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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

2018

Drama, Sci-fi

TV Movie

1h 30m

A young programmer makes a fantasy novel into a game. Soon, reality and virtual world are mixed and start to create confusion.

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Charlie Brooker

Starring:

Craig Parkinson, Jonathan Aris, Will Poulter, Alice Lowe, Fleur Keith, Suzanne Burden, Asim Chaudhry, Fionn Whitehead, Tallulah Haddon, Laura Evelyn, Catriona Knox, Paul Michael Bradley

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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

2018

Drama, Sci-fi

TV Movie

1h 30m

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11 Mar 2019

I was probably only about a third the way through before I figured out where this was going, and sure the execution is original, it's also sort of a gimmick, and it definitely ties into the movie in a fitting way. But the issue is that by being forced to go down different alternative paths, this movie begins to feel transient and none of the endings really leave an impression. Also, I'll add that Whitehead was really starting to irritate me by about 20 minutes in.

11 Mar 2019

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05 Jan 2019

Boy, they sure loved talking about how your choices don't matter. And they loved demonstrating it through the interactive mechanics. But boy they sure didn't love giving us characters worth giving a damn about! The choice gimmick ends up being the only attraction here, and without a way to jump around (e.g. reloading a save or flipping back some pages) then even that quickly descends into tedium. Could be a good sign of things to come, but it doesn't work on its own.

05 Jan 2019

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01 Jan 2019

In my opinion they failed quite miserably at making a good interactive film (both in terms of the experience and the content), but I love that they tried.

01 Jan 2019

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11 Feb 2019

Pushes you to choose the tragic and more brutal option. You either end up killing your father, going insane, or becoming a successful game designer. How does this contain any "critical" sensitivity towards the current reality? It reproduces the symbolic order's propensity for violence, madness, and all kinds of excesses, and the self-conscious elements are just too overt and superficial. Plus, the scenario is just poorly constructed. They constantly send you back to your previous choice.

11 Feb 2019

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07 Jan 2019

Kudos for taking a chance on the concept, which I'm sure we'll see more of, but I hope that in the future there's a bit more effort put into the other elements of the production aside from the gimmick.

07 Jan 2019

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02 Jan 2019

We manipulate Stefan. Netflix manipulate us.

02 Jan 2019

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19 Apr 2019

The choose-your-own-adventure is mildly interesting at first, and at least unique, but by the end I was just desperate to achieve some kind of resolution. Ironically, the audience involvement factor ultimately distanced me from the story, which was pretty gimmicky anyway, though there were brief moments when the concept was compelling.

19 Apr 2019

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10 Jan 2019

I've played enough 'Telltale' games to know that the bar is set fairly low when it comes to your choices mattering in modern interactive entertainment, that's why Bandersnatch pleasantly surprised me. Here is an experience that is entirely self aware in how much choice it gives you and what type of people are going to play it and this meta approach is frequently amusing (e.g. The 'Netflix' choice!). Possibly best watched with at least one other person so you can argue how to torture the lead!

10 Jan 2019

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01 Jan 2019

There's a comforting irony to how Black Mirror has spent 4 seasons trying to scare us with what technology can do, and now Netflix can't even get the movie to work on the most common platforms. Choosing (heh) to watch a torrented version without being part of the gimmick hammers home that this is basically a British Donnie Darko where the writer *really* wants there to be a downer ending despite promising control. Not bad, but hardly more revolutionary than any other CYOA game.

01 Jan 2019

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27 Jun 2021

A great concept, poor execution. I really think they could have pulled this off if they made slightly different choices. For example, when I reached an "ending" in the narrative, I was given the option to go back and replay the game from some set point. But this made it feel like I hadn't reached an end, and that I had made mistakes in my choices, and then, going back and replaying content to get to different results made it seem like there was no finality to my decisions. Bleh.

27 Jun 2021

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06 Jun 2020

As soon as you realise the 'choices' are nothing more than a gimmick you switch off, and considering this is one of the dullest Black Mirrors out there, it becomes tough to regain your focus. Even Poulter and Chabuds can't distract from the boring story, and eventually you're just glad it's all over. The interactive element is an interesting idea but seemed nowhere near realised here, although I have no interest in going back through this again to find out.

