[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

is that on Netflix too? We can do that one next

...yeah, Netflix...if you look in the Hidden Gem section, Niamh...I’ve watched quite a few from that section and none of them have disappointed so far...

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...yeah, Netflix...if you look in the Hidden Gem section, Niamh...I’ve watched quite a few from that section and none of them have disappointed so far...

Oh great, i don't think I've used that section before

[Ammi]

...so Trial by Fire...I’m not sure how I missed this when it came out...

Spoiler:

...the movie/story left me a bit stunned really because it doesn’t leave anything left to say in that it speaks for itself as a reason why the death penalty has no place ...it’s a true story and a fairly convincing case that an innocent man was put to death in Texas in 2004...I don’t know how accurate the court case in the movie was to the real one but it just felt incredibly rushed with no interest at all from the court appointed lawyer..and no one really speaking up for him because his lifestyle wasn’t one that was approved of by many in town...anyway, those poor, poor children and obviously it was a true story.....Laura Dern was excellent as Elizabeth...and wow, when she had her accident, such a twist...real life really can be stranger than fiction at times...but it was awful for her two children that she was so obsessed with his innocence to the point that they felt that she was becoming less and less a part of their lives...I didn’t know the story, I hadn’t read it before I watched...but I hoped that the execution would be stopped in the last hours and it obviously wasn’t ...I find executions in movies very difficult to watch..and the bit at the end with the governor of Texas...’do you sleep at night...etc...’...’yes, I sleep fine’....it was an excellent choice, Niamh......I’m glad that I watched it....and it totally reaffirmed my abhorrence for the death sentence...
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