filiusInFilio Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 has anyone else seen this? if so what did you think? Did Patrick make the right decision in your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcatpa Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 To tell you the truth, I was just happy he had a moral code, and I don't mean that in a bad way. So often the underlying message of movies around now is like "It's all relative" or, "if you thought something was morally wrong, don't worry about it, you're young, let me give you some real-world experience and you'll see how you really do have to do evil to do good," "what you thought was morally true, wasn't" etc. I was SO happy when, even though it wasn't the most satisfying ending from a human perspective, cause you want everyone to be happy and loved and cared for! He stuck to his beliefs (which were moral and right beliefs from a Catholic perspective I think, about not stealing and abducting children just randomly, you have to go through Social Services and stuff if you think something's actually wrong). I was happy about that. And that there was Catholic culture in movies. I always like that And I don't think it was negatively portrayed, I think it was probably very realistic considering the time and place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZFry Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Whether he felt it was actually right or not for the little girl to be with her crackhead mother or not, she was the legal mother, and as an officer of the law/etc private investigator/whatever he was, there is no relativity, he did the legal and technically right thing. Yes Morgan Freeman's character was probably the best for her, but he made the right decision. Like Snowcatpa said, there is too much "it's all relative" action in movies and TV nowadays. We have a moral code we must stick to to keep the world spinning the right way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcatpa Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I'm really surprised more people haven't seen Gone Baby Gone! Or had some reaction to it. It's one of the rare mainstream movies, (an ACTION movie at that), that's like, Catholic like woah. Does anyone else have any reaction? I think it's a good movie to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppercut55 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 i really want to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDolly Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I think I may rent this at Blockbuster and watch it over the weekend.I didn't get a chance to see it in the movie theatre.Go rent it and Pan's Labyrinth and get a Pappa John's pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corban711 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 alright, so ive watched it twice now. watching it the second time strengthened my conviction that he did the right thing. this was such a good movie. sometimes the right thing is painfully difficult and sometimes the right thing might not feel all that right. but i think that he was definitely in the right in that situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 i want to watch this. *goes off to watch* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filiusInFilio Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 (edited) [quote name='corban711' post='1483071' date='Mar 24 2008, 01:34 PM']alright, so ive watched it twice now. watching it the second time strengthened my conviction that he did the right thing. this was such a good movie. sometimes the right thing is painfully difficult and sometimes the right thing might not feel all that right. but i think that he was definitely in the right in that situation.[/quote] yeah i just watched it again i love the part where he's telling remmy what a priest told him about shame..... Edited March 25, 2008 by filiusInFilio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corban711 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 [quote name='filiusInFilio' post='1483585' date='Mar 25 2008, 02:20 AM']yeah i just watched it again i love the part where he's telling remmy what a priest told him about shame.....[/quote] yeah. how true! ben affleck had a very good first movie with this one. i like it. to me, it just seemed much more grounded in human nature than many others. the struggle was real, the questions, the feelings that accompany hard decisions...everything. i thought it was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I am sooo late. Just saw this movie. It was excellent!!! Wow--a movie with a Catholic character who actually tries to do what is right, guided by his morality, grounded in the Catholic faith. If this is the kind of movies Ben Affleck is making, I can't wait for his next one. If you haven't seen it, rent it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bus Station Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I saw this movie a few months ago, it was pretty good. I remember the character of the girl's crackhead mother was so repulsive -- great actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoTeckam Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I found the movie to be pretty disturbing. I noticed there are not a lot of the phat moms on this thread beacuse I would imagine this kind of film gets much harder to watch when you ahve kids of your own. Overall though, the plot was very interesting. Ben Alfleck suprised me with the direction as well. I think he unquestionably did the right thing. Nice to see for a change.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Wasn't it Casey Afleck in that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Yeah. I thought it was a very ordinary film when I saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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