Kimi is a thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh, known for having won the Oscar Award for Best Director in 2000 for the film Traffic, a crime drama film that tells several stories of the world of drugs and drug trafficking between Mexico and the United States.
The screenplay is by David Koepp, known for having played the same role in successful films such as Jurassic Park (1993), Carlito's Way (1993), Mission: Impossible (1996), Spider-Man (2002), War of the Worlds (2005) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), among others.
The plot revolves around Angela Childs, an employee of a technology company called Amygdala who suffers from agoraphobia and who, while monitoring the incoming data streams from Kimi devices and making corrections to the software, discovers a crime and tries to alert her superiors.
Kimi is a smart speakerphone that uses human monitoring to improve the search algorithm and is in a testing state and has not been released to the public.
The events take place in Seattle during the Covid 19 pandemic and she, who also suffers from anxiety as a result of a previous assault, must face her worst fear, leaving the city and going to the company to take the tests, but she meets with bureaucratic resistance and a scenario she never imagined.
Zoë Kravitz plays the lead role, she rose to fame playing Christina in The Divergent Series and won the 2015 Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film The Road Within, in addition to other awards and nominations for her performances,
It was released in February 2002 by the HBO Max platform obtaining good reviews and highlighting the minimalist style of the same with simple approach and scenes that exacerbate the suspense and unexpected twists.
Its production budget was only 3 and a half million dollars.
Personally, I found that it meets the requirements of the genre and that it has a solid plot that traps the viewer.
Today I share with you another movie recommendation, which seems to me not far from reality in some respects, even though the reasons are different.
Hoy comparto con ustedes otra recomendación de película, que me parece que no se aleja de la realidad en algunos aspectos, aunque los motivos sean diferentes.
Kimi is a technology very similar to Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and so on... It executes what you tell it with your voice. The film bears its name and it is because due to this technology it is possible to discover something that happened.
Kimi es una tecnología muy similar a la de Alexa de Amazon, Siri de Apple y así... Ejecuta lo que le digas con tu voz. La película lleva su nombre y es porque debido a esta tecnología es que se logra descubrir algo que sucedió.
The protagonist of this film is Angela Child, an employee of this technology company. But Angela has a peculiarity and that is that she never leaves her house, she avoids it as much as she can because she suffers from agoraphobia.
Angela's life seems like a comfortable confinement and all her interactions with the outside world are virtual, it should also be noted that this film simulates that environment during the covid but even so this was not exactly the reason why Angela did not leave the house.
La protagonista de esta película es Angela Child, una empleada de esta empresa de tecnología. Pero Angel tiene una particularidad y es que no sale de su casa nunca, lo evita lo más que puede porque padece de agorafobia.
La vida de Angela parece un cómodo encierro y todas sus interacciones con el mundo exterior son virtuales, también cabe destacar que está película simula ese ambiente durante el covid pero aún así este no era precisamente el motivo por el cual Angela no dejaba su casa.
Angela's job is to check for errors in Kimi's voice commands. Angela usually hears brief sections of people's voices, the moment together where the person tells Kimi the command to be executed, if there is any communication failure Angela solves it by adjusting some codes so that Kimi has a most perfect and complete answer.
El trabajo de Angela es revisar los errores en los comando de voz que tiene Kimi. Angela por lo general escucha breve secciones de la voces de las personas, el momento junto dónde la persona le dice el comando a Kimi para que esté se ejecute, si hay alguna falla en la comunicación Angela lo resuelve ajustando algunos códigos para que Kimi tenga una respuesta más perfecta y completa.
One day Angela listens to something that seemed strange to her and she decides to listen carefully and it seemed to be a crime what she was hearing from the scant fragment of the recording. She decides to report it to someone who takes special care within the company but for this they ask her to visit the office... Oh no, that requires Angela to leave her home.
Un día Angela escucha algo que le pareció extraño y decide escuchar con cuidado y parecía ser un crimen lo que estaba ella oyendo del escazo fragmento de la grabación. Ella decide reportarlo con alguien que tenga especial cuidado dentro de la compañía pero para esto le piden que visite la oficina... Oh no, eso requiere Angela abandone su hogar.
Really, the situation for Angela seems to be very serious that she even decides to take courage and cling to any wall that allows her to leave her house, but for her this will only be the beginning of the conflict.
