Oh yeah .. the explosions were great. The theater had the volume up so loud
that I could feel my seat vibrating. I'm not sure if it was the volume
though, because, even when it was otherwise quiet, when I saw Halle Berry's
breasts, I could still feel my seat vibrating ... funny that ..
Todd
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I'm not sure about popping firewalls, but I'm sure some guys in that theater
popped something else durring that movie.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Olive, CIO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 7:51 PM
Subject: RE: Swordfish
> how strange. i just got back an hour ago from swordfish as well. it
> satisfied my craving for massive explosions (and halle berry's breasts
> didn't hurt, i suppose), but i have to say i was cringing in my seat when
> the characters would say things like "pop the firewall and drop in the
> hydra" (that's a multi headed worm to you, folks).
>
> i haven't heard such 3l33t speech since i used to go to FTFs with the BBS
> crowd.
>
> chris olive, cio
> cresco technologies
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.crescotech.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Ashworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 7:40 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Swordfish
>
>
> How many of you have seen this movie yet? I just got back from watching
it.
> I can say is that I imagine it's going to get the crap beat out of it on
/.
> hehehe. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty good for an action flick and John
> Travolta does a great job as a moraly ambiguous semi-badguy, but it's a
> movie where the central plot revolves around computers and, *shudder*,
> hacking.
>
> Historicly, Hollywood and computer flicks haven't done well together ..
> exceptions such as War Games, Sneakers, and (sorta) The Matrix, noted.
> Unfortunately, this movie reminded me more of Hackers than anything. When
I
> hear Halle Berry tell the main hacker d00d that *their* computer is
special
> because, not only does it have 6 screens, but it has a, get this, a DS3
that
> allows them to connect to 7 seperate networks at once!! When I heard
that,
> I was like, WTF??? She really didn't just say that with a straight face
did
> she?
>
> Then they started with the "hacker" speak. Some of the phrases they
managed
> to come up with almost made me laugh out loud in the theater. Durring
some
> of the tense moments between the main characters, I wouldn't have been
> suprised if one of them had busted out with "j00 c4nn0t h4x0r m3!! I will
> 0wn j00!! w00t!!" I was honestly embarrassed for the actors and wanted to
> line up the writers and just clack all their heads together.
>
> The movie was good, otherwaise, but all that crap just made it totaly
> unbelieveable for me .. Still, if you don't know what logic bombs and
worms
> are, and don't know anything about cracking or much about how networking
and
> firewalls really work, then you might be able to suspend disbelief enough
to
> really enjoy this movie .. *sigh* at least Shrek was good .. I should have
> watched it second.
>
> Todd
> -----
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