A story based on a crazy man named Howard Beale. This movie was filmed in 1976. Mr. Beale was an anchor man that was fired because of his ratings. The day that he found out that he was being fired, he went on air and cussed out the network that once owned him. He then began to beg for his job back but it was to late. So many organizatioins felt that he went to far when he decided that it would be ok for him to tell his boss on live tv to f**k off. Howard apoligized and asked if he can come back and anchor the news and also tell his viewers that he was leaving the network. When given another chance, Howard went on a rant. In some ways he made some sence. He was then finally asked to leave. When the producers found that the ratings had sky rocketed they aske Ol Howard to come back and rant some more. He begins to talk about the economy and he tells the viewers that they are in a depression. He then tells his vieweres to get mad, and yell out there windows and yell "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to takes this anymore!" They finally decide that in order to boost up ratings, that it would be god to give him his own show. What they don't know is that Howard was going insane and needed help before it was to late. The network used poor Howard as a circus freak.
It's been over 30 years and tv has not change. Networks use peoples lives to boost ratings. We see this all the time. Would we watch a show if it was boring? I think not. We saw this with The Jerry Springer Show. We would sit there for an hour and watch other lives crumble in front of a studio audience. Networks base there statistics on ratings. The funny thing is that when Howard ws ranting on the government and the economy, I honostly got a little motivated. It soundes as if he was on live telivision. He talked about topics that are affecting our country today.
I really enjoyed the movie. It's been a while since I've watched a good movie. The story was good and very educational. I found that the Networks still function the same way. The camera angles were simple, but important. My favorite scenes are whe he is on set and they create this make shift church. They promote him as a mad preacher who only gosspils the truth. I also like that the cameras show other cameras so that it seems more realistic. The sound played a big role in making it more dramatic. The music was great. I do see this movie being recreated. It would be cool to see Adam Sandler play the part of Howard Beale. I would recommend this movie to eveyone.
It's been over 30 years and tv has not change. Networks use peoples lives to boost ratings. We see this all the time. Would we watch a show if it was boring? I think not. We saw this with The Jerry Springer Show. We would sit there for an hour and watch other lives crumble in front of a studio audience. Networks base there statistics on ratings. The funny thing is that when Howard ws ranting on the government and the economy, I honostly got a little motivated. It soundes as if he was on live telivision. He talked about topics that are affecting our country today.
I really enjoyed the movie. It's been a while since I've watched a good movie. The story was good and very educational. I found that the Networks still function the same way. The camera angles were simple, but important. My favorite scenes are whe he is on set and they create this make shift church. They promote him as a mad preacher who only gosspils the truth. I also like that the cameras show other cameras so that it seems more realistic. The sound played a big role in making it more dramatic. The music was great. I do see this movie being recreated. It would be cool to see Adam Sandler play the part of Howard Beale. I would recommend this movie to eveyone.
