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Summary: The Charactor of the Content...
Review: The most important thing to remember is why this screenplay was brought to fruition in the movie theatre. The relevancy should be apparent. Often we have life imitating art. In this case the art is definitely imitating life in many ways.Careful observation of the phenomenon known as Open Source (http://www.opensource.org) will reveal the real life David vs. Goliath conflict which Hollywood so dearly loves. It's not difficult to figure out which former technology CEO that Tim Robbins is parodying. Investigation into current press releases reveals that this type of anti-competitive behavior still exists in our current day market place. You'll enjoy the movie if you like technology-oriented story lines or are a Linux geek. While there are story-line fractures overall it is a fun watch. Keep in mind the overall theme is a paranoia that the media, the government and everything else can be bought off or controlled by certain Mega Companies. We all know this couldn't happen in "real-life" ... could it?
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Summary: Arthouse to Outhouse!
Review: Howett wrote/directed arthouse film 'sliding doors. THIS one is inept. * Robbins schtick seems a parody of amoral characters he's played before if not for the fact this follows his politics. Noshing potato chips in blatant product placement w/ a maniacal smile & lifting one eyebrow seems extent to which he's 'created' a character. Too bad it's Dana Carvey's SNL character The Church Lady. Hey, where's the Superiority Dance? Oh-he also says 'surprise me' a lot. This movie didn't. Talented actor illustrates Flaubert's dictum about why you should be dispassionate when creating to avoid embarrassingly bad art. * Gates Factor..Cloven-hooved and cardboard because we get no motivation, no facets to 'Gates'. He's evil because he is. Makes me want to hear Bill's side. * BAd logic...it's a plot point that hero has to disclose a murder, but he won't tell major media outlets supposedly because they will tip off the villain. Does this jibe? Squelching evidence of a murder is a crime. Not notifying the authorities opens them up to a number of liability issues, would make them accomplice after the fact. Also, code & the murder could've been broadcast to websites & chatrooms. This guy is a computer genius? HOw about to the cops or to college websites? * Suspense and Sesame seed scene--this has to be seen to be believed. A red herring whose presence stinks up the screen. * Foley: sound of typing and visual on screen are VERY much out of synch. * Casting--Phillipe, like Keanu in the Matrix, as a computer genius? Hmmmm. Forlani/Phillipe-no chemistry. * When realizing who villain is, Phillipe has echo chamber and faces speaking moments that havent' been seen seriously in decades. Very funny, reminiscent of Pia Zadora's turn in The Lonely Lady film. * Somebody says phillipe the character can't act (feign dumbness to their evil plotting)--a good moment in the film, because it provides a NEEDED inadvertent joke when considering the caliber of his performance rises only barely above Studio 54 nadir. More bad stuff, directing moments that look like an error was looped in, cliche startle shots that an action director would've lopped off, logic of villain's plot that defies reason-good movie if you like THOSE bad movies. The guy in the goatee is convincing. The only one. k
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Summary: Good Movie
Review: I thought his movie was pretty good, although the whole computer geek thing doesn't appeal to me. Tim Robbins did a great job, he was a geeky pringles lover that could be pretty sinister and frightening at times. Ryan Phillipe did a good job performing the role but I didn't like how he only really looked geeky in his ID pictures. He wore glasses in the id pictures, yet only wore them while on the computer. that makes no sense. he had, in the pictures, longer, more dissheveled hair, but his hair wasn't even like that in the movie. They should've found someone geekier.
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Summary: Phillipe keeps getting better!! The Review...
Review: Ryan Phillipe stars as Milo, a computer genius who is invited to join the head computer company of the world, "N.U.R.V.", to work in "SNYAPS". Timothy Robbins plays the man who created "N.U.R.V". Milo joins the team and discovers that Robbins will stop at nothing to be at the top, even if that means murder! Milo must find a way to stop what is happening, after divising a plan with his girlfriend to stop Robbins, he discovers what kind of real operations are going on. From double crosses, to murder to cyber domination, AntiTrust is a non stop thrill ride, from start to finish. It is a great flick, espically for a movie that is only PG-13. The writter must be proud of himself, I love this movie. Ryan Phillipe is getting better all of the time. **Warning this could be considered a spolier** The ending was great, normally the good guy would kill the bad guy, but this ending was not like it at all. I could see a sequel sometime in the future, just imagine how much more better it would be if it were raed R. However, I am satisfied and I hope you are too with this great flick. I would recommend this to anyone with 'a grip on reality, or a major Pringles fixation,' LoL! Have a good one! Ryan
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Summary: Very satisfying film.
