0s & 1s (2011)
Los Angeles, 2006. Life is Easy 2.0 for James Pongo. He has a cushy job, a busy social life and an alluring love interest all through the click of a mouse. But when he wakes up after a night of reckless partying to discover that his computer is missing, James' hyper-connected reality takes a nosedive. Told entirely through the websites, programs, games and social networks, 0s & 1s uses James Pongo's nihilistic adventure to question our growing dependency on these alternate digital realities.
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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Dude, Where's My Computer? The movie accomplished what it set out to accomplish. It was an experiment with narrative that infused the way we communicate and perceive into its plot. It felt a bit redundant, in a way I can't put my finger on, to see all that stuff upfront with the story, but I liked what Eugene said after the movie about the possibility of someone seeing the movie ten years from now and it not being so redundant to them. I saw it in a theater, which seemed backwards because I watch most movies that are meant for the big screen on my laptop, and this movie would have been the one movie that would have really made more sense to watch on my 13" screen. If not my laptop, I think the movie could also make more sense projected on some gallery wall. The story itself was repetitive, so viewing little fragments of it while walking through a gallery wouldn't hurt the concept or deprive the viewer of much. Overall the movie was great, considering its intentions, budget, and context.
I'm not a critic and won't pretend to talk intelligently about this, but this film is super original and creative and funny and you should see it. Oh apparently the minimum length for reviews is "10 lines" so I have to say some more. Find a way to see this movie. Rent or buy it on Amazon or whatever. A b c d e f g. Shoot OK, um, this movie is so over-saturated with visual content it like totally sums up the modern fragmented digital experience. Multiple browser windows, simultaneous application use, chatting-while-emailing-while-texting-while-statusupdating, pop up ads, buffering etc. all happen at once as the film's narrative unfolds from the perspective of a computer desktop. Very original way of presenting a narrative, very cool.