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Summary: All your base are belong to us
Review: Good movie. I would also recommend Failsafe if you are into the genre of "what if nuclear science blew up in our face?"
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Summary: Spanish subtitles don't work
Review: There is an error in this DVD, and other folks here have also spotted it. The advertised Spanish subtitles do not work. French comes out instead. When you select English, the words are in English. When you select French, the words are in French. And when you select Spanish, the words are again in French. I had bought this DVD specifically for its Spanish subtitles since I have family that doesn't understand English very well. Que pena.
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Summary: fantastic 80s film
Review: this is a fantastic film. i want to be david lightman. he does that joke about "your wife". i have spent TIME in school and always wanted to come out with something so good. and that def-con 1 stuff. legend!
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Summary: Shall We Play a Game?
Review: This 1983 film starts with a scene inside the NORAD missile launch center. The message received is to launch the missiles! But a captain requests human confirmation of the computer order. This test is followed by an investigation of the results. The question is still: how far can we trust any mechanical device? Or any human? A student is interested in computers; he has an IMSAI to access the school computer and can change grades. By accident he accesses a secret site, and begins to play a game. The students visit a computer room to gain advice. They are told of a "back door" installed in systems to allow access. "People sometimes make mistakes." They also make computer programs, and politics. David's game playing sets off a missile alert - eight incoming MIRVs! But their game is interrupted just in time. They assume they are safe. But David is arrested by the FBI, and taken in for questioning. "He fits the profile for a Soviet agent" we are told. The computer game is still in play. David discovers Professor Falken is alive, and finds him. Falken claims it is all a game, nuclear war is unwinnable because of all the casualties. (No mention of nuclear winter.) Back at NORAD the alarms go off - DEFCON 1! A full scale Soviet strike is on! David, Jennifer, and Falken enter the NORAD base just in time. (What's a movie without a car chase?) Falken advises the general to ignore the alarms - "its all a game". "Don't act like a machine" he says. The simulated attack is defeated by doing nothing. But now the computer runs berserk in generating launch codes to create an attack. All entry codes were destroyed to prevent changes. But the computer has one "back door" that allows them to gain access, and trick the computer to prevent the attack. Recurring simulations of nuclear war follow; no winner results. And the film has a happy ending, even if you critique both the story and the technical details. The message of this movie is very clear. [Did the last launch code contain a secret message?]
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Summary: 'the only winning move is not to play'
Review: Like "the manhattan project" and "real genius", this is a smart, funny, and endearing 80s movie with an important message about the responsibility that comes with intelligence and privelege. In all three movies, we forgive the bright but naive high school kids for their actions (hacking into military computers, building a nuclear weapon, building a military laser) because they are ethical human beings who try to do right. Their morality puts into sharp relief the profound immoralities of authoritarian institutions and the cowardice or fear that causes people to participate in them.
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Summary: The best hacker movie ever made!
Review: "WarGames" is easily one of the best hacker movies ever made. Matthew Broderick did a very good job playing in this movie. Broderick is David Lightman, a young man, who breaks into the computer's defense system and almost starts World War III. Ally Sheedy is awesome, in her supporting role, as Jennifer Mack, David's girlfriend. Dabney Coleman is excellent as John McKittrick, a cocky computer expert, and John Wood is wonderful as Stephen Falken, a wizardly computer genius. I have this movie on DVD and I am glad to own it.
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Summary: What a Blast!
Review: This review refers to the MGM DVD edition of "War Games"...... "War Games" is a film to be enjoyed by the whole family. Only the very young may not find it entertaining as it may be beyond their comprehension.Take a trip back to the early eighties. There may have been "a car in every driveway, a chicken in every pot..", but definately not a computer in every teenager's bedroom. David Lightman(Matthew Broderick) is a high school slacker. He is highly intellegent but for the most part an underachiever when it comes to his school work. Not a problem though. He only has to go home where he has a very high tech computer set-up for the time period. Once there he justs hacks his way into the school computer and changes his grades! Brilliant! So brilliant in fact, that one day he finds that he has broken into a high security system, and finds himself in the Defense Department's war computer. He was only looking for games, and he found one..."Global Thermonuclear War"! The computer starts playing the game with him, he thinks it's a blast(excuse the pun)he even takes the Russian side, until he realizes...this may be no game. The military is perplexed by what they see on their big screens and they immediatley go into a defense mode.The only hope now is to find the creator of this game and hope he can make the computer stop playing before WWIII begins! You'll be riveted by the thrilling and high tech action as David and his girlfriend(Ally Sheedy) go on the run with the FBI close on their heels, and try to prevent this terrible tragedy from occuring. The young stars steal the show in this one, but it is rounded out by fine performances by Dabney Coleman and John Wood. It was directed by John Badham who keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout. A very nice DVD. You'll view all the action in sharp colors and an outstanding picture. You have the choice of widescreen or standard.(No need to figure out which side it's on, you make that decision at the beginning of the film)Very good sound in Dolby Dig 5.1. There is feature length commentary by the director and the writers. Be sure to GO BACK to RESUME after pressing on this choice to get to it.It also includes a nice booklet and may be viewed in French or with subtitles in English, French or Spanish. This is one everyone in the house should be happy with.. and may even take up Chess afterwards...enjoy...Laurie
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Summary: Definitely a classic!
Review: Great movie! I loved it! Wish I could get the soundtrack. I'm surprised the song "Video Fever" didn't catch on more than it did. So when's Wargames2 coming out? Perhaps Matthew Broderick can be the dad this time! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Summary: Shall we play a Game?
Review: Yes, we should. And that is what Matthew Broderick is doing in this 1983 hit about a teen named David Lightman (Broderick) who breaks into NORAD to play video games. He thought he was playing games through a company called Protovision. When David and his girlfriend Jennifer break into NORAD, they must finish playing Global Thermonuclear War in order to stop World War III. I think this is the second movie of 1983 (the other being Return of the Jedi). My favorite part in the movie is when David asks Joshua, the voice on the computer "What is the primary goal?" and Joshua says "You should know, you are a scientist. To finish the game." They had to finish the game or there could have been World War III and when David thought he was playing a game, he was playing for real. "Is it a game or is it real?..." Find out.
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Summary: An Awesome 80's movie
Review: This is one of the best 1980's movies I've ever seen. Even though it seemed unrealistic at the time, now a days, it seems very possible. What an awesome movie!!! A definite must see for any 80's fans.
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