After watching the movie I tend to think a little deeper into decisions we make. In our day to day to life like telling a lie to a friend(assuming he would forget us) , cheating the company with fake accounts(assuming that they have millions invested and my small amount won’t be hurt them). But after we caught we realize I made a mistake. And in spare time we think I should have thought twice before taking that decision, I have should have thought a little more before taking that decision. Decisions are taken very quickly the one whose decision is right and successful is called clever, and the one who doesn’t mange to get it right called zero. In the movie Wigand took his decision quickly, he did not think what the outcome could be, before suggesting the company to find an alternative. Lowell also decided to pass on the inside information without thinking what the outcome would be so that the interview could be broadcasted. The result of the decisions both of them too we saw in the movie.
Lowell character’s was interesting. His character was like a man who was obsessed to tell the truth to the people along with making his show a hit. I can say that by watching the first scene of the movie when he went to meet a terrorist to convince him to give an interview on his show. And he was able to convince the man. One more thing that Lowell character was his intelligence that lead to the discovery of the truth about cigarettes. Wigand kept on throwing puzzles on him so that he does not have to break his confidential agreement, after some time Lowell figured out the truth .Then he had somehow force Wigand to break the agreement, along with the help of some lawyers he some how found a way.
Wigand’s character compared to Lowell was not so good. I won’t say his character was not important. His character portrayed bravery of a common man should have. In spite of all the things he gone through like being followed by goons, getting separated from his family, being mentally tortured, receiving death threats. All of this he went alone but still never gave up. That’s what his character was all about.
The movie also shows glimpses of the corporate world where money makes all the work done or gets it all destroyed. It was all about money when the tobacco companies had to make false declarations, when the interview was edited.
At last I would say that the movie was really good. It showed a people change when circumstances change, how money plays an important role, how people make wrong decisions when crises on them rise, how an intelligent and a dedicated person to job and his company can turn against his own company if he is cheated. All of this was shown in the movie. The thing I have learnt from this movie is that never change your decision if you think you are right, thinking about the outcome.
