LOL

LOL isn’t funny and that’s kind of the point. The film screams cheap Indie film, and was the predecessor for the mublecore movement. Consider I haven’t really met a mumblecore film that I don’t like, I knew I had to give this film a chance.

I put it off for so long after viewing the trailer and seeing how much it reminds me of film student’s final project. In general, this film isn’t all that great or considerable well acted. It’s a decent final project for any amateur.

What the film did do well was examine three different male characters social/relationship disconnections due to their constant drive to always be connected (laptop, cell phone, etc.) The degradation of communication in our society in regards to over-consumption of technology has always been interesting to me, and even blogging about such a film holds a least three or four separations or irony.

Greta Gerwig did not really stand out at all in this film, and barely had any real scenes. The best character study in the film was the musician who was obsessed with meeting someone online while shutting out the only person who probably would like him.

LOL is slow, corny, gimmicky and, at times, too uncoordinated. But, it was a nice start for a film movement. Unfortunately, when the film came out in 2006 the Internet wasn’t as prevalent as it has become more than four years later. It does make one think, “Just how bad is this all.”

6/10