This is a good movie, and Hayden did a good job too!

Dashawn 2022-01-07 15:54:50

I watched this movie to see Hayden. When I watch Hayden’s movies, I usually lower my expectations. I can’t help it. Hayden’s acting skills are indeed more fantasy. Hayden is really the only one of my favorite actors whose acting skills are not good enough to come together. Up. But! After watching this movie, I almost cried with excitement! My Hayden still has acting skills! Suddenly there is a sense of pride that "the son of a scumbag is admitted to university", Ma Ma, I am so pleased QAQ~~

The story of this movie is changed based on real events, and I still prefer to watch this kind of movies. Because most of the real events that can be adapted are quite interesting, as long as they are well adapted, they can be seen.
The movie has no dazzling special effects, no exciting story, no fierce battle of wits between liars and whistleblowers as imagined. The lies of the liar are not superb. He is too far from the master of crime Moria. He is just a clever speculator. He uses some loopholes to achieve success. The whistleblower is not actually a great detective. The reason why the liar is not exposed is because he is a good employee and colleague, and he has the trust of people around him. The colleague urged him not to say that the new editor he thought was directed against him also interceded for him when the incident first happened, hoping that the media that discovered the fraud would let him go, "because he is a kid who made mistakes." But they didn't expect that the darling of this company was a habitual offender.
This story gives people a very real feeling. It is not only a suspenseful story, it also contains interpersonal relationships in reality, so the embarrassment it brings to people is also very real. Over time the truth is revealed little by little, you can really feel that kind of embarrassing feeling. Anyway, I was almost dying in embarrassment when I watched it. I almost had to stop for a few minutes, otherwise I could die in embarrassment in front of the screen.
Must praise Hayden's acting skills! This movie is really the one with the best acting skills among Hayden movies I have watched so far. Hayden himself gave me the feeling that he was a dragging noble son, probably because he came from a rich family. But here he couldn't see the tugging feeling at all, on the contrary, he felt that Stephen was a little bit embarrassed. The story is divided into two lines, one is his speech in a class, and the other is his life in the company, using his narration to combine the two lines. I think he controlled the different moods and expressions in the two scenes very well. In the classroom, he is self-confident, but not arrogant; in the office, he is considerate of his colleagues, and is a little flattering. I think the difference between these two expressions was performed by him, and neither is good.
I like his performance near the end the most, it makes people feel embarrassed and distressed. It was not the part where he was crying, but his expression when he was in the classroom, watching the classroom become empty, and the expression with an embarrassing smile that finally checked his fake news. I knew he was wrong, but I felt sorry for him.

At the end, I was yelling in my heart: You are jealous of him for his handsome appearance! [Brain fans are splashing and rolling! hahahahahahahaha!

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Extended Reading
  • Dylan 2022-01-07 15:54:50

    The shots are amazing and fascinating.

  • Lois 2022-03-20 09:02:17

    Can more lies come true? Much like Guo Jinan in "Walking with the Enemy"

Shattered Glass quotes

  • Stephen Glass: [Speaking to Mrs. Duke's students] I'd like to pause for a moment. You can't really go into the world of journalism without first understanding how a piece gets edited at a place like TNR. This is the system that Michael Kelly brought with him from The New Yorker, a three day torture test. If your article is good, the process will only make it better. If your article is shaky, you're in for a long week. A story comes in, and it goes to a senior editor. He or she edits it on computer then calls in the writer, who makes revisions. Then the piece goes to a second editor, and the writer revises it again. Then it goes through a fact-check where every fact in the piece, every date, every title, every place or assertion is checked and verified. Then the piece goes to a copy editor where it is scrutinized once again. Then it goes to lawyers, who apply their own burdens of proof. Marty looks at it, too. He's very concerned with any kind of comment the magazine is making. Then production takes it and lays it out in columns inches and type. Then it goes back on paper, then back to the writer, back to the copy editor, back to editor number one and editor number two, back to the fact-checker, back to the writer, and back to production again. Throughout, those lawyers are reading and rereading, looking for red flags, anything that feels uncorroborated. Once they're satisfied, the pages are reprinted, and it all happens again. Every editor, the fact-checkers, they all go through it one last time. Now, most of you will start out as interns somewhere. And interns do a lot of fact-checking. So pay close attention. There is a hole in the fact-checking system. A big one. The facts in most pieces can be checked against some type of source material. If an article is on, say, Ethanol subsidies, you can check for discrepancies against the congressional record, trade publications... LexisNexis, footage from C-SPAN. But on other pieces, the only source material available are the notes provided by the reporter himself.

  • Marty Peretz: [Over the phone] I'm in a bit of an uncomfortable situation, Chuck. I thought you might be able to help me out.

    Chuck Lane: Sure.

    Marty Peretz: It's about Mike.

    Chuck Lane: Oh.

    Marty Peretz: He and I... well, it hasn't been working out for some time now, as you know. The tone of the magazine... I think it's gotten too nasty. It's strayed from the traditions that make it great. And I'm going to be making changes.

    Chuck Lane: I see.

    Marty Peretz: I'd like you to step in for him, Chuck. I'd like you to become editor.

    Chuck Lane: Editor?

    Marty Peretz: There's a catch, of course. Mike doesn't know any of this yet. It's going to be two or three days before I tell him, so it'll have to remain between us until then. Will that be a problem for you?

    Chuck Lane: Marty, Mike's a friend.

    Marty Peretz: I appreciate that, Chuck, but I can't remove him until I know who's going to be his replacement. For continuity's sake, so this is how it has to be.

    Chuck Lane: I'm going to have to think about this. I'm going to have to discuss it with Catarina.

    Marty Peretz: Oh, of course, of course. Listen...

    Chuck Lane: Marty, have you thought about the impact this might have on the staff? They feel very... he's earned a lot of loyalty there.

    Marty Peretz: Yes, mostly by fighting with me.

    Chuck Lane: Well, the point is I haven't earned that kind of loyalty.