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What I Disliked:
This movie depicts the unfulfilled love story of Jia-Han and Birdy and while movies about the inability of two people who love each other to be together are usually heartbreakingly beautiful to watch, this one left a lot to be desired and failed to hit the mark as it should.
Many scenes were cut short, there were some abrupt changes, all of which kept me from properly immersing myself in the story. Another issue was that we begin by seeing Birdy more open with his feelings while Jia-Han is more reserved and then there is a sudden switch in the personalities which we don’t really experience with the characters so it felt a bit confusing, but maybe it is exactly how it was intended to feel. The shower scene with the lack of consent was also hard to watch.
Overall, it was a good movie but there was just something missing. My favorite scene is the photo booth one which truly depicts the pain both characters were going through and is very moving. The final scene of them just walking around and singing is also such a bittersweet moment coupled with the amazing theme song.
Overall a good movie with solid acting. I love movies which are set in one location, and given that this was based on a play, the setting seemed perfect. I have to say though that it takes a bit of time to get into the movie in the beginning but once the party gets going, it really picks up.
One of the funniest comedians ever! Truly laugh out loud moments!
I liked the idea of the movie and it is definitely one you might enjoy if you don’t think too much about it.. However, here are a few issues I had with it:
I don’t really know how exactly to rate this movie but at least I can say I finally got that one off my watchlist.
“Our attention can be mined. We are more profitable to a corporation if we’re spending time staring at a screen, staring at an ad, than if we’re spending that time living our life in a rich way.
And so, we’re seeing the results of that. We’re seeing corporations using powerful artificial intelligence to outsmart us and figure out how to pull our attention toward the things they want us to look at, rather than the things that are most consistent with our goals and our values and our lives.” - Justin Rosenstein, Facebook Former Engineer, Google Former Engineer, Asana Co-Founder.
Very interesting documentary about how tech companies capitalize on human psychology and precisely on our weaknesses. A great point mentioned is how the fact that feeds are "personalized" for each user gives us that false sense that everyone agrees with us simply because everyone in our news feed sounds just like us. Getting exposed to opposing opinions, fact checking news, and choosing what to see rather than just going with what is recommended are just a few of the ideas to have somewhat of a control over what we consume.