Realmente la situación para Angela parece que es muy grave que incluso decide tomar valentía y aferrarse a cualquier pared que le permita salir de su casa, pero para ella esto apenas será el comienza del conflicto.
This reminded me of that time where there were comments all over the internet about Alexa and that they recorded all of us and could listen to us. I imagine that many when they see or when they see these scenes will move to that moment, which generates a lot of collective hysteria. Although in the film this particular fact is used for justice by its moderator.
Esto me recordó en aquel momento donde hubieron comentarios en toda la internet sobre Alexa y que nos grababan a todos y podían escucharlos. Me imagino que muchos al ver o cuando vean estás escenas se trasladaran a ese momento, el cual género mucha histeria colectiva. Aunque en la película este particular hecho se use para la justicia por parte de su moderador.
Even this movie which is objectively bad compared to Candyman has a higher score on IMDb.... those scores long ago stopped being a real benchmark for the quality of movies and series, and this is one more example of that; anyway, this wasn't the way I intended or wanted to start this review, but that's the way things are and I couldn't mention it. I wanted to see Kimi just because of Zoë Kravitz, plus. since I wasn't so aware of its plot, I didn't have so many expectations when I saw it, I just knew I was going to like it and I did, I'll tell you why later.
There is a big problem with this movie and that problem is the trailer, the worst trailer they could have made for this movie. In the trailer, we see a movie practically about cyberterrorism where through Kimi, a Siri or Alexa type AI, listens to everything people do when they interact with the device, and thanks to that they discover a possible murder, so Angela, our beloved Zoë, will do everything she can to make the truth come out, even if it puts her life at risk. That completely sums up the trailer, and the second part of the movie, because the first part, which was the one I enjoyed the most, is entirely about Angela, and the fact that they hid that just annoys me, plus it's a cheat for those who might get interested in watching the movie.
Incluso esta película que es objetivamente mala comparada con Candyman, tiene una puntuación mayor en imdb... hace mucho esas puntuaciones dejaron de ser un punto de referencia real para la calidad de las películas y series, y este es un ejemplo más de eso; de todas formas, esta no era la forma en la que pensaba o quería comenzar esta reseña, pero así son las cosas y no podía dejar de mencionarlo. Quería ver Kimi solo por Zoë Kravitz, además. como no tenía tan presente su trama, no tenía tantas expectativas al momento de verla, solo sabía que me iba a gustar y lo hizo, más adelante les diré por qué.
Hay un gan problema con esta película y ese problema es el trailer, el peor trailer que le pudieron haber hecho a esta película. En el trailer vemos una película prácticamente de ciberterrorismo donde a través de Kimi, una IA tipo Siri o Alexa, escuchan todo lo que las personas hacen cuando interactúan con el dispotivo y gracias a eso descubren un posible asesinato, por lo que Angela, nuestra querida Zoë, hará todo lo posible para que la verdad se sepa, incluso si eso pone en riesgo su vida. Eso resume por completo el trailer, y la segunda parte de la película, porque la primera parte, que fue la que más disfruté, trata por completo sobre Angela, y el hecho de que ocultaran eso solo me molesta, además de que es un engaño para quienes puedan llegar a interesarse por ver la película.
I perfectly understand that they wanted to see the film as a sample of what is happening today with all the devices that practically serve as a door to our privacy, and for that reason, it was called Kimi, the name of the AI that was becoming increasingly popular, so it was the perfect example, plus it served for the name, but no, Kimi is the least essential thing in the movie, and it makes me laugh, because it is, but at the same time no, I hope you understand, because Kimi's relevance is very pointed, specific, and in the grand scheme of things, Kimi is insignificant in the movie, and all of that serves as an excuse for me to say that the film should be called Angela and not Kimi.
Why should it be called Angela? Because everything revolves around her, end of the review. I loved the construction of Angela's character, it's my favorite thing about the movie, her, nothing else, the rest can go on sabbatical and I wouldn't mind. Angela is a woman who doesn't leave the house, not just because of the covid, which surprised me that they included it in such a relaxed way in the film, but because she was a victim in a situation that they will never get to explain to us, and such is the trauma she has, that her anxiety makes it impossible for her to leave the house, plus all the routine she has to do things. Watching Angela exist within four walls for almost the entire first half of the film was something that relaxed me to unsuspected levels, I loved it.
