Jay Chou is the memory of our generation.
When I was a child, listening to his songs, almost every time I was caught, I would be said to say a sentence of "I can't even say the words clearly, what is good to hear.". But he spoke with strength, fans bet with time, and it turned out that it was right to like him.
In Jay Chou's many works, everyone's love is different. But when I watched Manslaughter 2 two days ago, the melody of "In the Name of the Father" kept ringing in my head.
Those who know him well should remember that the song was very early, very early. Since its premiere in 2003, 18 years have passed since the altar has not fallen. Maybe for some people, the song is just good. But for a die-hard fan of the movie "The Godfather" series, the song is simply a gift from God.
Since this song is closely related to the movie "The Godfather", why did I think of it when I watched "Manslaughter 2"?
Because they have a common key word: father.
In the Name of the Father there is a lyric like this:
Each of us is guilty, committing different sins, and I can decide who is right and who should sleep.
This sentence is interpreted very well in "Manslaughter 2".
In the movie, the mayor who covers the sky with his hands and intercepts his heart halfway only appears twice in the whole movie. The first was the mayor of "two generations of hard work to get me in this position", and the second time was the father who snatched the heart of others to save his own children.
He, as the song says, decides who is right and who should sleep.
But everyone in the movie also fulfills the lyrics: everyone is guilty, committing different sins.
The father in the movie, in order to illuminate this dark area with his own fireworks light, did not hesitate to test the law by himself, and was finally judged on the spot;
The reporter who ventured into the clinic to report the truth also misunderstood the male protagonist at the beginning;
The director makes a mistake for the sake of face project, and the dean bows to the power... Even the attending physician, who had a sense of justice, had watched the patient lying there and seeing him dead (although he explained that he refused the operation because it was too late, he preferred to let the patient lie there desperate to death than reach out, as an ordinary person, I do not understand).
See? In this story, almost no one is innocent, not even the mother and son who are victims, in a way.
The heroine confronts the law enforcement officers who come to question her, and she firmly says that she can't work with them against her husband - but she knows that her husband is committing a crime.
And the little child who lived with his father's heart, recalling this past many years later, should be like the song in "In the Name of the Father":
Loneliness began to ferment, constantly laughing at me, memories gradually burned, once innocent pictures, cruel and gentle appearance.
You know, when this child experienced this, he was not young. The facts he saw were themselves incomplete, and after a long period of baptism and his own unconscious tampering, what would eventually become and how it would affect him was probably the biggest unknown in this film. His father poured out all that was left to him, whether it was the warm glow of the fireworks or the vast expanse of darkness that was difficult to break through, no one knew.
Finally, let's briefly talk about my overall feelings about this movie.
On the day I watched the movie, as soon as I came out of the movie theater, I opened a certain rating platform. Watching the ratings of this movie plummet in recent days, the feelings in my heart are also difficult to say.
Movies are originally very personal.
Some people give low scores because of medical expertise, some people give low scores because of factors such as plot and logic, and some people even give low scores because of a certain creator.
But for me, I cried while watching this movie.
The helplessness of the masses, the fragility of the family and the struggles of a father are superimposed together, and it is difficult not to resonate.
Perhaps its sensational traces are serious, and its tear-jerking intentions are too obvious. But rather than the overly perfect ending of the original jury releasing water and law enforcement officers turning a blind eye, I prefer to turn my eyes to the faint glow of fireworks.
I also believe that the positive meaning of this film can cover up its flaws.