Review: Although it comes across as a movie custom fit for the youth of America who are not technologically challenged, it's actually enjoyable by anyone who cares to put some thought into the plot. Written and filmed around the pinnacle of the court battles between the Department of Justice and the Microsoft Corporation, it takes the Feds' claims of Microsoft's domination of the computer market, takes a fictional look at it with a twist of paranoia...and becomes a major motion picture. Ryan Phillippe does a commendable job portraying Milo, a young brilliant programmer who is hired by Microsoft-esque corporation NURV. NURV is operated by Gary Winston, a seemingly nice guy who takes an evil turn, played by Tim Robbins who does a fantastic job. Claire Forlani, Rachael Leigh Cook, and even the original Shaft himself Richard Roundtree do nicely in their supporting roles. The best part of all is that this can be a film for all age groups. The profanity isn't over the top, something that seems to be a given in most big time movies today. Not a cinematic blockbuster or a modern classic, but ANTITRUST is an enjoyable film.
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Summary: Made me think...
Review: I've watched movies like Hackers(dont bother), Takedown(decent), Swordfish(omg no), but this one is my favorite. Its about a corporation that has a global monopoly (much like microsoft). They observe programmers that have potential and kill them if needbe. Well, one of the newly hired programmers finds this out. A very good movie, I recommend you watch it.
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Summary: Worth watching! Despite flaws movie is terric, suspenseful!
Review: Did the characters seem believable in this movie? Let's see- Ryan Phillippe, the ultimate "pretty boy" playing a computer genius, come on! Still, if you can keep from focusing on certain details and just watch this movie for its entertainment value, this is a good film.
The themes throughout the movie speak about important topics such as using talents for good instead of just working for material purposes and other ethical questions. I found the storyline about how computer information should be made readily available to everyone instead of a tool for monopolistic individuals (Bill Gates, definitely!) quite intriguing I do not really believe any of the events that took place could actually happen, but the object of must stories in books or movies is to create a fictional setting and have compelling characters, creative storytelling, etc. unless the events are based on actual events. I would compare this movie to WESTWORLD where the technological advances are beyond present day capabilities, but most aspects of present day society are similar to those of the late twentieth century/ early twenty-first century. I found the movie suspenseful and couldn't stop watching it until I got to the end. I cannot give the same approval to the majority of movies being made now.
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Summary: I like it!
Review: Okay it's not Oscar material but it's a nice thriller to watch on a Saturday afternoon. Computer freaks and even non freaks will like it. It's not over your head material and the basic story is greed. In this case someone is killing people to get to the top of the heap. Of course if the killer can get you to work for him then you have a chance of staying alive. Gary Winston (Tim Robbins) is trying to build a global network but his genius comes at a high price.
Like I said, it's not Oscar material. This film may take itself too seriously at times but it's okay.
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Summary: Good hacking scenes, everything else bad
Review: The one good thing about this movie is that this is the first movie I've ever seen that uses _real_ computer commands for hacking. If you watch the commands that the hero uses to hack into the computer, you will find that they are, in fact, real commands that work the way shown.
Other than that, the movie was pretty lame. It could have been a good movie, but it was just a bit unbelieveable and not well thought through. The open-source/closed-source differentiation was bad. As an open-source/free software advocate, I thought that the portrayal of the reasons for open-source and the philosophy were very poorly portrayed.
I enjoyed seeing it for the hacking scenes, and to get to see a few of my favorite programmers on film in cameo shots. It's also somewhat historic, as being the first mainstream film about monopoly power and open-source, even though it treated both subjects poorly (a real movie about the problems of monopolies would be great, but this wasn't it). So, watch it for those reasons, because there isn't much else there.
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Summary: Not That Bad
Review: Ryan Phillippe and Tim Robbins are talented actors in an ok movie. This movie suprised me and was more entertaining then I had thought it would be. I did find it's plot twists to be fairly predictable.
Anyway, the story is of Ryans character who is a computer geek among computer dorks. He and his best friend are kings of the nerds in the garage writing codes. Robbins who plays a better looking Bill Gates type character wants to recruit the two lads to work for him. Then it goes from there. I won't spoil the plot so when you see it you can..... be suprised? Anyway, this is an entertaining popcorn movie that is at least worth a watch.
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