Saturday, October 11, 2008
GONE BABY GONE
One of the better movies I watched while I was off work after surgery was "Gone Baby Gone." Not many people heard about it, but it was directed by Ben Affleck and featured an amazing performance by his brother Casey Affleck.
NOTE: Spoiler Alert! If you haven't seen the movie yet, the following is going to spoil it for you. So if you plan on seeing it, don't read the rest. But if you have already seen it or don't plan on seeing it, please read on!
In the movie, a child of a drug addict gets secretly kidnapped by the chief of police. This secret kidnapping occurs for the child's sake so that it can grow up in a loving family that can adequetly care for the child, instead of with her biological mother, who is in an abusive relationship, deals drugs, and does not care much for the child at all. Casey Affleck's character must decide what to do with the child. His fiancee believes that although the kidnapping was wrong, the child deserves better and wants her to stay with the chief of police. Casey Afflect disagrees and returns the child to the biological mother, causing him to lose his fiancee over the disagreement. The movie ends with him having to stay and watch the child while the biological mother continues to be a poor parent and goes out on a date.
I found this dilemma extremely interesting and was wondering what others would do in this situation.
One of the better movies I watched while I was off work after surgery was "Gone Baby Gone." Not many people heard about it, but it was directed by Ben Affleck and featured an amazing performance by his brother Casey Affleck.
NOTE: Spoiler Alert! If you haven't seen the movie yet, the following is going to spoil it for you. So if you plan on seeing it, don't read the rest. But if you have already seen it or don't plan on seeing it, please read on!
In the movie, a child of a drug addict gets secretly kidnapped by the chief of police. This secret kidnapping occurs for the child's sake so that it can grow up in a loving family that can adequetly care for the child, instead of with her biological mother, who is in an abusive relationship, deals drugs, and does not care much for the child at all. Casey Affleck's character must decide what to do with the child. His fiancee believes that although the kidnapping was wrong, the child deserves better and wants her to stay with the chief of police. Casey Afflect disagrees and returns the child to the biological mother, causing him to lose his fiancee over the disagreement. The movie ends with him having to stay and watch the child while the biological mother continues to be a poor parent and goes out on a date.
I found this dilemma extremely interesting and was wondering what others would do in this situation.
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