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Elyse 2022-03-19 09:01:02

Jack's acting skills are very good, especially the expression of this freak temperament incisively and vividly. A loser who is eager to stand up does not know that there is no humanity in the means, and it is also forced by life. It was spoiled before, but it was still exciting. The whole drama is actually talking about one thing, but from the audience's point of view, we have seen how Lou learns step by step, makes a clue in this industry, and desires more. If you don't have wild people, you won't succeed, but I think the despicable people can't go far. Putting aside the loophole of his immoral bottom line but surrounding the protagonist's halo, in fact Lou's character is a necessary condition for the success of modern society. Knowing what you want, then argue for it, don't let others to put your base line, instead go for what you want and dare to reach them. I think this kind of mentality is too utilitarian and too radical. Although it should not be advocated, I think this kind of knowing what you want, studying attentively, and then being steady. The attitude of what to do is worth learning.

Let's talk about the media. In today's society, people are slowly losing the ability to think. They read the news, watch the news, and listen to the news every day. They are filled with all kinds of confidence around them. In this way, the media gradually manipulates people's way of thinking, and a lot of information is fully accepted without self-filtering. Whether it is the new or old media, slowly it is not making our lives better, but making our lives more tense. The world is cruelly connected together. Now you can touch your finger to know what is happening on the other side of the world. You can see the screen and hear the sound. If you are more empathetic, it becomes harder to survive in this world, there are too many things that you have to bear with and in the past time, those are things that you don't even know they exist. In the talk, it was mentioned that now people are closely connected, our envy's face has become wider, maybe in the old days you could only be jealous of the people in your neighborhood, and now your ambitions can be from Asia Expanding to North America, it is not enough to go around the earth three times. Everyone's heart becomes very impetuous, and it is almost impossible to seek a piece of pure land. If you let the media and others judge your success and happiness as a reference, the result should be very sad. We become less and less aware of what we care about, what we are suitable for, what we need, and what we are afraid of, all of which are assimilated by these invisible hands. We are no longer afraid of eating and sleeping, not because of unhappiness caused by the bad environment, but gradually other fear of others' ridicule and accusation. We become a group of people living in the spotlight, ready to share our lives and let others judge us. The success of the media let the media tell us the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys. Botton also mentioned in the talk, why the news is full of negative reports, why these sad stories can get better ratings, because seeing the miserable lives of others can make your humble life shine more. It’s better to find that you are living a life like this than being destroyed by uncontrollable accidents such as robbery, car crash, shooting, and plane crash.
But I always feel that this taste is still too light, not too tangled, not to test IQ, because Jack is 4 points, but in general it is okay.

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Nightcrawler quotes

  • Lou Bloom: My motto is if you want to win the lottery you've got to make money to buy a ticket.

  • Lou Bloom: The price hasn't been negotiated yet.