Nerve: Perception of the Internet and the Reality Behind its Users' Actions

Nerve: Movie Analysis
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Unconsciously, social media have been dominating society nowadays. From the new generations up to the oldest, the continuous growth of social fame has been influenced these people. According to Siddiqui & Singh (2016), social media is now an essential part of the everyday lives of every individual since it primarily covers the majority of areas. They also added that it serves as a medium of influence towards the changes in society nowadays. This mainly means that today’s society is centered in the two words, social media. Concerning such a topic, this paper will present a critical review of the movie Nerve and analyze its similarity towards today’s society and the effects of social media.
Background
Introduction
The film Nerve was originally from a book published by Jeanne Ryan last 2012. Its genre was supposedly young adult fiction, adventure fiction, and techno-thriller that can be visualized in the book itself. After a few years, two directors took an interest in turning this adventurous book into a moving picture which led to the film titled Nerve. Under the directions of Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman last 2016, Nerve was publicly announced and premiered to many cinemas worldwide. Despite its beautiful graphics and content, its popularity did not reach its peak, but most of the population knew of its existence.
The film starred Emma Roberts as Venus (Vee) and Dave Franco as Ian being the story's two main protagonists. They also worked with other famous actors such as Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Juliette Lewis, and many more. While the screenplay was made by the famous Jessica Sharzer, and the movie was presented by the Lionsgate Production (Schulman & Joost, 2016).
Summary
The story started when a high school girl named Veee started to play an online game due to Syd's provocation of her friend. In the online game she entered, there are two types of gamers, the “watchers” who make the dare and watch the players anonymously, and the “players” who accept the dare and receives money after completing it. Like any other game, it has its own rules and regulation, and at the same time, with either which gamers will an individual pick, the internet has already got their identity. Going back to the story, Vee started playing the game and met Ian, with whom she shared her first dare.
Afterward, the watchers took a liking to their chemistry, and many dares for the both of them started to flow in. Until later on, Vee fought with Syd in a party, and then after it, she later knew that Ian was dared to make them fight. Due to anger, she called out the game to the police, but she was brushed off indifferently and was called a “snitch” afterward. Vee was punished, her identity and money were stolen, so she and her friends, together with Ian, tried to completely shut down the game. With the help of her friends and literate people in hacking, the game was shut down, the anonymous watchers were exposed, and their identity and money were brought back.
NERVE: The Game, The Watchers, and Players
This section will explain how today’s world and society are somewhat interrelated to the online game Nerve. It will present who are the watchers and who are the players of the current society and its effects on the people. It will also explain the things that symbolize the game Nerve in today’s societal issues and events.
In the film, the game Nerve was the center of society where most of the population in the movie was playing or is connected with it. And if to observe more, people were quite engrossed in the game itself, to the ...