EMMA WHATSON MOVIES PLUS
Watson, whose acting career includes eight “Harry Potter” movies plus Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah,” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” “The Bling Ring,” “Beauty and the Beast” and more, starred as Meg March in Gerwig’s “Little Women,” which remains her most recent acting role to date. “And I started to realize that I only wanted to stand in front of things where if someone was going to give me flak about it, I could say, in a way that didn’t make me hate myself, ‘Yes, I screwed up, it was my decision, I should have done better.’” Wasted potential like this is something I've been seeing way too much of this year.“I was held accountable in a way that I began to find really frustrating, because I didn’t have a voice, I didn’t have a say,” Watson continued. There is absolutely no tension, the performances are painfully bland (especially from Ellar Coltrane), and its conclusion is not very clever. Of course, there wouldn't be a plot if she didn't do these baffling things. Watson's inner struggle translates to her just doing things that don't make sense, like kayak at night during a storm and later subject herself to being on camera for every second of her life for months. So many times, I asked myself "Why in the hell is Emma doing that?" with no real answer. John Boyega's character simply exists to tell the audience what the conflict is, he never interacts with anyone besides Watson, and in the end he is the guy who resolves the problem.
EMMA WHATSON MOVIES MOVIE
Now you would think that this is middling enough to at least be entertaining, so why does the movie suck so bad? I think it's mostly because the plot is so contrived. Tom Hanks is the Steve Jobs/Mark Zuckerberg of the company and, of course, he is a nice guy running a successful company that just happens to be eroding civil liberties and manipulating the government. She's expected to participate in company events and keep a level of transparency in her private life like everyone else at the job does. The film concerns Watson as she has started her dream job at a Google/Facebook-like social media cult, the titular Circle.
Just when you think they've touched on something of substance to say about privacy or the ubiquity of technology, it is quickly glazed over for some new, boring plot development. The Circle is an aimless critique on social media and the surveillance state. And even though Daniel Radcliffe has managed to forge a serious acting career post-Harry Potter, Emma Watson has yet to latch onto anything of real quality. He should really stop doing Dave Eggers adaptations. Tom Hanks has been in some shitty films in the past few years, but this one, I believe, is his true nadir. Despite getting the message wrong, The Circle is a compelling dramatic thriller that examines the frightening possibilities that technology can bring. Additionally, the script does a fairy job at building mystery and intrigue as to a possible sinister plot within the Circle and its new programs. Starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, Karen Gillan, and John Boyega, the cast is pretty good and delivers solid performances. And, the Orwellian hell of constantly being monitored and being forced into the system is treated more as a coming reality and positive than cautionary. Rather than learning a lesson about the importance of a person's right to privacy the heroine (and by extension the filmmakers) double down and call for the complete elimination of privacy. After getting a job with a tech company Mae Holland quickly becomes a rising star who pushes for more and more access to people's lives through mobile devices alienating her friends and family along the way.
"Privacy was only temporary.and now it's over." Rarely has a film missed the point of its own story as completely as The Circle does.
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