Enter The World Wide Web. A world of possibility, fun, taboo, wonder, and William. A hacker and sociopath, William has a past with the internet, of being up to no good, and now he's up to his old tricks again.
You see William likes to take on little projects... and to insulate himself he befriends four impressionable kids, while he pursues a career of assisted-suicide on those around him.
When the four realize what is going on they must band together with another hacker to take William down once and for all, and save the lives of the innocent Jim he has his sights on this time.
Perhaps the movie is telling us simply to be aware, to be mindful of what strangers tell us or show us online, and not get sucked into online worlds, but it is saying far more than that. It shows us just how much we already are immersed in that world.
Even now as I type this review, I am mindful of the audience I write to, but I have never tried to be anything but myself online, I imagine to do otherwise would be too exhausting, but there are scary people out there, predators, hunting the minds of children, to use, to destroy, and discard them.
Let us not forget those impressionable, young, brave and lost souls that life has left behind, in prayer, amongst them Maria Herrera 12 years old, Phoebe Prince 15, Megan Meiers 13, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover 11, who were victims to such heartless and thoughtless violence.
In the final analysis, I do think the movie had a lot to say, what created William. We can blame bullies, teachers, politicians, the fact we pay athletes millions, and teachers next to nothing, education is important, but in the end, it starts in the home. There will always be pitfalls, and technology will always be so far ahead of our hearts, the disconnect at home is pervasive, so cleave not to the bits and bytes and data that flow, but rather believe the beauty of the world, the richness of family, and your own voice is valid, creative, and capable. We are left with options. A choice each moment, to believe and realize with lies, or awaken to a worthy self, it's been with us all along.
A movie worth seeing, about a topic worth discussing, but sadly very little development on the character of William, and the story ultimately is a bit superficial. I love the idea, the cast was decent, and the directing also good, the color and tactile images were really cool, but it just was lacking a bit. The story could have been more developed perhaps, with some more intelligent dialog and writing.
You see William likes to take on little projects... and to insulate himself he befriends four impressionable kids, while he pursues a career of assisted-suicide on those around him.
When the four realize what is going on they must band together with another hacker to take William down once and for all, and save the lives of the innocent Jim he has his sights on this time.
Perhaps the movie is telling us simply to be aware, to be mindful of what strangers tell us or show us online, and not get sucked into online worlds, but it is saying far more than that. It shows us just how much we already are immersed in that world.
Even now as I type this review, I am mindful of the audience I write to, but I have never tried to be anything but myself online, I imagine to do otherwise would be too exhausting, but there are scary people out there, predators, hunting the minds of children, to use, to destroy, and discard them.
Let us not forget those impressionable, young, brave and lost souls that life has left behind, in prayer, amongst them Maria Herrera 12 years old, Phoebe Prince 15, Megan Meiers 13, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover 11, who were victims to such heartless and thoughtless violence.
In the final analysis, I do think the movie had a lot to say, what created William. We can blame bullies, teachers, politicians, the fact we pay athletes millions, and teachers next to nothing, education is important, but in the end, it starts in the home. There will always be pitfalls, and technology will always be so far ahead of our hearts, the disconnect at home is pervasive, so cleave not to the bits and bytes and data that flow, but rather believe the beauty of the world, the richness of family, and your own voice is valid, creative, and capable. We are left with options. A choice each moment, to believe and realize with lies, or awaken to a worthy self, it's been with us all along.
A movie worth seeing, about a topic worth discussing, but sadly very little development on the character of William, and the story ultimately is a bit superficial. I love the idea, the cast was decent, and the directing also good, the color and tactile images were really cool, but it just was lacking a bit. The story could have been more developed perhaps, with some more intelligent dialog and writing.