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Jug-A-Lug

film with travolta by the makers of the matrix, name has just escaped me, but then again it is 3:15


is it any good, all ive heard is the spam, and i want some beef.

K!LL!@N

I think you're talking about Swordfish.

I'm not sure what it's like.

But i'd be surprised if the hacking element of the film is anything like the real thing though.

bonkey

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by K!LL!@N:
I think you're talking about Swordfish.

I'm not sure what it's like.

But i'd be surprised if the hacking element of the film is anything like the real thing though.</font>

Mixed reviews. Check IMDB if you want more than that.

Hackery within is, once again, in the land of complete fiction. Then again, real hacking is not terribly exciting and wouldnt make for good action-packed or suspense movies.

jc

Kali

Note that its just the producer of the Matrix, not the director, don't go expecting any of the Wachowski brothers trademarks here, in fact I don't think they have anything at all to do with this.

Its directed by Dominic Sena, who if memory serves me directed Kalifornia as well (poster on my wall), don't expect too much, and with Travolta in the lead role its pretty much guaranteed to die at the box office.

I've only seen the trailer and I am going to keep a safe distance from this film. I'd advise you do the same.

Kali

hahaha checked up on imdb..
heres the plotline:

"The world's most dangerous spy is hired by the CIA to coerce a computer hacker recently released from prison to help steal billions in unused government funds"

oh god no.

Hobbes

Imagine the movie Hackers with more guns and special effects.

Now imagine the writers have never seen a computer but a friend of thiers read about them in a magazine and heard they were pretty cool.

Now take 20 tech words totally unrelated and string them together and you will understand how painful it is to watch. You get cool lines like "I broke into thier system in 1 minute by writing a logic bomb and bruteforcing the backdoor and sneaking it in spoofed."

the "This is Unix! I know Unix!" line in Jurrasic park doesn't even come close.

I have one thing nice to say about the movie. The opening sequence where John T is doing his speech about Dog Day afternoon and how Hollywood sucks is brilliant. But the movie is not watching.

Halle's "show my kit for cash" isn't worth it either. Her flashing her boobies is about as relevent to the scene as the princess flashing her kit in Leprechaun IV and you'd see more on a guest page of pay to view pron.

Dont be at yourself

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">"This is Unix! I know Unix!"</font>

After that scene, I so wanted to get UNIX

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Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.

Stephen

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It has a PCI bus!!!
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we all love Hackers.

Magwitch

LOOK! Its called Swordfish and Halle Berry gets her knockers out so you are going to see it anyway...end of story. Good or Bad movie...WHO CARES!!!

Paranoid Android

You have to admit though that in films where Hollywood try to break in to the cool "cyberculture" are fun to watch just to look for the bull and mistakes. I love the lines they come up with when talking about computers.

Besides, as has been mentioned before, Halle Berry

deRanged

it's a crap film.
one cool explosion scene but the rest of it was tripe, imho.

Dustaz

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Hobbes:

the "This is Unix! I know Unix!" line in Jurrasic park doesn't even come close.
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hahaha, watched the the other night and cringed at that bit. I also cringed at the fact that when i first saw (on video) i went 'pshaaw, its IRIX' and got slagged for months.

BNC

I just saw the trailer for this and I think thats enough for me. Is it a comedy 'cos I nearly ****ed myself laughing

Hobbes

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/20611.html

Best review I've seen yet.

Hecate

I've often wondered about this; how come any depictions of computers in films (and tv) are almost always completly unrealistic?.

Are there copyright issues involved?, like you cant show somthing like windows 98 or the Mac os in a film.

Hobbes

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Hecate:
Are there copyright issues involved?, like you cant show somthing like windows 98 or the Mac os in a film.</font>

Product placement.

There is nothing to stop say a movie showing windows OS, however normally the people making the film would want a wad of cash up front beforehand.

Hecate

well I've just been to see it and; well its actually quite good

If you ignore the ridiculous hacking plot and stupid jargon, the film moves along at an extremely fast pace and some the action sequences are just completly insane and overblown, which makes it good in my book.

leave your brain at the door etc..

Dustaz

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Hecate:
I've often wondered about this; how come any depictions of computers in films (and tv) are almost always completly unrealistic?.
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Because it would be like watching paint dry if it was realistic