It wasn’t until the rock-and-roll generation made movies that more thoughtful portrayals made it to the movie screen with movies such as “American Graffiti” and “Rock and Roll High School.” The first rock-and-roll generation was also superficially portrayed in movies such as “Beach Blanket Bingo.” It’s reminiscent of the early days of rock and roll when the movies of the time implied that youth were untethered and even violent in movies such as “Rebel Without a Cause” and “Blackboard Jungle.” Many of today’s movies about social media seem to reflect the generational gap of those in power who make the movies who don’t live on social media in the way today’s generation does. The comedy is in the protagonist dealing with change. It’s partially about the transformative effect that social media can have on a life.Ī comedy about a social media influencer who finds herself without an internet connection. The Twitter argument went viral and resulted in unanticipated events in his personal and business life. Starring Jon Favreau, Scarlett Johansson, John Leguizamo, Sofía Vergara, and Robert Downey Jr.Ī chef gets a bad review on Twitter, and he responds in kind. The movie’s star is Zoey Deutch, whose comedic performance had me laughing out loud from the very first minutes while also feeling dread because the outcome is known from the beginning of the movie.Ĭomedy/Drama – Amazon (free), iTunes, Pluto (free), Vudu, YouTube In this movie, the powerful are the faceless social media consumers who both crown and cancel with brutal fickleness.
It’s also a gentle satire about the social media ecosystem.īritish author Terry Pratchett observed that satire is best when it is aimed at the powerful. On the surface, “Not Okay” is a comedy about a misfit millennial anti-hero longing for social media fame who accidentally stumbles into it and subsequently becomes the internet’s most hated person. Here’s a list of movies with some new additions, in no particular order.
Social media is a part of modern life, so, naturally, more movies should embrace it as central to the experiences of the characters in the movies.Īn interesting trend with social media-based movies is more comedies and the mixture of comedy with horror.
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