The Platform

This is the kind of movie that spits out a truth few dare to admit. Even though the setting is a "fake reality" or a dystopia, it feels more real than it seems because every circumstance it portrays is grounded in truth. We allow the elites to control us, play with us, and turn us into their puppets. This film completely shatters the myth that "those at the top are there because they worked harder." That’s a lie. Some people are simply born lucky, and others steal luck from everyone else just to climb. I can’t even say for sure that "The Hole" is purely fictional; there’s so much we don’t know. We don’t live in a democratic world and we probably never will, because the elites will always have more power than the people. That’s how it’s always been: them playing dirty and keeping dark secrets we’ll never uncover while we fight over the scraps. A necessary slap of reality. The platform goes down, but we’re already at the bottom.  I saw this about two years ago and thought it was a good movie, but I wasn't entirely sure about its deeper meaning, it’s obvious, but I was just a girl then. Now I see it for what it is. Life is hard, and it’s always going to be.