06 Jun 2020

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05 Oct 2019

Seriously the most boring Black Mirror episode and they make it into a tv movie??........

05 Oct 2019

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06 Jun 2019

Boring disappointment. Characters are not interesting.

06 Jun 2019

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23 Apr 2019

That's it? Really?

23 Apr 2019

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31 Mar 2019

Very well done pick a path adventure book turned film. What seems like novelty, is handled greatly by the very apt writer/creator Charlie Brooker. A killer soundtrack and 10 different endings make this a must watch for any cinephile. Oh yeah...definitely choose the "Netflix" option when it appears. Meta at it's finest!

31 Mar 2019

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07 Jan 2019

Starts out strong but then doesn't go anywhere- I thought an overarching narrative would emerge where the main character would transcend all the branchings. There are touches of that, but more is needed.

07 Jan 2019

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04 Jan 2019

Bold in ambition, but mediocre in execution. Despite all the various choices available, the film (game?) constantly feels like it's just shepherding you in a very specific direction anyways, making the interactivity feel like much more of a gimmick than a valuable story-telling device. The theme of the futility of choice has already been better explored in other games (see Telltale's Walking Dead) and still done in a way where your choices carry moral weight and importance, despite the futility.

04 Jan 2019

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04 Jan 2019

Failed attempt at the experience they probably had in mind. Wouldn't doubt Netflix was a big problem for that. In the end, I was bored and found only 1 or 2 of the possibilities entertaining.

04 Jan 2019

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04 Jan 2019

If you didn't choose Eurythmics, you're absolutely dead to me.

04 Jan 2019

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03 Jan 2019

The concept has legs, but this was too circular and would have benefited from more linear narrative choices. There’s lots to like nonetheless.

03 Jan 2019

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02 Jan 2019

bad

02 Jan 2019

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02 Jan 2019

Interesting experiment but I got quite bored fast.

02 Jan 2019

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01 Jan 2019

One of the funnest visual experiences I've had, might of been a few Aperol Spritzes involved but I found this journey completely wild. Unique with plenty of great sequences and music to boot. CHOP IT!

01 Jan 2019

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29 Dec 2018

Interesting concept, but weak script.

29 Dec 2018

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14 May 2025

Don't do drugs, kids.

14 May 2025

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10 May 2025

Very creative interactive format. And the meta element about the illusion of choice is fun as you explore other paths. But ultimately it's not a super deep plot.

10 May 2025

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27 Apr 2025

stupid

27 Apr 2025

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31 Aug 2024

This started off interesting enough but it also got tedious fast.

31 Aug 2024

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12 Feb 2024

Ishouldaknowni'dloveitlol+iamwatchingyouonnetflix:P+evenshowsthesetetc:P+pacman:P+presentredone:P+repeatsalotafterstudylearned-soX2-nvmX4lmaotilendloldidntfactorthatintorating+it'slikethiskindofgeniusinsanitycanspreadtosimilarpeople+somemakesitsimple/illusionofchoice/happyending

12 Feb 2024

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12 Mar 2023

Carried mostly by the unique premise. Meta commentary on free will and the illusion of choice works well.

12 Mar 2023

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20 Dec 2022

eng; [Black Mirror: Bandersnatch]; ein junger programmierer erstellt ein spiel anhand eines fantasy romans - und bald verschwimmt die realität.;

20 Dec 2022

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20 May 2022

Such a unique concept and just as entertaining as expected. At least for the first few runs. I feel like it gets a little too messy and repetitive after a few endings, so much so that you don't really want to find the rest of the endings. But despite that it's still a fun experience and the cast does a great job.

20 May 2022

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15 Mar 2022

Eleştirdiği şeylere dönüşen diziden saçma sapan bir film... film de denemez gerçi. Buna ayrılabilecek vakiti Detroit: Become Human veya Heavy Rain gibi oyunlara ayırmak daha çok yararınıza olacaktır.

15 Mar 2022

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03 Sep 2021

The problem with Bandersnatch isn't what it tried to do with the choose your own adventure concept, it's just a dull script with wooden acting. It gets points from me for trying but that's about it.

