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This movie is scoring well with 98% on rotten tomatoes and 7.9 on imdb. I loved it and while it's almost entirely a fictional work (in particular, none of the

This movie is scoring well with 98% on rotten tomatoes and 7.9 on imdb. I loved it and while it's almost entirely a fictional work (in particular, none of the characters are even remotely similar to the people that led RIM)... it really hits on the feeling of a fast scaling startup challenging incumbents with innovative hardware. 1. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blackberry https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blackberry 2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21867434/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21867434/

ge96 3y ago
I like these shows/movies that chase something like: - Jobs (2013) - social network - halt and catch fire - silicon valley - the internship - Tetris there's more can't think of right now I'm looking forward to seeing this when it streams
- mhh__ 3y ago
  Margin Call?
  - ge96 3y ago
    Yeah those are fun too eg. Wolf of Wallstreet, Big Short But I was more looking at the tech ones eg. hardware/software I know HFT, I don't mean that I'd throw The Aviator in there but again not tech, but that idea swimming in money, possibility, changing the future. One day a movie about EM ha. Anyway I wish I had my thing I was chasing/something novel. Maybe one day. The Circle is another that doesn't belong here but has that "cool tech company" vibe.
    - nerfbatplz 3y ago
      Micheal Lewis’ best book Flashboys is about the birth of HFT but it’s been in development hell for years. According to Lewis Hollywood wouldn’t green light it because the main character is an Asian man.
- foobarbecue 3y ago
  Flash of Genius!
  - w-ll 3y ago
    people sleep on this movie. but I give it 2 windshield wiper blades. must watch
- Apocryphon 3y ago
  Pirates of Silicon Valley is the O.G.
  - ge96 3y ago
    Thanks I forgot about this one, will watch it
  - fodi 3y ago
    Micro Men (2009) with Martin Freeman and Alexander Armstrong is kinda like its British counterpart, I always watch those two in tandem.
  - bitwize 3y ago
    Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs was so spot on, Apple had him give a WWDC keynote speech in character. Less celebrated, but no less brilliant, is John DiMaggio (yes, the voice of Bender) as Steve Ballmer.
- ramraj07 3y ago
  One of these is not like the others - social network is barely, barely about tech. Just a really good character study of a fictional person if you ask me. Back when it came we thought it showed a version of Mark that was maybe shittier. Turns out social network mark is 100x a better person than what the real one became.
  - Apocryphon 3y ago
    Points for them mentioning the LAMP stack though. And the college house facebook hacking scene is one for the ages.
    - ge96 3y ago
      Ha it was cool before I learned about web tech I didn't recognize some terms like PHP/wget, but later on with more rewatches I recognized/could read code.
  - satvikpendem 3y ago
    The Social Network is a brilliant film, but it is in no way realistic. For example, he started dating Priscilla Chan in 2003, before Facebook even started, and married her in 2012. The way the movie presents him is some nerd who made Facebook to get laid, to some degree, even if that wasn't his prime motivation at all. The soundtrack, though, is a banger. It just goes to show that these kinds of movies should be taken with a heavy, heavy grain of salt, as nothing in them requires that they be truthful.
  - msh 3y ago
    But they got the tech that is being shown surprisingly accurate, for a movie. Like the software and blogging service "Mark" uses in the dorm room scenes are absolutely something he very likely would have used.
- weeblewobble 3y ago
  Moneyball has a little bit of this. Not sure how I feel about it cohesively but it has some excellent “people talking in conference rooms” scenes
  - SenHeng 3y ago
    “Thank you for smoking” is a great one about marketing and the lobby industry it. Definitely a movie that engineers should watch to learn how selling (dishonestly) works.
cheschire 3y ago
Coincidentally, Glenn Howerton's highest and lowest rated movies[0] on RT were released on the same day even though Charlie Day's movie was in the works for several years[1]. 0: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/glenn_howerton https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/glenn_howerton 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed0ZhILQs6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed0ZhILQs6s

ge96 3y ago

I like these shows/movies that chase something like: - Jobs (2013) - social network - halt and catch fire - silicon valley - the internship - Tetris there's more can't think of right now I'm looking forward to seeing this when it streams

mhh__ 3y ago
Margin Call?
- ge96 3y ago
  Yeah those are fun too eg. Wolf of Wallstreet, Big Short But I was more looking at the tech ones eg. hardware/software I know HFT, I don't mean that I'd throw The Aviator in there but again not tech, but that idea swimming in money, possibility, changing the future. One day a movie about EM ha. Anyway I wish I had my thing I was chasing/something novel. Maybe one day. The Circle is another that doesn't belong here but has that "cool tech company" vibe.
  - nerfbatplz 3y ago
    Micheal Lewis’ best book Flashboys is about the birth of HFT but it’s been in development hell for years. According to Lewis Hollywood wouldn’t green light it because the main character is an Asian man.
foobarbecue 3y ago
Flash of Genius!
- w-ll 3y ago
  people sleep on this movie. but I give it 2 windshield wiper blades. must watch
Apocryphon 3y ago
Pirates of Silicon Valley is the O.G.
- ge96 3y ago
  Thanks I forgot about this one, will watch it
- fodi 3y ago
  Micro Men (2009) with Martin Freeman and Alexander Armstrong is kinda like its British counterpart, I always watch those two in tandem.
- bitwize 3y ago
  Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs was so spot on, Apple had him give a WWDC keynote speech in character. Less celebrated, but no less brilliant, is John DiMaggio (yes, the voice of Bender) as Steve Ballmer.
ramraj07 3y ago
One of these is not like the others - social network is barely, barely about tech. Just a really good character study of a fictional person if you ask me. Back when it came we thought it showed a version of Mark that was maybe shittier. Turns out social network mark is 100x a better person than what the real one became.
- Apocryphon 3y ago
  Points for them mentioning the LAMP stack though. And the college house facebook hacking scene is one for the ages.
  - ge96 3y ago
    Ha it was cool before I learned about web tech I didn't recognize some terms like PHP/wget, but later on with more rewatches I recognized/could read code.
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  The Social Network is a brilliant film, but it is in no way realistic. For example, he started dating Priscilla Chan in 2003, before Facebook even started, and married her in 2012. The way the movie presents him is some nerd who made Facebook to get laid, to some degree, even if that wasn't his prime motivation at all. The soundtrack, though, is a banger. It just goes to show that these kinds of movies should be taken with a heavy, heavy grain of salt, as nothing in them requires that they be truthful.
- msh 3y ago
  But they got the tech that is being shown surprisingly accurate, for a movie. Like the software and blogging service "Mark" uses in the dorm room scenes are absolutely something he very likely would have used.
weeblewobble 3y ago
Moneyball has a little bit of this. Not sure how I feel about it cohesively but it has some excellent “people talking in conference rooms” scenes
- SenHeng 3y ago
  “Thank you for smoking” is a great one about marketing and the lobby industry it. Definitely a movie that engineers should watch to learn how selling (dishonestly) works.

cheschire 3y ago

Coincidentally, Glenn Howerton's highest and lowest rated movies[0] on RT were released on the same day even though Charlie Day's movie was in the works for several years[1]. 0: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/glenn_howerton https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/glenn_howerton 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed0ZhILQs6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed0ZhILQs6s