“It’s all so desperate. They’re
turning us into these unbelievably dull people.” “Chatroom” forms a perfect
example of how while technology advances, we tend to misuse
the power we have at our fingertips. Five teens use their phones and computers
as portals to escape from their reality in this film.
Some of the teens believe to have found a
safe haven to share what they cant in real life, but little do they know,
they’re simply puns in a dark scheme. Each character would seem to have the
perfect life, nothing to complain about, until someone with deep self hate gets
involved. If “Chatroom” may only succeed in one thing; it’d be that we can be
whoever we want online.
The story kicks off with a teen
creating a chat room for teens. One girl comes in, a model in real life, enters
the room bitching about her vapid friends. Every young adult in this story has a problem
in real life that comes to surface via the chat room. One character suffers
from being ignored by her parents who keep trying to mold her as they please,
forgetting about her in the process. There’s even a moment where she overhears
her mother wishing she could’ve had more children, but she uses her phone to
tap into another world.
The teens that become usual visitors
look up to the chat room moderator as an optimistic and inspiring young man.
Our online personalities don’t always correlate with who we are in real life,
or what we post online indicates our true intentions. The leader of this
breakfast club seems obsessed with suicide, a dangerous obsession that’s
inflicted on his peers. The story takes a dark twist as the chat room moderator
exploits each one of his peer’s personal problems involving pedophilia, parent
abandonment, bullying, and other issues.
The story is well told, eloquently delivered, and the hard work behind each scene is admirable. The
online actions like, creating a chat room, or sharing things online
is portrayed in real life terms. Whenever online, the actors would wear the
same clothes they had on their profile picture. Congrats to the production team
for incorporating everyday online interaction into this film in such a creative manner. The entire cast did an amazing job at bringing three-dimensionality to
their characters, making them inevitably likable.
Though an
entertaining and thoughtful film, it still manages to deliver a strong example
of how well connected we all may be, and yet sometimes choose to hurt one another. "Chatroom" is a great film, feel free to check out the trailer down below and lemme' know what you think!