Entiendo perfectamente que hayan querido ver la película como una muestra de lo que sucede en la actualidad con todos los dispositivos que practicamente sirven como una puerta hacia nuestra privacidad, y que por esa razón se haya llamado Kimi, el nombre de la IA que se estaba haciendo cada vez más popular, por lo que fue el ejemplo perfecto, además de que sirvió para el nombre, pero no, Kimi es lo menos importante de la película, y me da risa, porque es así, pero a la vez no, espero que entiendan, porque la relevancia de Kimi es muy puntual, específica, y en el gran esquema de las cosas, Kimi es insignificante en la película, y todo eso me sirve de excusa para decir que la película se debería llamar Angela y no Kimi.
¿Por qué se debería llamar Angela? Porque todo gira alrededor de ella, fin de la reseña. Amé la construcción del personaje de Angela, es mi cosa favorita de la película, ella, nada más, el resto puede irse de sabático y no me importaría. Angela es una mujer que no sale de casa, no solo por el covid, que me sorprendió que lo incluyeran de una forma tan relajada en la película, si no que ella fue víctima en una situación que nunca nos llegarán a explicar, y tal es el trauma que tiene, que su ansiedad le imposibilita salir de casa, además de toda la rutina que tiene para hacer las cosas. Ver a Angela existir dentro de cuatro paredes durante casi toda la primera mitad de la película fue algo que me relajó a niveles insospechables, me encantó.
I repeat it now in a different way, during almost the entire first half of the movie we will only see Angela existing in her apartment, eating, sleeping, working, making phone calls, and even having sex, which made me laugh a lot, but I'm not the one to criticize what others do. This first half is going to be slow, very slow, common, simple, and I could say boring, but there are elements out of Angela's routine that is going to be awakening our interest little by little, so I won't say it's boring. All this can be the summary of the first half of the movie, something that never comes out in the trailer, and that's why half the world can hate the movie when in the trailer they sell you one thing, and the reality is something very different.
Something to keep in mind when watching the film is that it is impossible to like it, to be interested in it, to finish watching it, if we do not empathize with Angela, if we do not like her, we simply waste our time watching the film, because she is practically the reason for the existence of the film, and if we do not manage to ingratiate ourselves with her, it will be useless to watch it, it is that simple, the film is slow, the first half is common, and the second half is not that much better, but it can become a little more attractive, it still has its flaws, but I will not talk about those.
Lo repito ahora de una forma diferente, durante casi toda la primera mitad de la película solo veremos a Angela existir en su apartamento, comer, dormir, trabajar, hacer llamadas, incluso tener sexo, cosa que me dio mucha risa, pero no soy quién para criticar lo que hacen los demás. Esta primera mitad va a ser lenta, muy lenta, común, simple, podría decir aburrida, pero hay elementos fuera de la rutina de Angela que obviamente van a ir despertando nuestro interés poco a poco, así que no diré que es aburrida. Todo esto puede ser el resumen de la primera mitad de la película, cosa que no sale nunca en el trailer, y por eso es que medio mundo puede odiar la película cuando en el trailer te venden una cosa, y la realidad es otra muy diferente.
Algo que se tiene que tener en cuenta al ver la película es que es imposible que nos guste, que nos interese, que la terminemos de ver, si no logramos empatizar con Angela, si ella no nos llega a caer bien, simplemente se pierde el tiempo viendo la película, porque ella es practicamente la razón de existir de la película, y si no logramos congraciarnos con ella, de nada servirá verla, así de sencillo, la película es lenta, la primera mitad es común, y la segunda mitad no es que mejora mucho, pero sí puede llegar a ser un poco más atractiva, igual tiene sus defectos, pero e esos no hablaré.
I didn't like the ending, I could destroy it with all the inconsistencies and nonsense they did, but no, although if we take into account the general context of the film and Angela, it is understandable that it ended like that, but I still didn't like it, Angela deserves something better, much better. Something that I liked is how they tried and managed to show the pressure that Angela felt when leaving the apartment, which is no longer a secret that she gets to leave, the abrupt camera movements, and the forced angles from where we will see her as out of place and uncomfortable, all that gave it extra points, they did it well, very well.
