I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. Actually, it really made me pretty emotional. I almost cried or full-on cried. But to explain why it would take a while. I am making this entry using voice, so there may be parts that sound conversational and may need some editing.
I really don’t want to cover the movie’s content. There are numerous angles from which to come at it. I would rather cover the historical significance. There is one thing related to the content that I would like to point out that some people may skip over and it has to do with me(typo, should be “the”) continuous recording of one person’s life in the movie. As expected it’s not a normal science fiction movie because it actually redefines the future of humanity. In my opinion the average science fiction movie doesn’t really redefine humanity’s future, it just highlights a certain technology and sells tickets based on how interesting it is. Of course it is a possible future and of course many things have to happen before the date of the setting to make this dystopian future a reality. But, those aren’t such big concerns. The average American probably thinks that VR gaming is an option but that movie in some ways presupposes its eventual dominance.
I’ve always thought that a movie like this one is far better to watch repetitively rather read any kind of review like the kind I am writing. There are concepts in this movie that involved virtual storage, virtual object generation and communication that can be better expressed with a less verbose means. In other words, just viewing the interface that’s envisioned is all that is necessary to fully grasp what the filmmakers are after. And more linguistic hand-holding is going too far the only response you can give is just say watch it again.
(4/12/18 I actually don’t mind this review in terms of flow. I spoke it in a Starbuck’s just after the movie. I only want to change one word and it’s a typo, I will put “typo” in parentheses next to it. I could have added a few more commas but hey, it’s voice in 2018. Incidentally, I went by Boosted Board to a matinee showing.)
