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| War Games
Year: 1983
Classification: Action/Adventure
Directed:
- John Badham
Actors/Actresses:
- Gregory Jbara
- Matthew Broderick
- John Wood
- Ally Sheedy
Dated but still worth watching.
When this movie was released it was very up to date with the technology it featured. In this day of laptop computers and Internet access to mobile phones it certainly looks dated but put that aside and you are still left with a really good movie with a plot idea that still works today.BR>The story revolves around an underachieving, bored teenager (played by a very young Matthew Broderick) whose main interest in life is his computer. From his bedroom he can alter his school grades, reserve flights, and download software, all by hacking into other computers. While searching for new games from a software company he comes across a set of titles he assumes are games and decides, with his girlfriend, to play Global Thermonuclear War. Unfortunately it isn't a software company he has hacked into but a military system and he is playing against NORAD's computer. When the realisation hits that the NORAD computer, when it's turn comes round, will launch atomic missiles for real, the race is on the stop the game.BR>This is still a gripping film that can well pump up the tension even after several viewings. Recommended
Backdoors are NOT secrets!!
War Games is a part of my top 5 favorite movies of ALL time.BR>I saw this when I was really young but I remember loving it (mostly because this kid could change his school grades from home...GOD how I wanted to do this sooooo bad!!!) I remember hating Alley Sheedy's character for getting mad at Mathew Broderick's character (David) for changing her grade...I also remember always hanging around the registration room at my elementary school looking for secret passwords to confirm to myself and my friends that teachers really do leave passwords around to get into the school computer....I never got to confirm this. :>(BR>Anyways this was the first time I saw it and I didn't quite understand it.BR>Saw it a couple years later on cable (still in the 1980s) and understood it better, saw it the other day on Turner Classic Movies and WO! this movie rocks! BR>Some of my favorite scenes and dialogue were:
1.the arcade scene playing "Galaga", BR>2.the GIANT sized floppy disk being used for programs BR>3.The computer talking (still gives me goosebumps "Shall we play a game?")BR>4.The father gagging on the raw corn at the dinner table "This corn is Raw!"BR>5.The line "Mr. Patatoe head!,Mr. Patatoe head! Back doors are NOT secrets!!!BR>6."Yeah but Jim you're giving away all our best tricks"BR>7."Remember when you told me to tell you when you're acting rude and insensitive......Well you're doing it now"BR>8.David Lightman turns into MacGyver in the solitary room and jams the lock via surgical scissors, and a tape recorder...Phreakin' awesome!BR>9."Protovision I have you now"
Alley Sheedy wasn't really needed in this movie; they could have easily made her character a guy; a fellow computer nerd. They did this to break it down or balance the movie out but it didn't make much difference.The chemistry between them seemed forced, they share one corny kiss and then it gets interrupted at that with a helicopter hovering above them...and that's it!BR>Even "The Manhattan project" (another high tech drama/thriller) had a romance between the genious kid (christopher Collet) and the beautiful Cynthia Nixon and it was more believable.
This movie overall really teases your brain on "What if". I am trying to get the DVD of this for the extras, I heard they are really insightful. Highley recommended movie by a hard to please person.
well be back in two and two
this movie is best seen in sequence after slingblade, american psycho, kids in the hall, wag the dog, and lawnmower man. Not to be rude or anything, but I find this movie slightly erotic when the computer asks mathew if he wants to play a game. after you watch this, you need to really get the totally erotic euphoria of Bob Roberts and you got a really good movie marathon. Seriously though, if you have a blind date, rent this one and shell do anything you ask, even if she doesnt like you, I swear by this DVD as a date movie, it sets the mood just right. The performances and Brodericks beedy eyes make it a two thumbs up thriller that few other movies will come close to. BR>enjoy
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