Tiger King

I swear if you can't go anywhere without seeing this film somewhere on some social media platform or someone you know discussing the film to you and asking you have you seen it and what did you think of it and if you haven't seen it and you need to watch it right now because what else are you going to be doing during the end of the world. A story that is so true that it's hard to believe that it's real because it's so strange that if you were to film it as a normal story, people would say that you're crazy for trying to make that a story because it takes too many risks and too many twists and turns for an audience to believe that that could be the natural progression of the story, but in fact, this is the natural progression of this story, and we are here to bare witness to that. A story about the folly of ego and what happens when someone bites off more than they can chew, both metaphorically and literally. Who would have imagined that there would have been such a seedy underbelly dealing with its exotic animals and the people who want to own them and call them their own when in fact, they should be preserved and taken care of as actual animals of nature instead of profiteering off of them? At the center of the story is a man named Joe Exotic, a man who is so beyond description it's hard to imagine that he exists in front of the camera, yet here he is in 7 long episodes describing his journey from where he once was to where he is now. At first, one might like Joe Exotic because he presents himself as an everyman in such an enigmatic caricature of what you imagined being a big cat owner. However, as you continue along this path, you realize different things about Joe Exotic that make you question where his heart is during all of this and the people surrounding him. Are there aren’t heroes in this land, just who either win or lose. In this land that are only people who make money and people who disguise the fact they make buying, so pick your poison, really. The real sufferers of this documentary are those who worked for Joe Exotic and the big cats that he owned. At first, it seems like a fun, somewhat crazy story, but it's a story that continues it becomes more and more real and depressing. You realize that there's no one here to protect these animals, and those who truly care about the animals are not the people in charge or should be in charge. In fact, all those who own those animals are people willing to do whatever it is necessary to make money to meet their lavish lifestyle they present for a camera. Whatever comes to the profit motive of keeping that persona alive and well at the cost of bringing you that said money and attention.