03 Sep 2021

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25 Aug 2021

Oh dear. I absolutely loved the story as the character's reality begins to unravel but the programme ended for me with a series of disappointing dead ends that threw me back into the middle of different storylines. Frustrated, I looked up where I should have gone only to find I had watched all the possible endings. Great idea badly executed. Two stars.

25 Aug 2021

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23 Jan 2021

02 Jan 2021

Bipolar in simulation..

02 Jan 2021

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05 May 2020

I look forward to seeing more interactive movies, but the gimmick wasn't enough to make a movie. The story really wasn't that interesting and that really ruined it.

05 May 2020

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12 Mar 2020

Shit.

12 Mar 2020

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18 Jan 2020

This interactive storytelling experiment has a programmer going mad as he's making a video game. He's convinced he's being forced against his will to do horrible things and he is. He's being forced by us. The interactivity implicates us in the dreadful things happening on the screen. This is fourth wall breaking taken to the next level, allowing us to reach inside the screen and do our worst. Really frightening.

18 Jan 2020

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31 Dec 2019

Interesting.

31 Dec 2019

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03 Jul 2019

OHHHH BERBAT ÖTESİ BOK GİBİ BOKKKKKKKKK

03 Jul 2019

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23 Jun 2019

Illusions of free will abound, there is no choice that leads Stefan Butler to the success he is searching for without having to pay the ultimate price. It was well acted, the choices varied from kinda important, not important at all and eerie and bizarre. It was a unique experience. One that I definitely see becoming more of a trend. Each ending was slightly different and the choices leading up to it were interesting. A definite recommend if you have the time.

23 Jun 2019

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19 Jun 2019

Interesting, but they could have taken the idea further. Or perhaps they did, and I didn't select the correct option to find out.

19 Jun 2019

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05 May 2019

First loop-back and it's obviously on rails, would've prferred it played a bit straighter too

05 May 2019

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07 Apr 2019

Really cool at times, but doesn't really go anywhere. Meta level works, for a while.

07 Apr 2019

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02 Apr 2019

Many extra points for being the first interactive movie, that I know of, where the viewer chooses possible directions for the movie. Black Mirror fans should love it!

02 Apr 2019

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11 Mar 2019

People either see this as a triumph or as a gimmick. My personal experience was that this was somewhere in-between. I enjoyed my first viewing but ironically this loses its replay value pretty quickly. A pretty average experience but one worth trying.

11 Mar 2019

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11 Mar 2019

Very weird. Very good. Hard to explain.

11 Mar 2019

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10 Mar 2019

It's not that you can really choose your way to different endings so much as you can repeatedly fail and need to revisit your choices to get where you want to go. In the process, it becomes a meta-commentary on video games as well as a joyously self-referential bit of satire. It's not amazing, but it's nice when something this ambitious manages to succeed.

10 Mar 2019

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25 Feb 2019

What the fuck was that? I can't say that I didn't feel immensely empowered when I chose Sugar Puffs over Frosties and the character actually did it, but then there were so many dead ends to take any joy out of it. Plus the continuous "somebody is controlling me" jokes got old really fast. Didn't finish. Or did I? Didn't even become clear.

25 Feb 2019

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12 Feb 2019

There's no comparison to a story based video game. This is just click left or right, disrupting the movie every so often. This is a big miss by Netflix. The worst acting I've seen in a long, long while. Slow, uninvolved and uninteresting storylines that have terrible pacing and no payoff.

12 Feb 2019

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10 Feb 2019

Blurs and then erases the line between movie and video game, so this is a bit hard to rate. I did particularly appreciate the Philip K Dick atmosphere and homages though.

10 Feb 2019

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27 Jan 2019

I liked the idea of it, but it was just bad. The writers I think get too focused on the interactive element that it loses the overall picture of being a movie first. 2.5 stars.

27 Jan 2019

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26 Jan 2019

I liked the meta level of the story but this Black Mirror chapter was extra boring. There was not enough variations. Just boring without proper closure. The story was not going anywhere.

26 Jan 2019

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22 Jan 2019

A very interesting experiment

22 Jan 2019

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16 Jan 2019

W3E1P2S0V1M1A1R2. Almost all points solely for the originality of it and the future possibilities it creates. But the absence of a navigable menu for playing around with your choices is just bonkers. Instead, unless I was just doing it wrong, it seems to force you after your first ending to keep going back to points it chooses for you, to explore alternate endings, until you just get bored and turn it off (or presumably, spend hours and hours going down each rabbit hole).

16 Jan 2019

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15 Jan 2019

Easily the worst episode in the entire series, no matter which ending you take. Brooker came too late in the debate about free will and also carried over some of the worst aspects of the series.

15 Jan 2019

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13 Jan 2019

The background for the movie is good, but it lacks more details and a deeper and more complex work on the various paths the movie offers.

13 Jan 2019

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12 Jan 2019

I'll admit I was biased going in; the interactive choose-your-own-adventure gimmick sounded like a dumb idea to me. However, I was still expecting to really enjoy the story. Charlie Brooker always has great story ideas, if not always the best execution. The Black Mirror brand surely would deliver, right? I'm sad to say no, this time it let me down hard. Harder than any other single episode in the series. The story in Bandersnatch was just awful, slow, and boring. 100% style/form over substance.

12 Jan 2019

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12 Jan 2019

Colin Ritman + the Netflix option = fresh, hilarious, and appreciated. As for the whole, I wanted more commentary that came to some cohesive head, even if that point is that there is no singular point/trajectory. Menial Retcon wrote: Starts out strong but then doesn't go anywhere- I thought an overarching narrative would emerge where the main character would transcend all the branchings. There are touches of that, but more is needed."

12 Jan 2019

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10 Jan 2019

Every year, 'Black Mirror' out of 4-5 episodes, one is amazing, 1 is bad and the others are average. This one is a bad one. The 'interactive' concept was a very good idea, but they have to work it out in future releases. Unfortunately, the script wasn't clear and flawless, the characters were annoying and the direction 'confusing', so for me, it was a bad moment for the 'Black Mirror'

10 Jan 2019

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08 Jan 2019

I plan to make one of these interactive movies at some point

08 Jan 2019

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07 Jan 2019

This was an interesting concept, but I hope the return of FMV doesn't take the place of 3D movies as the new, hip thing to run into the ground.

07 Jan 2019

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07 Jan 2019

Starts interesting enough, but then it becomes repetitive and the choices are irrelevant, so I just wanted to get to the end as quickly as possible, but none of the endings felt like a true ending

07 Jan 2019

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06 Jan 2019

Praise to enforcing the choice-model with a relevant plot, like games that strengthen story with their gameplay elements, but the plot and characters lean generic and never dive into interesting nuances and critiques we've come to expect from Black Mirror.

06 Jan 2019

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06 Jan 2019

It's a cool experience with the different endings. I would have liked some variation in the severity of the endings. Overall, I think it's a unique movie but I don't think it'd be worth a second watch unless you are hunting for Easter Eggs.

06 Jan 2019

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04 Jan 2019

Trash

04 Jan 2019

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04 Jan 2019

The story is so-so, the idea is cliché, the execution is very good. Especially when you realise how many options are out there. As a Black Mirror story it's in the middle. But much better films/episodes/project can and hopefully will come out for this new genre.

04 Jan 2019

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04 Jan 2019

Great idea, bad execution. Black Mirror is a series about scary dystopian ideas that are told in a visually impressive way. They are like sci-fi novellas, if you scrutinize the plot there are a ton of holes, but it's fun to watch and ponder nonetheless. This one was too gimmicky and the story was too disjointed. Nothing to think about afterwards.

04 Jan 2019

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04 Jan 2019

This film has an interesting gimmick and it works. The viewer gets to choose things through the film. It makes for an interactive experience. So different choices result in different endings. Overall I would recommend this film.

04 Jan 2019

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04 Jan 2019

It was quite entertaining in the way it used the old choose your own adventure style in a movie. Some endings were better than others but overall pretty well done. It does feel like it is trying almost too hard sometimes but it was a good effort at something new.

04 Jan 2019

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03 Jan 2019

Black Mirror ekibi geleceği ne kadar güzel ve izlenebilir kılıyorsa, geçmişte de bir o kadar başarısız oluyor. Dönemi yansıtmayı bırakın, geçmişteki insanların da birer ruhsuz olduğunu kanıtlamaya çalışıyor ve gittikçe dibe batıyor. Hikaye ile seyirci arasındaki etkileşim karakterde hep kötü etki bırakıyor. Sonunda hikayenin bizim seçimlerimizden dolayı bu kadar kötüye gittiğini anlayabiliyor ve dersin bize verildiğini kabulleniyorsunuz. Çok kötü.

03 Jan 2019

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02 Jan 2019

The medium is the message - unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be more of a message than that. Say what you want about the illusion of choice; Black Mirror seems to have favored the method of storytelling and the story itself. No matter what choice I made, it left me ultimately unsatisfied... maybe that is the point.

02 Jan 2019

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02 Jan 2019

Intensely novel. Clearly constructed with care. The feeling you're left with after three solid hours is one of satisfaction, a bit of sick dread, and a deep curiosity for what the future of this interactive medium will hold.

02 Jan 2019

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02 Jan 2019

do you like conspiracies? do you think your wants and preferences are tracked, evaluated and reverse-fed to you by economic interests? well, then act out your very own super-paranoid adventure right now! it's all about you! you get to decide everything! so...sugarpuffs or kellog's frosties?

02 Jan 2019

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02 Jan 2019

Worst episode ever. Even worse than Waldo which is a huge accomplishment. It's like a maze you can't find the way out of. I get their intention. I really do. A slap in our faces: "You think you are making the choices? No we are." But as a viewer, don't you think we deserve to enjoy ourselves a little bit more? It got so exhausting after a point, I stopped watching. I don't think I'll ever watch again. Thank you, next.

02 Jan 2019

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01 Jan 2019

Should get props for trying something new, but the end result is just kind of boring. The whole choice-gimmick gets old really fast and the story is just not interesting enough to make going through the same scenes again and again anything else than irritating. Some of the endings are fun and always a plus when a movie tries to tackle free will.

01 Jan 2019

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01 Jan 2019

Eğlenceli. İzlediğimiz filmi bilgisayar oyununa çeviren eğlenceli bölüm. İnce detaylarla dikkatli sinefillere ve Black Mirror sevenlere göz kamaştırıyor.

01 Jan 2019

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01 Jan 2019

On first viewing, I loved this. Great and engaging story with quite a few choices. When trying to go back and get different scenes and endings however, it’s pretty repetitive. Probably best to simply rewatch it a month or two later to get a different experience or something. A bit reminiscent of Donnie Darko and The Butterfly Effect, both of which I loved.

01 Jan 2019

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01 Jan 2019

Entertaining but more of a game than a movie.

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30 Dec 2018

Cool concept with the ideal setting for it. It's definetely more of a game than a film though. I guess they finally found a way to stop movie piracy...for now :D Too bad many decisions lead to a dead end. So while there are multiple endings it seems only one of them is the "right" one.

30 Dec 2018

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29 Dec 2018

The choose-your-own-adventure gimmick is used quite well, in a sense. [SPOILERS.] Just as you begin to get frustrated because your choices mostly seem to not matter, you realize that this actually puts you in the proper mindset of the main character who feels powerless in this world. That being said, I do hope the next experiment with an interactive story feels like your choices have a greater impact on the story. Here, the consequences of your choices only seem to matter toward the "end".

29 Dec 2018

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29 Dec 2018

I got many problems about that part, there was no movie viewing feeling, it's just like a boring game. I said again and again ''can you please end now''. In short i don't like interactive shit.

29 Dec 2018

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Directed by:

Writer:

Charlie Brooker

Starring:

Craig Parkinson, Jonathan Aris, Will Poulter, Alice Lowe, Fleur Keith, Suzanne Burden, Asim Chaudhry, Fionn Whitehead, Tallulah Haddon, Laura Evelyn, Catriona Knox, Paul Michael Bradley

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Drama, Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller, Mystery

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