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I'm not exactly a big Microsoft booster, but this movie is so blatantly anti-Microsoft that it got on my Nurves. Tim Robbins plays Bill Gates... ok, so it's actually Gary Winston, but the similarity wouldn't get past Helen Keller. Both run huge software companies in the northwest, though Gary's company is in Portland instead of Redmond. Both have the big house on the water with lots and lots of computerized stuff, both wear the same type of glasses, you get the idea. Sure, they threw in the name Bill Gates once, just so you know they weren't actually trying to portray the big man, but how much you want to bet that line wasn't in the movie before the lawyers got involved? Ryan Phillippe plays Milo, a hotshot computer geek who Gary hires in order to finish his latest software program, Synapse. I'm not gonna bother telling you what Synapse does as its totally ludicrous, but Gary will do whatever it takes to get the program out the door on time. Actually, I kinda wish Bill Gates had the same attitude sometimes. Milo goes to work for Gary and of course discovers that things aren't exactly as they seem and finds himself motivated to take Gary down. Whatever, it doesn't really matter. The movie is mildly interesting and is actually worth a rental, but I wouldn't recommend adding it to your personal collection. One note though, I really want to work at the Egg! - John |
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