Don't watch the trailer, watch the movie directly, the trailer will give you an idea of the movie when the movie has a completely different development, so it's going to create an almost instant aversion the moment you start watching the movie; or don't watch the movie and that's it because it's a perfect generic movie to watch and not pay attention to you. you know, have it in the background while playing or talking to someone, that's the kind of movie Kimi is, and nothing is going to change it. I liked it, it relaxed me too much, I did enjoy it a lot, that's why I know that more than half the world considers it a bad movie.
El final no me gustó, podría destrozarlo con todas las incoherencias y cosas sin sentido que hicieron, pero no, aunque. si tenemos en cuenta el contexto general de la película, y de Angela, se entiende que terminara así, pero igual no me gustó, Angela merece algo mejor, mucho mejor. Algo que sí me gustó mucho es como intentaron y lograron mostrar la presión que sentía Angela al salir del apartamento, que ya no es secreto que llega a salir, los movimientos bruscos de cámara, los ángulos forzados desde donde la veremos a ella como fuera de lugar e incómoda, todo eso le dio puntos extras, lo hicieron bien, muy bien.
No vean el trailer, vean la película directamente, el trailer les dará una idea de la película, cuando la película tiene un desarrollo completamente diferente, por lo que les va a crear una aversión casi instantánea al momento de comenzar a ver la película; o no vean la película y ya, porque es una película genérica perfecta para ver y no prestarte atención. ya saben, tenerla de fondo mientras se juega o se habla con alguien, ese es el tipo de película que es Kimi, y nada lo va a cambiar. A mí me gustó, me relajó demasiado, sí me la disfruté mucho, por eso sé que más de medio mundo la considera una mala película.
Siempre me he preguntado… ¿realmente tenemos privacidad? En un mundo tecnológico donde son más frecuentes las aplicaciones que usan nuestros datos personales, ¿cómo saber si somos espiados a escondidas? Esa pregunta es realmente difícil de responder, aunque los indicios apuntan a que, como diría mi abuela, hoy las paredes tienen más oídos que nunca. Obviamente son solo ideas mías, no paranoicas, pero que han tenido su origen en un film. Su nombre: KIMI, una historia donde el suspenso cobra vida de la mano de una chica con trastornos mentales.
Seguramente ya has escuchado hablar de Siri o incluso del asistente personal de Google. Para aquellos que no están familiarizados con estos términos, ambas aplicaciones funcionan como herramientas que nos ayudan en muchas de nuestras tareas digitales, tanto como para crear playlist de nuestros cantantes favoritos como para organizar nuestra propia agenda. Para ello solo debemos activar dichas herramientas con nuestra voz, ¡y el futuro está a la palma de nuestra mano! Kimi es la versión ficticia de estos asistentes, y la detonante de un asesinato que llega, a través de los comandos electrónicos, al ordenador de Angela Childs…
Ella es la chica que tendrá que vencer su miedo a salir de casa para poner en evidencia tanto el asesinato como a la empresa que intenta mantener todo en secreto. Dicha corporación, llamada Amígdala, ha sido la precursora de la aplicación KIMI en Norteamérica, sin embargo, el oscuro secreto que hay detrás proviene de la vulnerada privacidad de sus clientes. Es curioso que esta violación de los parámetros haya sido capaz de develar la muerta de una mujer... ¿cómo? Hablemos más del contexto de la historia.
Angela Childs trabaja como moderadora de Kimi y su tarea consiste en atender los audios de los usuarios que no han sido validados por el asistente. O sea, ella es la que se encarga de generar nuevas funcionalidades a la herramienta de Kimi a través de los errores en la base de datos de la aplicación. Eso significa que Angela debe rastrear el algoritmo, ir a la fuente y, en pocas palabras, escuchar lo que no debería escuchar. Hay un problema de fondo: ella sufre de agorafobia, una condición que la obliga a permanecer en su casa por miedo a peligros inexistentes.
Una noche, mientras hace su ordinaria rutina de trabajo, escucha lo que parece ser un asesinato sangriento grabado por la victima desde aplicación de KIMI. A partir de aquí Angela deberá enfrentarse a sus propios miedos para poner en evidencia el crimen, a expensas de una organización que desea verla muerta antes de que la verdad detrás de Kimi salga a la luz… ¿lo logrará? Este es el asunto trascendental del largometraje.
