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It's not a "review" so much as it is Lessig explaining why he is different, why he is important, and why he matters to you. The pretentious tone (ridiculous pa
by dgreensp 16y ago
It's not a "review" so much as it is Lessig explaining why he is different, why he is important, and why he matters to you.
The pretentious tone (ridiculous parentheticals, using and linking "grok" for no reason) doesn't help, but all he does is criticize Sorkin for, as a "Hollywood type", missing the real story, which is how awesome and revolutionary the Internet is; plus apparently making the lawyers look too good. There should totally have been another line in the movie like, "Hey, by the way, isn't the Internet awesome and revolutionary? I'm not asking anyone's permission, in case you missed it, to put this website online. Compare _that_ to old models of distribution!"
He's talking down to both the moviemakers and the audience simultaneously, saying everyone will miss the _profundity_ of what this means about the Internet, like some bigger-egoed Sagan who criticizes space films that don't drive home how _big_ and _amazing_ the universe is, a perspective that too few seem to appreciate.