The Circle
The "Circle" is a mega company. Think Apple, FACEBOOK, Microsoft and Twitter as one company.
The campus depicted in the movie was in San Francisco area and the campus was patterned after the new Apple campus that is under construction. Also Tom Hanks plays a cross between Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
They have developed a new system called "SEECHANGE" for a transparent society. Everything we do, say, see, or write is recorded and in some cases shared with the world. What could possibly go wrong?
While this sounds far-fetched, we know that the world is headed this way. It is a very thought provoking story.
One scene shows Emma Watson, the new up and comer at the Circle who has decided to be the test person who puts everything on the web "Live". Her childhood friend who has avoided social media makes a light fixture out of antlers for her parents. She shows it on her live feed and instantly her friend is accused of abusing animals and he gets hundreds of death threats.
It reminds me of an old Twilight Zone story.
This is where we are headed: For example when I use google for blog photos, no matter what I search for, if I scroll down far enough someone has posted porn photos. Lets say in the future I get pulled over for speeding and the officer runs a scan of my life. The read comes back that I have seen child porno on my computer and suddenly a traffic ticket becomes catching a pervert.
Far Fetched: Not at all. The ideas presented are scarier than a Zombie Movie.
I think it got low ratings for being unsettling.
2017 Movie 18. I give it ***1/2 stars.
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