miriam-seraia

I will say that upon seeing trailers for this movie and the description, I thought I just wandered on Nabukov's Lolita, and I hated that book so much I ended up skimming it to spare my brain the unnecessary crap o a p*do's rants and senseless excuses for his inappropriate attraction. But I digress... (spoilers below) .

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This movie started out as a story about a man who is having inappropriate thoughts about his daughter's 16 year-old friend, and then became an analysis on unhappiness and that burying secrets is a deadly - no, for real DEADLY - thing. I wish the story relied on other aspect to show what the rest of the movie showed (perhaps do away with the attraction for an underage girl, and just go with someone who was just 10 years younger than him). All in all, I could extract the idea they wanted to portray, and just "threw" away the rest.

Richard Jewell is a man who suffered greatly at the dirty hands of the media and the investigative employees of the government. These people are not on our side. They are on their own side; they will do anything to get a fatter paycheck and if that comes at the cost of an innocent? Well, fudge them, right? (P. S. I had to edit out an already censored version of the word that stars with an F and is followed by a U, then a C and finally a K)

I feel so sorry for a man who suffered, a man who tried to help, a man whose innocence and belief in the justice system must have been forever changed after they falsely smeared his reputation.

We should all already know that the media is a disgusting and filth field crawling with people desperate for a front page, most of whom will do just about anything to get it.

The lawyer is the perfect example of what it can mean to a person when we treat them right. As well as, being truly present at your job and not just phoning it in. We can change people's lives by being kind and by being committed to our life's mission.

I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to wake up and smell the roses of reality; to quote another movie that showed us how much the powers that want to be care for us, "We protect us. We do. Nobody else. Not the companies, not the scientists, not the government."

Richard, I hope you're in Heaven, feeling that beautiful eternal peace and complete serenity.

P. P. S.: This is my second attempt at posting this review. Let's see if it will pass the watchful eyes of censorship.