Tyler Brigance: The defense enters a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, Your Honor.

    Judge Omar Noose: Your trial is set for July 22nd. All pre-trial motions and matters are to be filed no later than July 8th. Is there anything further?

    D.A. Rufus Buckley: Yes, Your Honor. In the response to the insanity plea, the state requests the defendant be examined by it's own doctors.

    Judge Omar Noose: Granted.

    D.A. Rufus Buckley: Additionally, the state opposes any request for bail.

    Jake Tyler Brigance: But Your Honor, we have not yet asked for bail. Now Governor Buckley cannot oppose a request until one is made. He should have learned that in law school.

    D.A. Rufus Buckley: Your Honor, even Mr. Brigance's meager legal experience should have taught him two things: number one, I have not been elected governor... yet. And number two, he is required to request bail. The state opposes any such request.

    Judge Omar Noose: Well in the future why don't we just wait until he makes the request?

    [DA Rufus Buckley nods lightly with a slight smile]

    Jake Tyler Brigance: Thank you, Your Honor. Your Honor, we would like to request bail.

    Judge Omar Noose: Denied. I have never allowed bail in a capital murder case and I don't feel that an exception is called for today.

  • Jake Tyler Brigance: There ain't nothin' more dangerous in this world than a fool with a cause...