MH370 The Plane That Disappeared Review: Ludicrous Netflix Documentary Deliberately Peddles Conspiracy Theories
© Provided by Indian ExpressEach episode of the new Netflix documentary series MH370: The Missing Plane opens with a voiceover declaring the disappearance of a commercial airliner in 2014 as "one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time." But instead of trying to fix it or investigate why no one can fix it, the series wastes everyone's time deliberately spinning in the air despite having cleared the landing. It's a really cruel joke and very disrespectful to the people who lost family members in the tragedy.
In 2014, the world was gripped when a Malaysian Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared without a trace. No wreckage has been found in the South China Sea since it last appeared on radar, and despite efforts by several countries, no one has found the plane or its wreckage. It seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. Such stories often attract salon sleuths and so-called "experts." But most filmmakers have the good sense not to appear in a straight documentary.
However, three episodes in, MH370: The Missing Airplane provides such a platform for rubbish that the Calculus Professor himself can appear and claim that Flight 714 in Tintin's story was based on reality. , and I wasn't going to back down. It would be wrong to compare Betazalen's MH370: The Missing Airplane to a documentary about the Loch Ness monster that spends hours studying its eyebrows, as if to say, "Yeah, we know that's a bug ." to add a devilish grin. But right?" Because director Lewis Malkinson is fully aware that most of the people he chooses to feature on the show are chefs. And that's what makes MH370: The Plane That Disappeared such a bad exercise.
"There was a round fog of unanswered questions. But it was clear to me. 'Overwhelming evidence strongly supports my theory,' says a talking head in one of the most absurd statements on record. This man, a journalist, is Unlearned to receive and filter all official communications. Usual journalistic skepticism, but it is pure fantasy. It serves as a trigger for the imagination. This is a man who would normally be limited to two seconds of screen time in the satirical editorials of a normal documentary, but he features MH370: The Lost Plane as his version of Will Buxton from FI: Drive to Survive.Two episodes completed.
Depending on the nationality of the speaker, different governments hold them responsible, not for obstructing the investigation, but for being part of a diabolical global espionage scheme. Everyone has an idea of how and when, but no one cares about the most important question: why . The first episode is devoted almost entirely to the theory that the plane's captain crashed the plane in a murder-suicide. The second episode suggests that secret agents have infiltrated and taken control of the plane's "nerve center" after attacking its computer.
Things really take a turn when the third episode features an eccentric man described as an "adventurer." The character claims to have recovered the wreckage of the missing plane after calling people in Madagascar after walking on the beach and seeing pieces of a plane lying around. He was able to do this years later, after international efforts to find the downed plane failed. It's one thing to question the adventurer's credibility, but our favorite reporter takes the story in such a wonderful direction that even he can't help but question his sanity.
Despite all this, he got the most screen time in the show. However, the filmmakers had more credible voices, including a space veteran who sometimes seemed to offer factual speculation and later denounced conspiracy theorists as diversionary tools. But telling him this doesn't ease his litany of moral doubts.
MH370: The missing plane can easily focus on the tragedy's toll. It seems like many loved ones are still looking for closure, and it's hard to watch them helplessly search for answers. Some of them agreed to participate in this series. But we must remember one thing: it is possible, as the Air Crash Investigation series has shown us, to present verifiable facts through a stigmatizing lens. They don't need innovation. But MH370: The Missing Airplane has the tone and structure of a reality TV series and is carefree.
MH370: the plane that disappeared
Principal - Louise Malkinson
Rating - 2/5
