The first lesson for media people: When the victimization continues, do not publish the specific information of the victim!

Jerel 2022-05-26 18:45:39

This is a man-made disaster movie, which is heart-wrenching and desperate to watch. The lives of hundreds of people were buried in the hands of just a few terrorists in just one day. It's chilling. The actions of the authorities and the media’s pig teammates are even more infuriating.

Leaving aside film techniques and shooting techniques, I just want to talk about the media of the pig teammate.

I'm not good at learning skills, and graduated from media major, but now I am in the media industry. Even so, I still remember the qualities and abilities that some media professionals taught by teachers in college should have.

When media people report news, especially breaking news, they do have a lot of struggles and contradictions in content selection. For example, time comes first. Grabbing the first-hand information and reporting it first is of course the best way to win the audience, but it is difficult to guarantee whether the information is true and comprehensive, so it is inevitable that there will be a face-slapped move. For example, news content should be true, comprehensive and as detailed as possible. However, in response to ongoing incidents such as terrorist attacks and hostage-taking, the safety of the victims must be taken into consideration when reporting. If the victim’s hiding place is directly announced to the public like this, if the reporter in question is too eager for quick success and dizzy, it is the media industry’s accuracy test.

In addition, in the journalism class, I remember the teacher also said that crime incidents should not describe the details of the crime as much as possible, for fear that some people with unclear minds will imitate the crime. I know that some people will laugh at it. What's the matter? Isn't the description in the movie more detailed? But as a media person, you must have this awareness. Neither can they spread their tactics for the offenders, nor can they inflict two or three harms on the victims and their families.

Although this kind of news is big news that media organizations "like", I still hope that this kind of news will appear less frequently. . .

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In addition, I would like to talk about my thoughts on a few points in the movie for the reference of the viewers. Don’t spray if you don’t like it.

Why does the leading actor die? Why can't a few hundred people beat a few people?

Because like the title of a film review, no one has the protagonist's halo before the air raid. David, the Russian uncle, actually died. When I was watching the movie, I was thinking, so many sturdy men, can't they work together to subdue the three or four teenagers? Even if you don't have a weapon, you can outsmart it! But it can only be said that the viewer is the viewer. Because we were not in it, we couldn't experience the fear and helplessness at the time. They also tried to save themselves, but the helpless terrorists were too cold-blooded and brutal. None of us can blame them at the time. Even for employees who fled early, we have no right to blame.

Why do you want to act as a terrorist to call your family?

The terrorists in this terrorist attack were all young boys in their teens and 20s. They came from impoverished areas and didn't have much knowledge, but they had their own beliefs. It is such a person who is most likely to be deceived and exploited. Organizers used their beliefs to brainwash them, and even their family members were used, promising that they would be able to escape poverty after they were done. They are not cold-blooded people, they still have some bottom lines for their principles. But under the bewilderment of the organizers, some of them can even give up their bottom line. The young man who called his family finally insisted on his bottom line and did not kill the female host who was also a Muslim. Why do you want to show them, because to some extent, they are also victims. The director does not want to express sympathy to them, but to tell people that the truth is not as simple as we see. It is not just the guns they hold that kill innocent people.

Why did David get up in front of the gangster after untied secretly, instead of looking for the right time (for example, when the gangster was bitten by the Russian uncle)?

If you didn't know that the Russian uncle below was biting his leg, how would you know that then is the time? Presumably David also wanted to take some measures, but he had a gun, and he was staring in front of him, so he failed. It's a pity, I think many viewers are just like me looking forward to David and Uncle Russia to kill the guarded terrorist and rescue everyone. Unfortunately, this is not Marvel. . .

Why did the two police officers enter the hotel and talk nonsense there when they found Arjun, instead of looking at the injured woman?

Uh...I'm also very puzzled, maybe they didn't notice, and Arjun's appearance is too easy to cause misunderstanding. . . Bar?

In short, some of the details in the movie seem to have little to do with the main line of the movie, but in fact they always express humanity. At that extreme moment, people's kindness, compassion, selfishness, anxiety, panic, etc. are all stimulated. They may make different choices and make different behaviors. Just like the old white lady, she can become a troublemaker who makes unreasonable troubles and causes more troubles, and she can also let go of the hostility and fear of Arjun because of Arjun's words; just like the Russian uncle who seems rude and rude, she can become a selfish objection. Blockers who prevent the heroine from going out may also help the heroine to realize her ideas. The director did show something in the movie that jumped out of the stereotyped thinking of the movie plot, and expressed his views in this. Still very good.

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Hotel Mumbai quotes

  • Abdullah: [searching the hotel room] Houssam? Houssam, come here! Look at this. Look, they have a machine to flush their shit. Even shitting is fun.

  • Vasili: Fuck your prayers. That's what started this shit.