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Reviewed By: Lord High Rikonian ( 10/17/2009 5:04:31 PM)
Rating: 5.00 mother (shut your mouth!)
Genre: Biographical comedy drama
Starring: Noah Wyle, Anthony Michael Hall (The Hall who didn't do Weekend Update)
Plot: I was going to say "boards".
Anyway...
Steve Jobs (Wyle) is the up and coming genius behind Apple. Bill Gates (Hall) is the up and coming genius behind Microsoft. Watch their epic rivalry.
It would be easy for the makers of this film to cast Gates as an evil genius, a Lex Luthor or Darth Vader, but for much of the film, he's played out almost as a wide eyed innocent (well OK, a wide eyed innocent who drives way the hell too fast and goes to strip clubs, but still...). In fact, Hall's Gates reminded me an awful lot of Luke Skywalker from the first two movies in the original trilogy (I half expected Jobs and Gates to cut each other's hands off with light swords). Jobs on the other hand, comes off not like Vader, but like Grand Admiral Thrawn (complete with an obsession for art). Star Wars comparisons aside, this is a great movie. The scene with Gates and his friend joyridng the bulldozer rocked. What really surprised me was the fact that, even though Gates is almost universally hated, and Jobs is seen by many computer geeks as the new Messiah (maybe it's the haircut), we see a movie where Gates is seen as the good guy and Jobs is seen as the bad guy for much of the running time (though there are moments where Jobs comes through as likeable and noble and Gates has a couple really nasty moments). All in all, this is not a movie just for computer people, but a movie about people, and the forces of fate, conflict, and yes, good and evil that shape all of our lives.
Viewing Advice: Original advice:
Definitely see this film. It'a TNT original, so if you don't have cable, get it (unless you are Amish or something)
Current advice: I think you'd have to rent it now. But you should do so, as this movie is very entertaining.
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