Social_Animals

This is a good documentary 👌 we need to see more of this, from a socially psychologically point of view.

This film reminds me so much of what I heard in high school. The "unspoken rules of Instagram" and experiences of each teen is good basic information for parents. This film is good to show kids and teens as well to show those who don't know what the world without social media was like and may not have a solid understanding of the dangers.

I was all like 'this is a good, like, idea' and so I was like 'I should watch this' and so, like, I said to my wife, like, let's watch it' and she's all like 'yeah, let's like watch it' and I was all like 'ok, cool-cool' and so like, then we like, started, like, watching it and, like, the subject matter was all like, interesting, but like, there was, like, something about it that like, made me want to like, turn it off because, like, it just, like annoyed me. Like, something was just, like, grating on me but like, I couldn't, like, put my finger on it. If listening to that doesn't annoy you - but might like... sorry: enjoy this movie. I couldn't get past the instagram star/future homeless girl. Yeah, she's a kid but it's just painful.

Social Animals was well-received at its world premiere at Austin's SXSW Film Festival. It is best described as a digital coming of age story that shows the positives and the pitfalls of the social media era. It showcases three teenagers and their experiences with Instagram. It also shows that while there is much that can be achieved positively (particularly in the experience of Humza Deas who uses Instagram as a platform to develop and showcase his amazing photography), butt there are also horrific downsides. The platform magnifies all of the worst pathologies of millennial culture including sexting, horrific cyberbullying, stalking, slut-shaming and so much else. All of the ugliest aspects of the playground are played out writ large on the social media stage. The director has done a thoughtful job of presenting the medium fairly. The film is entertaining, well-edited, and provocative. Frankly, I agree with the director (in his comments at the screening), if I had teenagers I wouldn't let my kids use this type of social media platform.

Watch this documentary before 2018 ends 1 day left from today. I have watched this on 30th Dec 2018 and I deleted my Instagram but this make me reinstall my Insta and taught a ton of things.