Barney is an awkward middle-schooler and the only one without a B-bot, a personal robot that uses its social network to find friends for kids. He lives with his widow father and grandmother. They don't see the need for the new tech until they discover that he has no friends. They buy a damaged B-bot off the back of a truck. It doesn't connect to the network. It's a struggle for real friendship.
Obviously, this movie has something to say about social networking especially for kids. I would like for it to be more biting. It touches on it but it's not quite there. Marc is a little too nice and has too much power. It would be more intense if he, as the original programmer, has lost control of the company from the very start of the movie. The company needs to be the evil empire. That would necessitate Marc helping Barney to liberate the company and the bots. Otherwise, I do love the premise and the message. The message can also be tweaked a little more. I love that friendship is a two-way street. I need the movie to push the idea of being nice. That's the next level up. The movie needs to show the corrosiveness of modern social network and how Ron would change it to real friendship. The movie does it but I would like it to do it better. This film is pretty good overall.
Obviously, this movie has something to say about social networking especially for kids. I would like for it to be more biting. It touches on it but it's not quite there. Marc is a little too nice and has too much power. It would be more intense if he, as the original programmer, has lost control of the company from the very start of the movie. The company needs to be the evil empire. That would necessitate Marc helping Barney to liberate the company and the bots. Otherwise, I do love the premise and the message. The message can also be tweaked a little more. I love that friendship is a two-way street. I need the movie to push the idea of being nice. That's the next level up. The movie needs to show the corrosiveness of modern social network and how Ron would change it to real friendship. The movie does it but I would like it to do it better. This film is pretty good overall.