We tend to prefer to discuss bad news over good news. So we know that Guo Jingming's films are bad, and we know that the worst movie in the last month is "Fast 9".
Of course, what attracts us to the cinema is definitely not a good movie or a bad movie, but which one of the good movies and the bad movies can arouse our curiosity more. The so-called good things do not go out and bad things travel thousands of miles.
There is such a male protagonist in the film "Upside Down Ace", and he also firmly believes that humans prefer bad news. The male protagonist is an experienced reporter who is good at telling stories, but also knows the preferences of the public very well. He firmly believes that people are more interested in bad news than good news.
So when he happened to pick up a story about a young man being trapped in a cave, his first reaction was not to think of rescue, but to instruct the intern reporter to film the scene of the trapped young man for news material. Because he believed that a young man was trapped in a cave with his life in danger, and this would be a big news event. His cognition and processing methods clearly demonstrate his skilled journalistic thinking.
There is no doubt that the male protagonist is an excellent journalist who can quickly catch "bad news", and also knows how to use "bad news" to win the public's attention and arouse the public's curiosity. For the life behind the news event, in fact, do not care so much.
His news content starts with caring about humanity, but his behavior is so "inhuman". In order to make this news event more explosive, the male protagonist chose to let the young man wait in the cave for five days, without food and water.
In order to make his news more complete and more attractive to everyone, he is familiar with news that starts with human nature, and should end with human nature, so he can't pour cold water on the public. So he tried every means to rescue the young man trapped in the cave. Because while everyone likes bad news, they don't like bad news endings.
After all, news that chooses to consume "human nature" at the beginning may not necessarily be able to exchange for the end of human nature. The male protagonist chooses to consume human nature to attract the attention of the public. This is the smartest means of communication, but the disregard for life behind it is worthy of our deep consideration. And the ending of the film may be the most appropriate way to deal with it so far.
Compared with Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution and Sunset Boulevard, this film lacks some humorous lines, and does not encounter plots such as a rich middle-aged woman living alone. In terms of cognition of things, language reshapes our different views on a thing.
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