Gone Baby Gone

Ben Afflek's movies really are better when he isn't in them. Ouch, I know, I am jerk. But this movie is good. It really puts the audience in the gray area of life. It is not Ransom. Ransom was the story of a man getting his son back. Its a story we want him to win. If he gets his son he wins we feel good. If the boy dies, he loses, and we feel bad. What this story does in Gone Baby Gone, is say that in the light of these horrible people and horrible situations there may not be a way for us to feel happy. There is a time in the middle of the film where Patrick knows that what he did was wrong. And so the guilt is beggining to affect him. But those around him pat him on the back and tell him he did good. And they will not let his guilt stay. And he struggles with his choices, and how he wants to feel guilty he wants to be punished and there is no one around who will let him feel bad about his choice.

This movie will prompt alot of discussion about means and ends, right and wrong. I think it is very well done. I was suprised by how much i liked this movie. Though Patrick and Angie's relationship is weird. To me they just seem like a dating couple. They don't ever divulge having a strong committment or any future plans, so when they start to have trouble I don't feel all that compelled to wish they work it out. I wish there was more to that. Other than that i think the story is good, Its well done. I reccomend it.

My Goal

So the goal of this blog is to review movies (maybe books and music). I hate spoilers, so I will not put in spoilers if the film is still new, and if later I talk about things that give away stuff I will note that there are spoilers. This is not the kind of review where I will say "I agree with this film so it must be good." I hope to be able to be a little more critical than that. If you want to dialogue feel free to post a comment.