Still nothing of note going on. This is not necessarily the worst thing [just ask Vrabel Pats or Josh Jacob Puke].
As such, finally got around to watching “Nuremburg” starring Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring, Rami Malek [played Freddy Mercury] as psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, and Michael Shannon as Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson.
Crowe superbly plays the highly intelligent, capable and charming Göring. I can’t help but think of Crowe as a younger fit Maximus; now he’s the fat decadent Generalissimo. Perhaps some meta there.
Göring was a legit war hero and ace with 22 confirmed kills in WW1. To put that in perspective, Maverick barely eked out 5 to be Ace. He has the charm and talent of Maverick, the ambition and planning of Iceman, the narcissism of BOTH yet the moral compass of this guy.
That is a DANGEROUS combo as the movie seductively exhibits in a fascinating psychological portrait of “evil.”
The lead prosecutor presents the ‘objective’ adversary, while the psychiatrist seems nearly tragically stuck between, like a fly slowly being consumed by a black hole. It reminds me of what William Blake said about Milton writing “Paradise Lost”: Milton secretly admired Satan.
What I like about this movie is that it shows what needed to take place BEFORE “Saving Private Ryan.” Before the cinematic slaughter of oblivious citizens who were enjoying their apple pie before picking up an M1 Garand. History starts with steins, podiums and gavels, not rifles.
By the end, one will find this all a bit unnerving and relevant, because, sadly, “evil” is ALWAYS relevant: it’s only a crash, pandemic, attack or humiliation away from crawling out of our filthy crawlspaces.
