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Movie Monday: Nightcrawler

 Okay- so I've been wanting to see this movie for a while and honestly... it was awesome. Jake Gyllenhaal is just SUCH a good actor- especially in these weird types of roles like this one. 

So this is a movie about Stringers for local tv stations and news stations. So these guys just go out to crime scenes with camcorders and try to get some footage of the crime or the accident or the victims- try to get interviews if they can and they sell the videos to the news for a few hundred dollars. And they work freelance for the most part- in this we see Gyllenhaal's character Louis start a company- but he's on his own for the most part with one intern that he is wayyy underpaying. 

So Louis is extremely manipulative and even before he becomes a stringer- we see he's pretty crazy and potentially dangerous. We see him steal at the beginning to get the money for his camcorder and he beats up a cop too. He talks people into doing very dangerous things that benefit him or that he doesn't want to do himself... he doesn't report dangerous criminals to the cops until it's convenient for him... and he doesn't really care if people get killed because of it. 

And as manipulative as his character is... we also get to see that the news is manipulative as well. They want to show the most graphic and disturbing videos and paint it in a picture that makes it look like tragic crimes happen in wealthy neighborhoods for no reason... it's just an interesting look at things. 

This is based on a real stringer and from what my boyfriend found out- they say the movie was a little more tame than things that happened in real life. I don't know about that... but that is shocking to even think of because this movie is pretty gruesome. 

It did have some slight hiccups... a lot of things are told in the form of a montage- actually 2 montages that are essentially back to back... but other than that it was a really great well paced movie that makes me want to watch more from Jake Gyllenhaal since this movie was really all him. 

Alright I hope you guys like this! 

Bye! 

-Shannon 

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