pride and glory

all in all i liked pride and glory. edward norton plays a son of a police chief. norton himself is a cop, as is his brother in law, who is more of a "dirty cop" or a corrupt cop. i have to be careful in using that term, because one time i said i was watching movies about "dirty cops" and someone asked me if that was what i always said when talking about the police. "dirty coppers." but no, it seems the last couple, 2 or 3, movies that i've seen have been about corrupt cops. in general i am a fan of edward norton, and he makes it easy to like his characters, or at least be drawn into the story of which he is a major part. colin farrell is also an interesting character, although he tends to be proud and a bit more working class in his characters. pride goeth before a fall, as the Bible says (paraphrased.) and he is proud in the sense that he thinks he can take money or drugs or whatever and get away with it, while being a police officer. a Story can be said to be about the idea that "character finds its own level" in other words, "character is destiny." people don't get away with something forever. having said all of that, cop movies are wearing their welcome thin for me. they're wearing out their welcome, and maybe because the plots seem to be recycled to some extent. where are the films about hard working private detectives? in the heyday of film noir, you had the humphrey bogart characters, the private detectives. but we have to give cops their due. they work hard, they get beat up, they get knives pulled on them, get shot at, and all in the name of Justice. to serve the public. and God bless 'em.