everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

I was interested in watching a documentary explain the constructs and concepts of the Dark Web. However what I was presented with was the case breakdown against Dread Pirate Roberts(DPR) and the Silk Road Drug Trade. This would have been okay if they had spent about 15 minutes on this, instead the documentary trawls through parents, friends of DPR and the case construct, interviews with law enforcement and senators blah blah blah...I was bored after 20 mins and just fast forwarded to the relevant bit of which there was not many.This documentary is really about DPR and Silk Road. Not about the Dark Web, Tor or Hacking.

For a documentary that's called "Deep Web", this documentary completely misses the point.In the first couple of minutes, it explains perfectly what the deep web is for. It explains that there are far more actually useful ways of using it then there are illegal ways of using it. After that, unfortunately, the documentary goes downhill.It talks about the Silk Road, about the trial of Ross Ulbricht, about the suspicious government activities while building the case against him, about the drug wars... A minute after minute it goes further and further away from the actual topic and talks about the things that have weaker and weaker connection to the actual title. I did my best to watch it until the end, but about an hour later, I just couldn't take it anymore.If this documentary was called "Silk Road", I'd understand it (and I would probably have never tried to watch it since Silk Road is not that interesting topic to me), but for a documentary that's called "Deep Web", it completely misses the point and talks about... well, everything else.I do understand that the Silk Road has been in the news a lot and that it became the most recognizable site that represents what could the deep web be used for, but this documentary (like many articles I have read) talks like the deep web is nothing more then a synonym for the Silk Road. In reality, deep web is far move then that. Silk Road is just yet another website that operates using the .onion domain. Not the only one. The only reason it became this big is because we talk about it constantly. It wouldn't be such a gigantic business if it weren't for the medias that talked about it over and over again.

I really liked Alex Winter's Downloaded, as I thought it gave a very good synopsis of the Napster story. When I saw that he was doing one about the deep web, I was pretty stoked, especially sine this is a subject that is in it's early stages, unlike Napster. I heard Winter on Adam Carolla's podcast talking about it, and he spent most of the time talking about the Ulbrecht trial, which I was unfamiliar with. Still, since Ulbrecht was a major figure in the deep web, I thought it was going to be a substantial part of the documentary. I was mistaken. Ulbricht's story comprises 90% of this documentary, with various opinions on the war on drugs comprising another 8%. The remaining 2% actually talks about the deep web, and that merely serves to provide a framework and reference point for Ulbrecht's story. I hope that someday there will be a documentary about the deep web that isn't about one particular story or person, unfortunately this isn't it. That said, this is still really interesting, especially to people who have never heard of Ulbrecht's case or the deep web in general.

1st, let me start off by saying this is NOT a movie focusing on the Dark Web. This movie focuses on Ross Ulbricht and his trail and conviction.The movie title is meant to imply it covers the content of the web, aspects and issues...It scratches some of the "manifesto" concepts of the web and freedoms and that is about it.The movie goes to extreme lengths to color Ross as a victimized patriot, exercising what he feels is freedom and marginalizes the other effects. It plays off the Silk Road as a way for drugs to be sold without violence and mentions decriminalization several times.What it does not mention is the numbers behind the claims. I find it highly improbable that your average heroin addict can tell you what bitcoin is, much less grasp the idea that 1 coin has a value of $230.00 per coin. The fact that the prices on the Silk Road were at the top end seems like it was simply a way for white and blue collar people to obtain drugs without risk of violence, more than the poppycock the movie tries to smear and portray as a universal truth.The movie also tries to place doubt of guilt on Ross by CONSTANTLY quoting the defenses concerns over the location of the Silk Road serves and the movie REPEATEDLY tries to convince you this information was never submitted in writing or court...which is a lie and nothing more. What they SHOULD say is we disagree with what was STATED IN COURT as the method of which the servers location, via IP, was obtained, which they do, but not in the movie.This is simply a pro-Ross Ulbricht movie, meant to swing opinions prior to the appeals process as far as I can tell. It is rife with misinformation, lies and falsehoods, under the guise, again, of safe drug transactions, freedom and the right of anonymity.My suggestion is simple. Anytime a claim is made, concerning the legal end of Ulbricht's situation, to research that claim. All...and I mean ALL of the documents from the court proceedings are EASILY obtained online. There are claims against the Federal government and they may be valid, but to say that the Feds never said WHY and HOW is misleading with an intent to convey the theme that a law was broken to catch a law breaker.The show is done well, camera work is flawless, it is the method of delivery of the content I have issues with. I would think any person who's focus is truth, would also have issue with the manipulation used in this "Documentary"