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| Dietrich Bonhoffer |
Face of Evil…those words present differently to
everyone.
For a four year old? What does a four year old see as
evil? Maybe, just scary, which is
plenty.
For teens?
Evil? Would they recognize true
evil beyond “American Horror Story”?
Ah, but for adults…adults see evil in its many forms.
Evil comes in the form of amoral, sociopaths, psychopaths, and every other “path”
in the world.
In the years between 2000 and 2008, evil sneaked in
silently, in the back door quite literally. It tiptoed in, stealing
homes through mortgages, fraudulent and devastating.
In this movie, The Big Short, historical events grab viewers and shake them like a dirty puppy, foisting humor and heartless
greed.
Names are real, what they did
is real, what happened is real. What
these evil men slammed down in paper volumes of numbers, economically spread across the world, nearly causing
entire countries to collapse.
Faces of Evil leap from the screen and will remain in
viewers’ minds.
At least it does in mine.
Greed sure does bring much evil about.
ReplyDeleteThis movie revealed monsters, heartless and greedy and evil.
DeleteMoney and power... many times, once a person has it, he/she wants more. I don't understand that mindset myself.
ReplyDeleteNor do I.
DeleteReal evil is more frightening than any monster.
ReplyDeleteReally want to see this film.
Truly hope that many bloggers do.
DeleteNeed to see this one. Its the silent, creeping evil that's the worst.
ReplyDeleteOnce this evil poured out and people realized what was happening, it was eating up people's lives.
DeleteA film to see. All this evil remains among us.
ReplyDeleteSince it is quiet, it is the worst evil of all.
DeleteThat was such a good movie. Even after all these years, most of us never really understood what was done to us. This film explained it well.
ReplyDeleteI also thought that Spotlight was a great film. Evil comes in all forms.
Spotlight? Will check out. Seeing The Big Short did exactly as you said.
DeleteThe worst evils wear the guise of ordinary people. This is a film I very much want to see.
ReplyDeleteIt will make an indelible effect on your understanding of what actually happened.
DeleteI'll see it when it comes on tv.
ReplyDeleteProbably a good idea.
Delete...altho most of the dialogue would have to be deleated. Pretty offensive, but in character. Get a DVD, instead.
DeleteI don't think I want to see that. I'm really not brave enough to be facing evil.
ReplyDeleteThese men took no care for the lives of those people who ended up homeless, jobless, and broke.
DeletePerhaps I'll watch it when it gets to TV, I'll make a note of it.
DeleteIf only people would act so that this sort of thing couldn't happen again. Yet...
ReplyDeleteThe average citizen had no idea. But, only a few on the outside saw it coming and spoke/acted.
DeleteI'm looking forward to seeing this movie...all the reviews I've read about it have been good.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope lessons have been learned. I am a dreamer...one can only hope...about many things...
I did not know that the movie was about that. We will be looking for when we can see it on Netflix or some other relatively free venue. Ironically, such evil was good for us. For we were able to buy a house with less than stellar income during the subprime push. Yes, we paid too much, but it is manageable.
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