Deep Web

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So I haven't wrote a review yet but this movie this movie needed a review! I felt it my moral responsibility to warn others of the pain watching this move will inflict on there soul!! I love movies every type I'm a movie nut, I also enjoy found footage movies I've seen good ones and BAD ones but this wow!! So I've never been so bored in all of my life there is no effort in this movie what so ever no real story nothing compelling just nothing!! A guy roams round with a camera and sets out to bore you to tears with such a monotone voice no acting experience what so ever and the charisma of a rotting grape the main guy is just sooooo dull!! How this film rates a 7 is beyond me! No story no plot no entertainment just nothing I would rather watch 2 hours of static would be ten times more entertaining!! I'm not going to do a full review with details I'm just going to warn everyone AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!!! If I could put minus I would've! Run for the hills save yourself. Director man go back to directing school learn some stuff and don't return untill you can capture and captivate your audience. Don't belive your reviews awful awful awful! On a plus note if you need to go to sleep fast this is the movie for you however you may go to sleep depressed! 😝

I have a rule. I rate documentaries with: 7 if it is great. 6 if it is good. 5 if it is less than good. The reason is: Docs have lower ceilling and higher floors, because they are all at least an extensive view/opinion on something (even if it is morally or factually wrong), and at most they are all edits of real life (no matter how long the doc is and how factual it is, there is subjetivity and therefore not the real thing). Ok. Keanu Reeves is the voice-over for some reason. He does a good job (why wouldn't he?). This one is good, because it is informative but it asks questions of the official story. The subject matter is interesting in and on itself (basically, freedom and justice), but the guys behind the doc doesn't watch and tell, they make an effort to give you more without answer for you the question "it was this fair or there is more behind this than "break the law-prison"?".

It is about documentary film about silk route , the dark web , torr and how illegal commerce of drugs happen online. The documentary also explores the threat of doing illegal business online. The film also talk about privacy policy, privacy of the people and the fact that government is spying on you. The documentary is also about the case of Ross Ulbricht , who is been accused of being administrator of Silk Route website which is responsible for drug business. I would say that the documentary is very much informative but enlightens us with the many of the sad and depressing fact. Although I found the tittle little bit misleading as they merely talked about deep web.

The underlying message in this documentary is about seeking peace and avoiding violence... why do they interview and portray in a favourable way Cody Wilson, who, as far as I get it, is commercializing a DIY printable gun? Cody also speaks highly of Ross Ulbricht, whose goal seems to be eliminating the use of force in society. This contradicting aspect of the documentary I really didn't get. Having said this, Ulbricht's story seems heartwrecking and it doesn't sound like he had a fair trial.

If you want a story of digital crime and punishment in the 2010s, and some background to help demystify these headlines, Deep Web is the right documentary for you. The director is Alex Winter. That's right, the actor who played Bill in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Oh, and Keanu Reeves narrates. Seriously. That might make this enterprise sound silly, but Winter and the producers did an exceptional job of rounding up not only passionate dissidents but law enforcement officials involved in the case, ultimately presenting a spread of perspectives.

First of all this movie deviates away from its title. There was some layman explanation about the deep web to set the stage for Ulbricht's story but the title should have been different as it misleads the reader. Secondly I think Winter did a good job with suspense as I felt I was attracted to the course of events and there were some unexpected turns such as the imprisonment for life in the Ulbricht's case. The big downfall is the one-sided stance that Winter took in this movie painting the government as the ones to blame for the victims of the drug war and that it is Ulbricht's idea that should be used as a substitute for drugs on the street! It does that and also includes a story of a minor who purchased meth from the deep web so the movie kinda contradicts itself! it only sides with Ulbricht's story and is not able to give the full picture! it sounds very like a pro anarchism pro free will movie that assumes all people are good! I think Winter should consider doing another movie to clarify what led the to life sentence for Ulbricht if he is to be an unbiased ideology-free director.

I went into this expecting this documentary to explain something about the deep web, or how it came to be, to some sort of interesting extent. But really it just goes on and on about how amazing, moral, and philosophical certain users supposedly are. Mainly, the creator of the Silk Road. I'm a big fan of the Tor project, and I even like what the Silk Road did. But even as a fan, the extent they go into glorifying its creator is too much. They should have called this "Silk Road: Why Its Creator is Great." Another issue, is they focused too much on Tor. As if that is all there is to the deep web. And just the way the story is presented, wasn't very engaging. The pacing seemed too slow. Although I don't really know enough about film production to pinpoint what caused me to perceive it that way.

Not heading to the Wizard of Oz, although I guess you will see a lot of colorful things if you go down that road. Actually it's a site where people sold drugs. But it was more than that. Sticking it to the man, making the public aware of how vulnerable we all are and how our privacy is being squashed everyday. Unfortunately it is actually more concerned of uncovering the Silk Road thing and the trial that commenced out of it, than diving into the deep (web). So the title may feel a bit misleading, nevertheless an intriguing movie to watch. So if you are not too obsessed about learning what the Deep Web is (it might be too technical anyway), this movie delivers as a documentary. Some questions raised are really important! Let's see where we go from here ...

Some English major took the time to read the related Wikipedia pages. Than he read some of the blog footnotes. And boom! The guy is knowledgeable enough to talk about something that does not exist. There is nothing deep about the web. And there is nothing hidden. There are quite a few "hidden" networks in the Internet. And many intranet pages in local networks, that aren't on the Internet. Rehashing blogs seems to be good to get you good reviews through confirmation bias, in other words you scratch my back meaning I want to believe X and I will scratch yours meaning I will call you an expert. But rehashing blog pages does not mean knowledge. Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch