Log #5

Brief intro of the movie – Money Monster:

    Lee Gates (George Clooney) is a bombastic TV personality. He is a complete lack of sincerity as the showboating host of a financial TV show titled Money Monster.

    The story begins with an irate investor, Kyle Budwell, who has lost 60 grands due to mistakenly believing what Lee Gates has said. Thus, he manages to sneak into the television studio during a live broadcast with a loaded gun, an explosive vest and a determined mind – to get some answers from the people he blames for the loss of his life’s savings. He takes Gates, his crew, and his ace producer Patty Fenn (Julia Roberts) hostage live on air.

Personal reflection:

    For me, I conclude that Lee represents a foolish and fancy host, and Kyle represents a little guy who has normal live, making 14$ per hour by driving taxi. The characters’ sets have offered us audience a real sample around us in the reality. Thus, I consider the movie as the most inspired and ironic movie in 2016 because the way that how the director produced this movie is making us audience to rethink of the stockholders’ situations in the real context.

First, the unreasonable “glitch” of the company has happened. Dramatically, overnight, the company has lost 800$ million dollars. The investor, Kyle, who has devoted all his money to the market, sharing the risks has become a nutcase. Kyle is not satisfied when both Lee and IBIS chief communications officer Diane Lester offer to compensate him for his financial loss and refused to take “glitch” as an answer to the problem. He wants Camby to “admit” his fault -- He is a fraud.

Second, as the moving going, with the help of longtime director Patty Fenn, Lee tries to calm Kyle and find Camby for him. When I am watching the final confrontation, I exhaled. When Camby says, “You only came after me because you lost your money. As long as everyone’s making money, no one cares.” He declares the point so frankly that I think it is the core which the director intends to express to the audience. (I don't want to spoil the details if you are interested in the movie, you can see it online.)

Third, the most ironic part is after Kyle is shot by the cop, everyone in front of their TV just go back to your life, ignoring what has happened on TV. NO BODY CARES ABOUT LOSING A LIFE. Everyone views the incident as a ridiculous joke without the awareness of what it is really happening in the real life. This scenario alarms me to think about the real financial situation in the reality. What if there are lots of people like Kyle but they fail at the end, how do they keep their life going? The whole sick society is filled with plausible words and deceived factors, the only way to reveal the truth is to keep your mind clear and read the situation carefully.