A good story that fizzes into a moralist stand

Rating: Null/10 (28 November 2016)

Nightcrawler is a good story that fizzes into a moralist stand. I have known since the first ten minutes that it is going to be a moralist film. And I also have had a feeling the script was made by someone completely ignorant of the issue at hand based on some sensationalist blog post read sometime. And this is what Nightcrawler is: a statement against the evil media that holds "us" hostages. Because there is always an us and a them at the base of any conspiracy.
I have enjoyed for a totally different reason: the good representation of someone who can break the glass ceiling. Surely, the script writer is disgusted and demonizes the character who is presented as a freak and certainly in need of a straight jacket. But up to the final point you can see the guy who works his a** off to succeed in a world of closed doors.
Also the representation of the media is quite right up, again, to the end when there is the preach. It is a form of entertainment. White people have the internet, friends, money and time to travel, DVDs, books, things you need a few lifetimes just to index. There is a personal and direct choice to consume scary TV instead of a soap opera or an XMen movie. Each gives thrills, only different kind of thrills.
And I loved the visuals. The HDRs are a sign of those new digital cameras that can "see" what humans don't. Probably many movies from now on will use this kind of images. So this is no merit for Nightcrawler.
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