Comments on: Reel Politique: Movie Review, Gone Baby Gone http://blog.vanvoice.com/2007/10/22/aisle-view-movie-review-gone-baby-gone/ The Vancouver Voice Blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:12:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Noelle Smith http://blog.vanvoice.com/2007/10/22/aisle-view-movie-review-gone-baby-gone/#comment-2223 Noelle Smith Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:17:33 +0000 http://blog.vanvoice.com/2007/10/22/aisle-view-movie-review-gone-baby-gone/#comment-2223 Probably the review that best reflects my opinions about this excellent film - with one exception. When you ask, "But later you wonder, why was he so adamant about his moral code here? Didn’t he, just 30 minutes ago in the movie blow away a pedophile as judge, jury, and execution, in a scene right out of Mickey Spillane? Where was his code then? Why is it so inconsistent? " I would think his actions at the end of the film were in reaction to his moral code 30 minutes prior - and that they were motivated out of an attempt to try and right what he perceived to be his previous "wrong", with a damn the consequences, stubborn determination. As for, "What are we supposed to take away from this film’s ending?", perhaps nothing more than a shot of reality - and a reminder that in life, sometimes there truly are no happy endings all tied up with a bow, regrets haunt us all, no matter how noble our intentions, and moral dilemmas, by definition, don't have a "correct" answer. Probably the review that best reflects my opinions about this excellent film - with one exception. When you ask, “But later you wonder, why was he so adamant about his moral code here? Didn’t he, just 30 minutes ago in the movie blow away a pedophile as judge, jury, and execution, in a scene right out of Mickey Spillane? Where was his code then? Why is it so inconsistent? ”

I would think his actions at the end of the film were in reaction to his moral code 30 minutes prior - and that they were motivated out of an attempt to try and right what he perceived to be his previous “wrong”, with a damn the consequences, stubborn determination.

As for, “What are we supposed to take away from this film’s ending?”, perhaps nothing more than a shot of reality - and a reminder that in life, sometimes there truly are no happy endings all tied up with a bow, regrets haunt us all, no matter how noble our intentions, and moral dilemmas, by definition, don’t have a “correct” answer.

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