Disconnect

in class today, we watched the movie "disconnect". The theme in the movie is all the bad things that actually can happen on the internet.

a) a brief introduction to what the film is about

The movie is about a boy with few friends, he gets bullied and decides to take his own life and how this changes the life of many. But it is about others too, a pornographic actor, a news anchorwoman and a couple. The pornographic actor is doing porno i private chat-rooms and is getting paid and the anchorwoman is making a story out of it. The couple has lost their personal information online, and lost all their savings. In some way these story's are all connected.

b) Your opinion about the issues presented in the film - are there any familiar elements?

All of the issues presented in the film are relevant for how we use the internet. All of the things concerning the internet has actually happened an will happen again and again. The fraud element is familiar because my dad has been robbed over the internet a couple of times. But the credit card company has always given the money back so it has not been so big of a deal. The bullying is the element that is almost not familiar at all. I don't think people bully that much over the internet anymore. And if there is, i think that kids that has just begun being active in social media is the ones that is capable of bullying online. 

c) Did you like the film? Why/why not?

I did not like the film, even dough it is interesting. I think that the characters did weird and unreal decisions. The only thing that I seems legit is the things happening over the internet. the personal interactions where so far out for me that I cold like the movie. but the them was interesting and it discussed important themes. 

d) Which part of the film made an impression on you? 

The part of the film that made the biggest impression on me, was the one with the bullying where the kid committed suicide. The reason why this part made the biggest impression on me was because i feel like this could happen and seeing how "easy" it could be to push some one in the wrong direction.

I am sorry for the gloomy subject my sweet followers.

Thank you for reading!

XOXO -Svør

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