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I love this movie. Frankly, it holds up pretty well. Yes, the tech is dated, but it is the right tech to support the story, which is not dated much at all. A
by ddingus 3y ago
I love this movie. Frankly, it holds up pretty well.
Yes, the tech is dated, but it is the right tech to support the story, which is not dated much at all.
And what a cast!
Epic film, and one I tend to watch a few times per year.
- pbj1968 3y agoShould I call you or nudge you? I had to get a wiser roommate to explain that one. So naive.
- somat 3y agoThat first scene in the phone trunk is still probably the best hacking scene in any movie.
- ddingus 3y agoIndeed! So good. They captured the dynamics of it all quite well.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoI haven't seen it since it came out. But if my memory serves (and likely it does not) it was a meh film. No one yet has done anything for hacking like "Real Genius" did for nerdy Physics majors. (And even that film is flawed in a number of ways.) I would love to see a film set in the 80's that gets hacking/phracking right. The "Stranger Things" fans would go nuts for the cultural references. Something like "Densha Otoko" (Train Man) meets "American Graffiti". (Holler if you're interested in me writing your script, ha ha.) I'll find and watch the film again though. I may have relaxed a bit on my criticism of films depicting computer users.
- ddingus 3y agoThe main appeal is the ideas. If you evaluate the tech specifically, there is a lot to complain about. I generally don't bother because that is not the intent of the film. And it is the people. How they are. Why they are.
- jeffwass 3y ago> I would love to see a film set in the 80's that gets hacking/phracking right. War Games