Classy Lassy

Classy. That describes the majority of the serious work of Clint Eastwood as director and Anjalina Jolie as actress (you can exclude The Rookie and Tomb Raider from that statement).And so it is with Changeling, Eastwood's true tale of a single mother battling authorities in 1920's L.A. to locate her missing son.
I didn't anticipate I'd enjoy this as much as Eastwood's other 2009 project Gran Torino, but I ended up liking it more. The reasons...?Well, the beautiful recreation of the period Los Angeles setting was facinating, taking you into another world. The story didn't just revolve around a weaping or courageous mother, it shows the periphical investigations andpolitics of the mothers circumstances.

Also it's the precence of screenwriter J M Stracsynski, creator of an S.F. series I admire Babylon 5.JMS's writing style and personal themes are evident throughout. The first of those being the phrase "Never start a fight, but always finish it."(a term that reoccurs throughot B5).Themes of personal responsibility are tackled, either as a public servant, a human being or a parent.There also the theme of persistence and hope that punctuates all of JMS's work.

Mainly I like the little guy vs the system story. It's something we usually get in Dystopian Futures like V for Vendetta or contemorary action thrillers like 24.But this is made all the more powerful by the fact it's a true story with deep seated corruption that was wiped away.Gets ya everytime.