Kimi es una película cerrada, o sea, los detalles solo se centran en la visión de su protagonista, sin concentrarse en tramas secundarias o personajes terceros. Ángela no se aparta de la cámara desde el principio hasta el fin, pues todo gira alrededor de sus miedos e sus inseguridades. Mucho de esta película me recordó al Thriller clásico, ese donde los ojos viran solo a un puñado de escenarios. Es una película corta, con apenas una hora y veinte nueve minutos de extensión, algo que suele ser llamativo siempre y cuando se mantenga el suspenso…
Lo mismo me pregunté mientras veía la película. Resulta que los largometrajes que suelen ser cortos deben manejarse de forma inteligente, porque de lo contrario los hechos que transcurren pueden caer en la inconformidad del espectador. Esto según mi humilde criterio, desde luego, y en este sentido KIMI puede imitar el reflejo de su propia protagonista. Es una obra que no mantiene un mismo ritmo, y que puede resultar incluso lenta y algo torpe. ¿La razón? Quizás que no hay tanta profundidad en el argumento, y vemos personajes que aparecen y desaparecen de las tomas solo para contribuir al avance de la historia. Esto en particular no me gustó.
O sea, hablando desde la óptica del escritor, una historia engancha por la profundidad de sus personajes y la implosión de los escenarios, eso a lo que llamamos “acción”, no el género, sino lo definido (según yo, XD) como aquello que hace avanzar una historia. Kimi en este aspecto es una obra muy lineal, muy simple. Por supuesto, este defecto dependerá de quien pueda analizar el film desde la visión técnica. Lo rescatable de la historia es su atmósfera turbia, sintetizada en una mujer trastornada por un pasado doloroso. Un trauma sin precedentes…
¿Y qué mejor que la actriz Zoe Kravistz para personificarlo?
Aquí si no tengo duda de la calidad de Zoe para hacernos comer el cuento. Si algo debo decir, es que ella es lo más rescatable de toda la película. A esta actriz le quedan muy bien los roles traumáticos, quizás porque los sabe personificar con una complejidad asombrosa. Antes ya la había visto trabajar en otras historias como Big Little Lies y Animales Fantásticos. En Kimi la vemos como una clásica mujer moderna, con el cabello de colores y una vestimenta notablemente anti-detallista. ¡Me fascina su rol como mujer fuerte! Esta característica fue lo que más me atrajo del film.
Como dije antes, Kimi es un largometraje que encierra su argumento en un cúmulo de personajes poco recurrentes, entre ellos el que protagoniza el actor mexicano Jaime Camil, otro que me sorprendió no por su actuación, sino por el papel que interpretó en la película. O sea, Camil es un comediante muy representativo, incluso todavía recuerdo su trabajo en el remake mexicano de Betty la Fea. Para mí fue imposible tragarme el cuento de un Jaime Camil con un personaje oscuro y frívolo, incluso sus gestos me causaron algo de risa. Quizás sean cosas mías, después de todo lo mismo me pasa con Eugenio Derbez, LOL.
En aspectos generales, KIMI es una película que logra ser entretenida hasta cierto punto. No es un largometraje de diez estrellas, pero al menos se esfuerza por mantener una trama atractiva a lo largo de las escenas. Además está el asunto que implica la tecnología y nuestras vidas personales… y todo el lío con respecto a la privacidad que hay detrás. Solo les puedo decir que ya no veo el asistente de Google con los mismos ojos, LOL.
Más allá de todo el problema de fondo, el largometraje tiene mucha de la esencia del suspenso. Creo que lo más resaltante es la forma en la que podemos apegarnos al personaje de Angela, e incluso compadecerlo. Solo me queda decir que a veces es bueno que las paredes escuchen, pues solo así, en caso de un imprevisto peligroso, tendremos el testimonio de alguien que al igual que nosotros, desea hacer justica.
I've always wondered ... do we really have privacy? In a technological world where applications that use our personal data are more frequent, how do we know if we are spied for hidden? That question is really difficult to answer, although the indications suggest that, as my grandmother would say, today the walls have more ears than ever. Obviously they are only my ideas, not paranoid, but have had their origin in a film. His name: Kimi, a story where the suspense comes to life from the hand of a girl with mental disorders.
