Thompson GOOD

The film Good takes place in the 1930s Germany. When a professor becomes swept up in the Nazi movement and gets in to far over his head his morals are put to the test. In this movie, the Nazi's aryan movement is placed in the background, and the real war, man versus himself, dominants the plot of the movie.

John Hadler, which is played by Viggo Mortens, is considered a "good" man. He lives with his mother, and his wife. In the movie, it shows him taking care of his family by working to support the household, and also keeping the house hold together by maintaing it and the people that live there. Balancing his personal and his professional life, Hadler has his work cut out for him when he has to place his morals on hold for fear of losing his job when a book burning occurs. Little did he know, that that was the first but not the last time that he would react this action. When Hadler comes face to face with joining the Nazi party, he once again has to put his morals behind him to succeed, be accepted, and escape from his old life to get a new and improved one because "GOOD" guys finish last. The movie is entitled GOOD because we as humans always want to do the right thing and be good people and stand up for whats right, but when the cards are dealt against us and everyone is not on your side, you are willing and will join the majority regardless of their cause and purpose in order to succeed and get ahead of the game.

GOOD was not shown in the United States because it would have made Americans question our society and the German history that was taught to us in school. We would have question the German people, and would see how easy it is to influence a whole nation, which has already happened. Technology, money, movies, all influence, what out governments wants us to believe and see, they allow. Like the internet is no longer the world wide web. The governments runs everything and influences us, just like the Nazi party influenced the German people.

The picture that is shown show Hadler and his mistress Annie. Annie is dressed in all white while Hadler is dressed in black. Hadler is in front showing his dominance and power. Annie, following Hadler's eyes in the background, shows her soaking up his power and following his every move. The people behind them are blurred out, but are still recognizable as people. This shows that Hadler follows them but is not so sure who they are, and perhaps not even himself.