Love.net (2011)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Highly Overrated But Still Good

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

In this film there are about a dozen different characters using computers, which is normal, given the topic. Fact is that all of them use Sony Vaio laptops. And there is not a single scene where the computer is present and the logo is absent. Good business.

First off - if some of the people here think that in any way they can express some patriotic statements and miss-leading ratings based on that in the global network, in a global site like IMDb - man, isn't that something not so clever..?Second - categorizing people by terms and behavior, in a movie review website is a sign that something is really wrong with the person doing it..Now, back to the review. To be honest - I've watched the movie long ago, and don't remember much concrete parts of it. But what's left is the most important - the feeling is alive. What comes to my mind when hearing about Love.net is "oh, I enjoyed it!". It doesn't matter if I'm a Bulgarian, Uzbek or Marsian, the fact is that I'll watch the movie again, not to return here and write a bunch of stuff to you, but because I have the feeling that I enjoyed the movie and I want to remember the details that made me feel this way. Love.net was, in my mind, the first truly modern Bulgarian Film Project. A movie, quite similar to US movies in ways of technical, aesthetic and visual appeal. One of the first Bulgarian movies, which is talking about something in the present and in the past. I gave the movie rate 7 out of 10, because I remember that somehow the subject incorporated in the screenplay was good, but not deep enough. All in all - nice one.

I did watch the movie somehow late, just now on TV. I was however gladly surprised: Bulgarian movies are usually in the extremity of being so pretentious in being art or too populist in being consumer oriented. Love.net for me is just on the balance of being a genuinely good movie and good entertainment for those interested in having good value for their tickets. Let me try to explain why this worked for me.1. The story told in the movies is real. This could happen anywhere in the world with people speaking Bulgarian, English, Spanish or Chinese for all it matters. The moral choices the protagonists have to make to make sense and could relate to anybody in our internet world. This is why the movie should not be seen as Bulgarian as staging and the showcases lifestyle is not the lifestyle most Bulgarians enjoy, but this is how anybody in the world that has similar problem would live, and I do dare to say Bulgaria is right on the money there.2. The movie is good fun: perhaps too much nudity in some scenes, but again this is art: the scenes are from a very successful staging of Casanova at the national theater. Yes, I do agree there are some flat lines, but give some proper English translation and all will be fine.

First off, 8.4/10 is a ridiculous rating based on pseudo patriotic desire for "supporting" Bulgarian cinema. While it's true it needs our support, giving monstrously inaccurate and overestimated ratings on IMDb doesn't serve it good. This film, at very best, deserves a 5-6 score out of 10. This whole thing makes me sad. It's the same mindset that stops Bulgaria from being a "normal" country. It shows nothing more than our nation's deeply underlying insecurity and craving for approval from the outside world. A desperate craving for recognition. Well--not with this movie. It's mediocre and boring as hell. Wake up. Please wake up.