In view of the news that the film’s box-office reputation has both lost, we have already put on tinted glasses before watching the film, and are ready to criticize it after the end to show the high profile, but this film is not what I imagined. That's so bad (it may just prove that I forced the grid to be too low). Although the clues are complicated, the amount of information is messy and chaotic, and the speed of space-time displacement is comparable to that of Frank Moses’ honeymoon trip (also known as the Red Flame Battlefield 2), but the dotted line of ideation (Julian’s office) is set a bit more interesting throughout. Moreover, in the end, the intensive rhythm quickly closed the net of the large and small contradictions laid out in the huge amount of information in the previous more than an hour, and completed the emotional intensification of the audience who was completely wound into a paste by God editing, and finally quietly stated the follow-up with a bloody background. News materials. So overall, I personally think this is a very good trailer, especially the final behind-the-scenes interview with Sherlock Holmes played by Julian Assange himself, which completed the most important task of the trailer-the sudden laugh.
The protagonist of the opening scene has already shown the audience that Daniel is the real protagonist, and what is the protagonist’s personality? Wei Guangzheng! The pectoral muscles are not enough, Ah, the righteousness is not enough to sell cuteness~ So you see Daniel chasing after Julian’s buttocks with Watson’s face from beginning to end trying to awaken his conscience. It’s a pity that they are not Sherlock, they like women... (It seems that something strange has gotten in)
So what else is there to watch in this film apart from the two heroes who have no chemical reaction at all and the chaotic ice and fire red witch? It's actually the title: the fifth class.
At the end of the film, Professor Lu Ping explained to Daniel the origins of the fourth and fifth powers. In fact, he said that the fourth power is the media public opinion used to check the power of the government. At that time, the traditional media became the vested interests and the control of power. When the official force of information became a little monster that used "tell you something but not tell you something" as its big move, and sometimes even edited information to distort reality, the information age broke ground, and the Internet passed through lightning speed and overwhelming coverage. Intensity is technically trying to break through the shackles of traditional media, complete another information revolution, and become the fifth power to check and balance the media.
The contradiction between Julian and the world is not whether information should be processed or not, but how the fourth right should be restrained. If you choose to process information, then it is to admit that the traditional media is correct and perform moral judgments on behalf of the audience. The power of filtering is taken for granted. But the traditional media said that it's very simple. If you don't process information, someone will die. If someone dies, it means you are a bad guy and Voldemort.
In fact, at this juncture, Julian Assange was arguing with one sigh of relief. Even if the opponents were killed in the debate, they would not be able to acknowledge the position of even one of the positive arguments.
Don't expect others to tell you the truth. They can only provide opinions. Don't expect others to give you rights. They will only allow lies. No matter what kind of human rights are obtained through blood and sweat, don't expect to fall from the sky. If it hits you, if you want to know the truth, you must search for it yourself, even if it will lead to the hatred of information regulators. If you want to gain rights, you must fight for it yourself because the life goal of vested interests is to squeeze and occupy.
As far as the purpose of a democratic system is concerned, checks and balances of power are always good, but in the process of fighting for power, in the process of revolution and struggle, how can there be no extremes and errors? Julian himself admitted this in the interview at the end of the film (I don’t know if it was something he said...), and from Julian’s own point of view, these mistakes were caused by sacrifice and because he was just being an ordinary person. Dare to think but dare not dedicate to the great cause of myself. Julian's narcissism is self-evident. But the question is, is it because he is a revolutionary that everything he did is right, even if he is wrong, is it forgivable? Is it because he is now the force that checks and balances, so other forces come to check and balance him, it means injustice and tyranny?
Just like all superhero movies, the protagonist of Weiguangzheng shines on our progress like the sun, through media processing to achieve emotional resonance, complete cultural output, and finally achieve cultural colonization, but it is often the negative characters who do not play cards according to common sense. Easy to shine. But if you unfortunately encounter a strange creature like Robert Jr. born for the purpose of grabbing the camera, the remake leagues are better off to sleep, including Rocky.
So although Daniel softly occupies all the territory of justice, whether it is the determination of the revolution, the kindness of the defenders, and even the feelings of saving the Virgin of Julian, everything is correct, but the master smiles and squeezes the pleats to pull the spotlight all the way. Back, after all, Julian, who has dyed white hair, is the only gimmick in the film.
The characterization of Julian is also very consistent with Hollywood's usual methods. If narcissism, arrogance and arbitrariness are just personal faults, but it proves that Julian is an ordinary person with some weaknesses and shortcomings, it narrows the distance between the role and the audience, then confidential information What do you say about the life safety of the centerliner? Is it the justice of the new era that the image of a lonely hero who takes the lives of others to risk to please oneself and fight the world? Can't it be proved that there are casualties to prove that this method is right? How to calculate the schedule delay and capital loss caused by the future Batman being sent to Tehran to save people?
However, the reason I gave this film four stars is actually that he has not been clinging to the point of human life. The director is still working hard to lean on the transformative topics of the times, and strive to ensure the objectivity of the perspective. Like the previous documentary campaign that used the banner of a commercial film to exaggerate the emotions of a commercial film step by step, it carefully planned the moral kidnapping of the audience and directly shot and killed Japanese fishermen under the concerted force of the mainstream media. The right to self-expression stood on the moral high ground and instilled American culture compassion on the world. "Dolphin Bay".
Information is power.
Powerful media masters the right of speech and justice. Only by overthrowing the imprisonment of mainstream values can we see the real world, but do we have the courage to face it and the ability to accept it?
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