Joel
Alvarado
LEH 355
3/10/2015
“M”
One of the most of impressive scenes from the movie “M” was when Beckett
was taken to the kangaroo court, when he was forced into the basement like room
he saw a large group of people that were going to witness his verdict. There
were also a couple of judges in front of the crowd that were getting ready to sentence
him. When Beckett felt the intensity and the atmosphere of the room he
automatically went into defensive mode and he was acting like he did not have
anything to do with being there. It wasn't until the blind guy confirmed that
he was indeed the criminal that he confirmed that the people had caught up to
his crimes. As he went into the defensive mode the judges pulled up a couple of
pictures of the victims that he had murdered. When he saw the faces of the
young girls he tried he went got surprised and he tried to flee but the people
in the room did not let him escape.
Prior to sentencing him, he was assigned a lawyer but he was on denial; stating
that he did not want to lawyer because he believed he was innocent. When he saw
that the crowd was not being receptive to his demands, he insisted to be handed
over to the police. Afterwards, he started confessing his disorders and he
prosecuted himself. One of the reasons why I found this scene appealing was
because it was highly ironic how a criminal tries to beg for help committing
unforgivable crimes. It is as if he does not understand the intensity of the
crimes he committed. Another important factor that made this scene outstanding
was the fact that people decided to take matters into their own hands. I
completely agree with a group of people doing so because there are many
occasions where we let the government or the judicial system handle certain
things under the assumption that they will deliver according but the decision
is not fair at all. The fact that these people decided to put their own
judicial system together implies that they care about their city and are
willing to make a change for the better. Lastly, it would have been interesting
to see how the group of individuals was going to punish the criminal if the
police had not intervened.
This movie reflects a lot of the instability that was occurring in
Germany in the era. The fact that the government was unstable and people were
taking matters into their own hands speaks a lot about a society’s instability.
Another major issue that was occurring in that particular time was that people
were letting their desires overpower them. We saw how desire overpowered the
professor in The Blue Angel and ultimately ruined his life, just like the
desire of murdering ruined Beckett’s life in this film. Another major distress
is that just like the film “ The Cabinet”, they were there were a lot of
impression misconceptions that were placed on certain individuals. In “The Cabinet”,
the murderer faked to be sleeping while in reality he was out killing people. The
outcome of his crimes did not fit the description because he was an important
member in society, that goes to show the misconception people had on others
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