| | Hang 'Em HighYou might call me crazy, but this is an excellent movie.
Not only because of a great story, but because of the cinematography, too. I would compare this to Hemingway stylistically - Eastwood plays the tough lawman whose eyes tell more than half the story. Close-ups of faces reveal details that words couldn't, and the eyes always speak volumes. The camera isn't always just a steady spectator - it, and the viewer through it - are in the middle of the action. Sometimes an actor will even fall onto it, or it will shake with the bumps of the road while riding in a wagon.
But I can't forget the story - it is about Law, and the execution of it. About how the government has it, and that it is wrong to take it into one's own hands. The moral isn't, however, that you can use the Law to exact revenge - the moral is that under the Law even revenge is a crime. The moral is that there is a judge who sends his servants into the earth to exact justice. The moral is that under the Law, if you break it, you will be justly rewarded.
Thankfully, Christians have Someone who fulfilled the Law.
***** (for the film)
[my life] (for Christ) |
| | Posted 1/10/2008 3:47 PM - 0 comments
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