Love Me involves a weather buoy and a satellite existing in a space and time void of humans. The weather buoy learns about humanity through social media, and this inspires the satellite to do the same. At its heart, it’s about two objects searching for companionship. They are also trying to learn to live and love. Love Me has an interesting concept but imperfect execution. Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun are the only actors in Love Me.
They start the film as the voice for these objects, but eventually appear. Love Me sparks some engaging conversations. However, the film’s main message is what I think deserves the most exploration. Let’s talk about it.
Warning: Love Me spoilers are ahead. Proceed with caution.
great movies about social media, so Love Me adds to the conversation. It doesn’t offer a revolutionary perspective but more so a reminder of how social media can be a valuable and also a harmful tool on how it sets standards.
best sci-fi films, especially because it evolves more into a domestic drama, one with a focus on the human connection, but it’s an entertaining addition to this genre. Love Me grows from sci-fi to more of an animated film when they become avatar versions that are similar to Deja and Liam. The film uses different media to show the evolution of Me and Iam.
Their final form looks like Deja and Liam. I think this is a cool way to visually display the growth of an object or person. Iam and Me only evolve to more complex versions with more exposure to more complicated feelings and ideas. They start by watching influencer videos, then grow to meme culture, and then create personal content.
Iam and Me eventually abandon the digital world and embrace their cores and true selves. It’s not until they stop trying to be what they see online do they finally become the real version of themselves. They find their identities. This is especially important for Me because she’s the one most influenced by the internet, social media, and the digital world. Iam questions it from the start, but follows it to make Me happy. Only when Me and Iam can cut ties with the fake, plasticity of the digital landscape can they become authentic and flawed. They also become a visual representation of this because their most evolved versions look the most human.
great rom-com), but more a movie about how we learn to love, especially with the absence of experience. Me learns everything from Deja and Liam’s online relationship. However, Iam doesn’t understand how this represents love. He’s a different creature, so he doesn’t process information the same way as Me. He starts to learn through experience and tries to actually feel things, not imitate feelings. He becomes a fully formed human. It takes Me a bit longer to develop because of her social media obsession, especially how it portrays love.
Love Me doesn’t show social media as a true way to form connections. It becomes a crutch. Me is so obsessed with making things look a certain way that she loses one of the key tools of humans: experience and growth. Love Me seems to argue that true human emotions and love cannot be manufactured. You can present life a certain way, but it needs experience to actually be meaningful.
Human connection can be learned, at least in the superficial sense, through studying others’ behavior. However, it cannot be fabricated. It can only be experienced. Love Me seems to judge those who trust social media too much. It wants people to go out, live and love, not just watch it happen to others.
best movies to watch on Paramount Plus right now, and one that helped Kristen Stewart reflect on her past acting experience.