Surely you have heard of Siri or even Google's personal assistant. For those who are not familiar with these terms, both applications function as tools that help us in many of our digital tasks, both to create playlist of our favorite singers and to organize our own agenda. For this we must only activate these tools with our voice, and the future is at the palm of our hand! Kimi is the fictitious version of these assistants, and the trigger for a murder that arrives, through electronic commands, to the computer of Angela Childs ...
She is the girl who will have to overcome her fear to leave home to highlight both the murder and the company that tries to keep everything secret. This corporation, called Amonala, has been the precursor of the Kimi application in North America, however, the dark secret behind the violated privacy of its clients. It is curious that this rape of the parameters has been able to reveal a woman's dead ... how? Let's talk more about the context of history.
Angela Childs works as a Kimi moderator and her task consists in attending the audios of users who have not been validated by the assistant. That is, she is responsible for generating new functionalities to the Kimi tool through the errors in the application database. That means that Angela must trace the algorithm, go to the source and, in a nutshell, listen to what she should not hear. There is a background problem: she suffers from agoraphobia, a condition that forces her to remain in her house for fear of non -existent dangers.
One night, while she makes her ordinary work routine, she listens to what seems to be a bloody murder recorded by the victim from Kimi application. From here Angela must face her own fears to highlight the crime, at the expense of an organization that wishes to see her dead before the truth behind Kimi comes to light ... Will she achieve it? This is the transcendental matter of the feature film.
Kimi is a closed movie, that is, the details only focus on the vision of its protagonist, without concentrating on secondary frames or third -party characters. Angela does not depart from the camera from the beginning to the end, because everything revolves around her fears and her insecurities. Much of this movie reminded me of the classic thriller, where the eyes turn only to a handful of stages. It is a short film, with just an hour and twenty minutes of extension, something that is usually striking as long as the suspense is maintained ...
I wondered the same as I watched the movie. It turns out that the feature films that are usually short must be handled intelligently, because otherwise the facts that pass can fall into the spectator's disagreement. This according to my humble criteria, of course, and in this sense Kimi can imitate the reflection of its own protagonist. It is a work that does not maintain the same rhythm, and that can be even slow and something clumsy. The reason? Perhaps that there is not so much depth in the argument, and we see characters that appear and disappear from the shots only to contribute to the advance of the story. I did not like this in particular.
That is, speaking from the writer's perspective, a story hooks by the depth of his characters and the implosion of the scenarios, that we call "action", not gender, but what is defined (according to me, xD) like that that makes a story advance. Kimi in this aspect is a very linear, very simple work. Of course, this defect will depend on who can analyze the film from the technical vision. The rescueable thing about history is its murky atmosphere, synthesized in a woman upset by a painful past. Unprecedented trauma ...
And what better than actress Zoe Kravistz to personify it?
Here if I have no doubt about Zoe's quality to make us eat the story. If I must say something, it is the most rescued of the whole movie. This actress is very good for her traumatic roles, perhaps because she knows how to personify them with amazing complexity. She had already seen her work in other stories such as Big Little Lies and fantastic animals. In Kimi we see her as a classic modern woman, with colored hair and a remarkably anti-dotellist clothing. I am fascinated by her role as a strong woman! This characteristic was what attracted me the most of the film.
As I said before, Kimi is a feature film that contains his argument in a cluster of little recurring characters, including the one that stars Mexican actor Jaime Camil, another that surprised me not for his performance, but for the role he played in the film. That is, Camil is a very representative comedian, even I remember his work in the Mexican remake of Betty La Fea. For me it was impossible to swallow the story of a Jaime Camil with a dark and frivolous character, even his gestures caused me some laugh. Maybe it's my things, after all the same happens to Eugenio Derbez, Lol.
In general aspects, Kimi is a film that manages to be entertaining to some extent. It is not a ten -star feature film, but at least strives to maintain an attractive plot along the scenes. There is also the matter that implies technology and our personal lives ... and all the mess with respect to the privacy behind. I can only tell you that I no longer see the Google assistant with the same eyes, Lol.
Beyond the entire background problem, the feature film has a lot of the essence of suspense. I think the most highlight is the way we can adhere to Angela's character, and even pity it. I only have to say that sometimes it is good that the walls listen, because only like that, in case of a dangerous unforeseen, we will have the testimony of someone who, like us, wants to do justice.
A person who has been raped and is judged by others and society develops a fear of going out. He/she feels safe only at home and does not leave home for whatever reason.
