Review of Life 2.0 (2010) by Jason K — 10 Jun 2014

Sad people living sad lives in a sad documentary.

This review of Life 2.0 (2010) was written by Jason K on 10 Jun 2014.

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Review of Life 2.0 (2010) by Jason K — 10 Jun 2014

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A beautiful, intense documentary about how people free themselves, trap themselves, and create new selves online…

A fairly run-of-the-mill and predictable portrayal of gamers who lose at the hands of selling their social souls to an online game…

Personally, I found this to be a rather boring flick…

It's quite good, it focuses more on the people within and outside the virtual world rather than the virtual world itself…

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Very well made but also very narrowly focused on bad outcomes, rather than the broader uses and range of stories to be found among the users…

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Life 2.0 cuts deep into its subject of with laser precision, getting right to the emotional heart of the matter, exploring a problem no one…

I enjoyed the film immensely, granted I am also a resident of SecondLife in addition to humanity, but I understand the desires of Amie and…

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