I strongly recommend you to go out and see the new Clint Eastwood film, “Changeling”. There is no question in my mind that Eastwood is "on fire" when it comes to directing and producing films lately, (to use the common speech of the basketball world). If you saw his other masterpiece movie, “Mystic River”, starring Sean Penn, you will remember feeling quite uncomfortable during much of the movie. I hope that this next comment will not move people reading this to not see the movie; however, I will say it nonetheless. I am predicting that if you see this film, “Changeling”, you will feel 10 times more uncomfortable than you felt when watching Sean Penn screaming to see his murdered daughter in “Mystic River”. That made the movie, however, that much better for me! It was so real and heart-wrenching.
So discomfort aside, I would love to share why I loved this film. For the sake of taking too much away from this movie and ruining it, I will keep my excitement about this movie brief. I loved the film because of its masterfully crafted script, its downright beautiful score, and its perfectly acted characters. John Malkovich’s character is nothing short of an exact personification of the true definition of moral courage. The character who plays the LAPD corrupt police Captain makes you want to jump into the movie and yell straight in his face to wake up. And then, there is Angelina Jolie. If she does not win Best Actress for her role in this film, then something has seriously gone wrong in this world and/or the entire Earth moved off of its axis just a bit.
You probably had thought about going to see this film already, but hopefully after reading this you are now going to see it with more urgency and desire.
Go to their website to watch a trailer if you still are not convinced.
I just returned from seeing the movie and I found it interesting and disturbing. I guess I don't know much about the time period, but I found the lack of relationships in the movie disturbing. She certainly loved her son, but were there no other people in her life to help her? Were people so reserved in showing affection? I was not surprised by the treatment of women (I found it believable), but did we really treat children that way? A thought-provoking movie, to be sure.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post! I am glad you liked the movie, and I agree with the lack of relationships. It was a little odd that there was not another relationship in her life.
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