Chapter 1360 1360 Reflection Frenzy

Roger made an in-depth analysis of the core idea of ​​the entire film in this eloquent film review. Relatively speaking, he did not mention much about the quality of the finished product of the film itself. However, at the end of the film review, Roger specifically focused on Hugo. The performance was highly praised.

"In this work, Hugo Lancaster showed his increasingly mature acting skills, he was often able to use some seemingly simple or even boring little actions to outline the characters calmly, and the soul-stirring The eyes are even more immersed in the boundless emotional entanglement in the mind, making the audience involuntarily fall into the abyss of those eyes, savoring the mixed emotions carefully.

Different from the terrifying and sharp image in 'Schindler's List', and also different from the invisible image of murder in the talk and laugh in 'Seven Deadly Sins', Hugo showed a real flesh and blood in 'Death Row' this time. Image - A person who looks different in everyone's eyes. After watching this movie, almost everyone will have different opinions about Matthew, but the reflection wavelengths in their minds are similar.

As an actor, Lancaster once again won everyone's respect with his excellent strength! "

In this film review, Roger gave a high rating of 92 points, and gave a three-star recommendation out of four out of four stars, obviously full of confidence in "Death Ramble".

As Roger said, "Death Ramble" has two core ideas, one is Matthew, the other is the death penalty, and these two core topics are very complicated, almost everyone will have different ideas after watching the movie. Support, some object, some praise, some curse, some think, some contempt... This kind of reflection frenzy detonated in the brain is the wonderful thing about the movie.

Compared with the director instilling his own thoughts into the audience through sensationalism, preaching and other methods, Tim Robbins' objective perspective has undoubtedly pushed the discussion of the controversial subject of "Death Ramble" to a new height, which is also the charm of the film's existence one.

With the exception of Roger Ebert, almost all the audience members, journalists and film critics who watched "Death Ramble" fell into contemplation. During the first screening weekend of "Death Ramble", many discussions were rife, pushing the film to the ground. to a whole new level.

"The Los Angeles Times" Nicholas - McClane after "Seven Deadly Sins", once again become the focus of discussion. Nicholas wrote a review under the headline "After the Bad Deeds Happen..." - not a film review.

"Let's imagine reading this headline today in the 'Los Angeles Times': A young man and a woman dating in the woods, two bad-society youth kidnap the couple, brutally beat a young man and shot him to death , and then gang-raped the young woman, then stabbed him seventeen times with a knife, and then executed.

How will you react?

I will be angry, I will be disgusted, I will tremble, I will lose control of my emotions because of this evil deed, I will also be disappointed because of the evil that is constantly bred in this society, maybe I will call those two bad youths demons, beasts , I just hope that the law can make a judgment as soon as possible and give these two demons the punishment they deserve—the death penalty.

Presumably, there are not a few people who have the same reaction as me - even if they oppose the death penalty, they must hope that they can be punished in other ways by the law.

This is the current state of society. When faced with vicious crimes, we are always stunned by anger, and when faced with crimes that violate the law and seriously violate the moral bottom line, we tend to do everything possible to punish the criminals. This is correct because it is a necessary means of maintaining social order. But many times, behind the anger, we ignore too many details, or we refuse to pay attention to these details and refuse to sympathize with those demons.

"Death Ramble" gives us a different perspective. Through the perspective of Sister Helen, we can see behind the vicious case, the suffering of different people, the sorrow of different people, and the suffering of different people.

At the beginning of the story, Matthew appeared in front of the audience in the form of a demon, the beast that made everyone disgusted, repelled, and angry. No one was willing to help him, not even the prison priest. Sister Helen stood up, not because she believed that Matthew was innocent, but because she believed that as a person, he still had dignity, and she should respect Matthew's dignity. This respect has won the trust of Matthew, and it also allows us to see the real story behind this demon.

When Matthew was sentenced, although the law still protected his basic human rights, in fact he had been abandoned by the mainstream society, and everyone hoped that he would be executed sooner. But people ignore that the reason why Matthew commits a crime is because he has always been a marginal person in society, and society has never given him a place, let alone a fair treatment. Carl's threat is only the last step to let the dam burst. Just a trace of strength, even if there is no outbreak of this villainy case, Matthew is the one who has been abandoned by society.

Strictly speaking, before the crime and after the crime, there is no difference for Matthew. So, Matthew refused to plead guilty.

In fact, Matthew is not innocent, he is an accomplice. He not only witnessed the killing, but was also a part of it, but it is worth pondering why Matthew was sentenced to death, but Karl, the main culprit, was exempted from death? The simple answer is given in the movie, the children of rich families have never been sentenced to death. But after thinking deeply, it is actually the malpractice of society, a kind of unreasonable under the surface of rationalization of procedures, rich people can hire better lawyers to escape legal sanctions; Money can change the wealthy; an individual tragedy under the loopholes in the system, people shouting at death row inmates, but ignoring the truth of the facts.

When people shouted to execute Matthew quickly, the real main culprit was spared behind this, and what people realized was only the justice that they recognized in their hearts, not the real justice. That's the saddest part.

So, at the end of the story, Matthew's confession made our hearts feel like a knife, Matthew's fear brought us to tears, and Matthew's redemption shook our hearts. And the Poncelet family, who were persecuted by the society because they were family members of death row prisoners, became the cold and rude victims of modern society, and they should not be treated like this.

Anger often makes us ignore that the original identity of the "devil" is also human.

It reminds me of the world-famous 'Michael Jackson. prostitution. Children's case', these are two very different cases, but they have triggered similar reflections in us. When the news media broke the news that Michael was lewd. obscene. young. When we were children, what was our attitude? This is absolutely disgusting and disgusting. Any crime against a child is unacceptable and heinous, and this is one of the areas where the Federal Constitution has the strongest attack.

Therefore, everyone went out of the ground and became angry, everyone was dazzled by the anger and lost their minds. Under the instigation of the news media, all the people stretched out their hands hideously and pulled Michael from the altar. down. The problem is, no one has ever asked for the truth.

Unlike Michael, Michael got his innocence, and Matthew himself confessed his guilt. But in the same way, when faced with a vicious event, we are dominated by anger, do not ask the truth behind it, just simply want to vent our anger, but it is ourselves who are really hurt, because even we ourselves do not know: we Was it a real demon that was killed?

'Death Ramble' gives us a platform, but what kind of storm of reflection can be triggered depends on how brave we are - bravely facing our own mistakes. Sadly, the last thing people want is to face their own mistakes. Matthew is lucky, he got his own redemption with the help of Helen.

This is not a perfect movie. The rhythm of the story is a little slow and the plot is a little trivial, but Tim Robbins relies on the excellent performances of the two actors to unearth the infinite possibilities behind the story. It was the greatest success of 'Death Walk'.

Susan Sarandon gave an excellent performance in this work. Her eyes that are neither humble nor arrogant, sincere and delicate, brave and kind-hearted give her a divine light, which can be brought not only by a Bible and a cross. Yes, but from that pious heart, Sarandon's fragile yet strong performance makes Helen Prekin look great and divine.

Hugo Lancaster undoubtedly shocked everyone again, even though we all had high expectations, but Lancaster's performance still far exceeded expectations, the soft heart under the devil's shell, behind the brutality The pain and suffering, the cowardice and sadness in addition to cold-blooded murder, bloom in his performances that can't be seen directly. From cold-blooded to redemption, Lancaster's subtle interpretation, confession at the end of the movie, last words and other scenes, with a shocking power to elevate the movie to a whole new level. "

Unlike Roger, Nicholas did not pay attention to the death penalty or Matthew. He actually discussed the "Death Ramble" from the perspective of ordinary people, which was really unexpected, because the people are almost only a background in the film The existence of , can not be regarded as the protagonist at all. However, Nicholas' unique perspective has a strong impact, which also continued the "Seven Deadly Sins" period. Nicholas's attention to social events once again pointed the core directly to the social status quo.

Roger and Nicholas have one thing in common. From "Seven Deadly Sins" to "Death Ramble", Hugo vividly displayed the cruelty and cruelty of social issues in these two works, and Hugo's performances are all It is a top priority!

The Los Angeles Times gave it a good rating of 88, which also coincides with Nicholas's opinion: the quality of the finished product is slightly lacking, but the performance shines.

From the "Chicago Sun" to the "Los Angeles Times", a wave of reflection is sweeping across the United States uncontrollably, and the American public opinion circle, which has never been calmed down after the "Seven Deadly Sins", has once again ushered in a storm!