The only star is for Tim Robbins, and his personal performance is still wonderful under such a bad director.
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A plot that deviates from a deep theme
Clay 2022-04-21 08:01:07
Whether the theme is deep or not is not the fundamental measure of a good movie, at least it is far from a sufficient condition. A good film is to use the lens to express the theme idea naturally and smoothly in the development of a reasonable plot. And I personally think that the use of lens language in this film is rather bad, a lot of hysterical close-ups and even useless pictures. The development of the plot is even more apparently lacking in rationality, making the so-called profundity a pretentiousness. If the script were modified, it could have been made into a wonderful film.
The only star is for Tim Robbins, and his personal performance is still wonderful under such a bad director.
The only star is for Tim Robbins, and his personal performance is still wonderful under such a bad director.
Extended Reading
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[last lines]
Oliver Lang: Where do we go from here?
Cheryl Lang: Someplace nice.
Oliver Lang: I hope so.
Cheryl Lang: Someplace safe.
Oliver Lang: Definitely.
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Michael Faraday: You can't ask government to be infallible, but you can ask it to be accountable.
Oliver Lang: I can ask it to be honest.
Michael Faraday: You know, when Leah died, all I wanted was someone to tell me, "We made a mistake." You know? "We made a mistake. Your wife suffered for it, and we'd take it back a hundred times if we could." But they don't say that. She would've.