Synopsis
A cab driver with an agenda becomes the centre of attention on a day that rapidly spirals out of control.
Black Mirror: Smithereens
2019 Directed by James Hawes
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didn’t need to spend an hour and ten minutes of my life for you to tell me “social media bad” for the hundreth time, Black Mirror
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wouldve been better if it ended with uber driver andrew scott turning to his passenger saying "ay so youre still gonna give me 5 stars right?"
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Smithereens is probably the strongest of the three fifth season episodes, taken from beginning to end. There are a number of reasons for this.
Most subtly, Black Mirror has reached the point where it has covered enough ground that perhaps there aren’t too many high concepts left to explore, and so the only logical thing left to do is to mash a few of them together, outside of anthology frameworks like White Christmas or Black Museum. And so Smithereens is conceptually “Uber-versus-Twitter.” That mix-and-match approach lends Smithereens an infectious energy that carries the narrative across the runtime better than either of the two surrounding episodes.
In keeping with this energy, Smithereens also benefits from greater consistency of tone. The film…
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motivations of the main character are beyond questionable, and the overall message is a little to cookie cutter for me. We get it, social media is bad. pacing was decent however, and the development of Jadens odd yet partially believable relationship with Chris was slightly charming towards the end.
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Eu sei, eu também gostava da versão futurista do Black Mirror, e acredito que eles continuarão a produzir episódios sobre o daqui a pouco tecnológico que nós tanto anseiamos como tememos. Porém, de vez em quando é de muito bom tom lembrar que coisas horríveis podem acontecer com a tecnologia que já temos hoje, nos alertando sobre o que preferimos ignorar: não são robôs dominando o mundo o grande medo de nossa evolução, mas humanos se comportando como robôs. - www.caloni.com.br/black-mirror-s05-e02-smithereens/
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I heard Andrew Scott needed to go to the hospital after this episode because his back hurts from carying this movie
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literally the only slightly good episode of the season, would’ve been a 3 if it was in any other season tbh.
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tipi, really the only good thing about my position is every once in a while i get to invoke god mode
the amount of police getting involved? even the fbi? i don't know if it's actually unrealistic or if the corrupt police force in my country has given me trust issues
ps. that use of can't take my eyes off you? pretty smart if i dare say so myself
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