Managing your work from home, having your toothache examined on the screen; treatment at home, shopping online and bringing it home, and similar side effects. The main purpose in all this; not to go out of the house!
Developing technology does not hesitate to take over our homes and lives. Although all endeavours are marketed as making life easier for mankind, everything is for more money and the power that money will provide.
It would be inevitable for someone who is constantly locked up at home to create a fake life on the internet, given the fear he/she is experiencing. Being anonymous and remaining anonymous in the virtual world is a way that most people prefer and it is acceptable. However, there is a difference between being anonymous and creating a fake profile. It requires a separate skill to maintain the life of a person who does not exist at all. The people deceived, the lies told and the lives affected in the process cannot be explained only by the security problem.
A single room, vertical and horizontal screens connected to the internet, a fridge just behind it, a bed in the corner of the room is the ideal lifestyle for staying at home. When the work needed to sustain life is met by working from home, everything is fine for the character Angela Childs, played by Zoë Kravitz.
A technology company called Amygdala develops a product called Kimi and the targeted figures are to earn millions of dollars. Kimi is a home assistant and does everything as instructed. At the same time, it records everything in the house if desired. Angela is an employee of the company Amygdala and her job is to repair reported error codes in the Kimi product. One day, her whole life changes with a recording sent by Kimi.
The film Kimi, in which I think Zoë Kravitz showed a very good acting performance, was released in 2022 and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The screenwriter of the film is David Koepp.
Whether we want it or not, we are progressing rapidly in the age of technology. Every product that facilitates our work has always had and will continue to have negative sides. The technology we have today offers enough opportunities to continue our lives without leaving home. Paying bills, buying online products, selling products on the internet and working online are some of them and their usage numbers are increasing day by day.
While it is possible to see similar scenes in the film titled Kimi, it is also possible to get caught up in the charm of easy life. The film, which deals with a simple subject, is very successful in reflecting the tension, and I must repeat that Zoë Kravitz has a big share in this.
Finally, I had read a few articles that the COVID process we experienced was effective in the development of agoraphobia. It was explained that the difficulties experienced by people who were confined to their homes for a while and then had difficulties in going out were both mentally and physically challenging. I cannot speculate about mental difficulty, but I have witnessed people over a certain age who had physical difficulties. When they lived a life with limited movements at home for months, they had difficulty walking outside and it took time to overcome.
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An agoraphobic Seattle tech worker uncovers evidence of a potentially violent crime thanks to AI software Kimi.
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Kimi is pretty much the same as Amazon's Alexa. This intelligent and useful AI is able to assist with many tasks. Too lazy to turn on your own music? Kimi can do that and so much more for you.
One reason that Kimi continually gets better is that there are thousands of employees who have the job of analyzing data and fixing issues. This is what Angela Childs (Zoë Kravitz) does for a living from the comfort of her home. She has a long list of voice recordings each day that she must listen to and correct mistakes that Kimi makes.
Angela enjoys working from home since her agoraphobia (fear of going places) is now even worse since COVID started. Yes, this movie manages to take the most annoying thing about our reality and forces it into a movie. Luckily this provides some comedic relief since I often get a few laughs at people who are over-dramatic about protecting their health.
Angela hears a possible violent crime on one of her tasked recordings and she cannot help but become obsessed with solving the mystery after she has listened to the recording. This might just be what gets her to finally leave her nice apartment and venture out into the world again.
Angela discovers that the company she works for has way more user data than they let off, no surprise there. This allows her to figure out exactly what has happened and this shows her that Kimi is very far from perfect.
I can't say that this is the most action-packed, funny, or interesting film ever. I did somehow manage to still enjoy it a decent bit though. Angela has so many odd habits and it is quite comical to witness all of them happening. It is also very intriguing to see just how invasive some of this new teach like Kimi/Alexa actually is. Do you feel comfortable having every single conversation that you have possibly been listened to? The sad truth is, if you use any bit of technology, then it is likely to have happened at least once already.
It's quite clear that movies like this are trying their hardest to condition the minds of our population to become normalized with things like wearing a mask and being afraid to leave our own homes. This part of the movie annoys me in the worst way. There is still some good to be had with Kimi though. Check out the trailer below and leave a comment if you have already taken the time to watch this one.
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