color under grey sky

Ethyl 2022-04-21 09:01:12

After watching "Training Day", the first feeling is actually chaos. It's not the film that's chaotic, the film is very good, and the story is clear and engaging, but it's me who's chaotic, and I'm stuck in a deep sense of language.
Maybe it's because I'm not used to growing up, of course, being in the world of "right" and "wrong" for too long also has a certain inhibitory effect, so when someone is pulled under the gray sky, everything is not as good as indoors. It was bright and bright under the fluorescent lamp. When asked, "What color?", it was as if he had eaten too much. Common sense was choked in his throat, and he burped, but he couldn't utter a complete word.

The laws of nature have maintained their vitality in the streets of Los Angeles for hundreds of millions of years. Now, when an incarnation of justice enters the jungle, trying to construct a new kind of continuity, should he incarnate as a sheep or a wolf?
Alonzo travels among drug dealers with ease, and even has his underground wife and children in the drug den. He used black money to open up joints and buy people's hearts, and easily obtained the indulgence of the top police officers and the information provided by drug dealers, so that he could be unimpeded anywhere, catch what he wants, let him let go, and also, solve him to be resolved. But as long as he needs it, he can betray anyone, whether it's a Los Angeles drug lord who has been drinking for ten years, or a fledgling policeman who has been with his ass for a day.
Jack is just the predecessor of Alonzo. He is passionate, impulsive, and hates evil. Facing the impact of Alonzo's design, temptation and values, he swayed on the moral ridge in a daze; finally, when his righteous actions saved himself over time, he realized To the irreconcilable difference between him and Alonzo. His perseverance stopped his depraved soul, won the respect of drug dealers, and finally sent Alonzo to a dead end.
The film does not say anything to the two protagonists, but only takes the audience into the real jungle. Alonzo deeply understands that the Angel of Justice has no way to escape in the jungle, and that only his wife and children will be left behind after the corpse, so he chooses to use his own way to save a safe life, and the star title that comes with it And rolling black money; on the contrary, Jack chose sacrifice, put himself and his family on the altar of justice, and defended the purity of soul with firm belief. Two people and two lives are equally real and vivid. The audience needs to think and make choices. What is right and wrong, or how can we understand it?

In this film, Denis Washington's performance is hearty and vivid, and the contradiction and complexity of Alonzo's character are portrayed to the core, and he deserves the Oscar for best actor.

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Training Day quotes

  • Alonzo: [while meeting on the roof of a parking garage] What's happening? You got the picks and shovels?

    Mark: You gonna dig a ditch?

    Alonzo: Nope. You are. That's a nice suit.

    [to Paul]

    Alonzo: What's going on, killer?

    Paul: I can't call it. Been hearing some shit out here on these streets. You all right?

    Alonzo: Yeah. I talked to the three wise men today. Everything's all good.

    Paul: Shit, you say we can get away with it, I'm with you on that.

    [points to Jake]

    Paul: Who the fuck is this?

    Jake: Jake Hoyt. I'm from Valley Patrol. It's my first day.

    Paul: You a long way from Starbucks homey.

    [to Alonzo]

    Paul: Yo, why the fuck is he in on this?

    Alonzo: Gotta get his cherry popped sometime.

    Paul: [to Jake] Yo, stay the fuck outta my way. Just for the big dogs, you feel me?

    Alonzo: All right. Here's the warrant signed and sealed by the judge, thanks to the Sandman. Alright, now listen up; Safety is first. He gives us shit - Boom! We're giving him lead. Let's do this right so we can all go home and do the wife or the girlfriend thing, alright? Let's suit up, ladies. Time to punch in.

  • Alonzo Harris: [referring to his shotgun that's his holding to find to Jake, somewhere in Sara's apartment] You know I'm surgical with this bitch, Jake. How do you want it, dog? Closed casket? Remember that fool in the wheelchair? How do you think he got there?