Stefany93 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Hello, I was wondering if there are any good movies about programmers? I have seen Hackers but it is basically not about programmers and the Social Network but it wasn't again strictly about programmers, can you recommend me some movies on that topic? Best Regards Stefany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Programming is boring and slow. There aren't any movies about accounting either. The only thing you're going to get is movies like The Social Network or (to a significantly lesser extent) Swordfish. Few movies portray programming accurately. The Matrix trilogy portrays modern operating systems and software correctly, even going so far as to show an actual bash exploit in the third one. I can personally attest that the commands typed at the beginning of Firewall are indeed the proper way to null route an incoming IP. Later on in that movie he shoved the bare wires from a broken scanner into an iPod Mini and slapped the scanner light against a terminal, magically transforming the makeshift device into a portable OCR scanner. Computers are boring and difficult. Movies are exciting and easy. Hacking the President's Internet is the best you're going to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Hello, I was wondering if there are any good movies about programmers? I have seen Hackers but it is basically not about programmers and the Social Network but it wasn't again strictly about programmers, can you recommend me some movies on that topic? Best Regards Stefany Your best bet is to look for some documentaries. Anything Hollywood puts out is usually incredibly wrong on the technology and what programmers actually do, and focused entirely on some cliche story. The best I've seen that wasn't a documentary was Pirates of Silicon Valley which was a made-for-TV movie about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. It's about as good a movie about programmers can be without being a documentary, although it still wasn't completely accurate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley Fun fact: the guy who voices Bender on Futurama (along with other cartoon roles) played Steve Ballmer in the movie. Inspired casting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 The best I've seen that wasn't a documentary was Pirates of Silicon Valley which was a made-for-TV movie about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley Fun fact: the guy who voices Bender on Futurama (along with other cartoon roles) played Steve Ballmer in the movie. Inspired casting. Great movie that. I was going to suggest the same thing, but like Kevin already pointed out, it barely covers anything about programming at all. It is more about piracy, stealing ideas, trickery/treason, etcetera... and how it equates to being a successful business person. **I never knew that about the Bender/Balmer connection. Thanks for the trivia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Since you didn't say whether you wanted a serious movie or not . . . Two words: Office Space. Two more words: Grandma's Boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Grandma's Boy: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456554/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Grandma's Boy is about a game tester, not a coder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 A game tester who's been coding his own game on the side. And it's still hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkerAngel Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm surprised no one has mentioned Swordfish But then again, it too isn't really about a programmer it's about an ex-hacker, and the movie is more fictitious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) That's because you don't read the replies. ManiacDan has mentioned it. Do a page search it will show 2 results. Edited October 10, 2012 by ignace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkerAngel Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 That's because you don't read the replies. ManiacDan has mentioned it. Do a page search it will show 2 results. I had noticed it not too long after I posted my message but too late for me to modify it and I didn't deem it a necessity to correct myself in an additional post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 So you were surprised no-one mentioned it, and THEN read the replies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkerAngel Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) So you were surprised no-one mentioned it, and THEN read the replies? More like expecting more of a list format rather than one enormous block of text with Swordfish just camped in the middle. Having fun picking at my oversights? Go watch a movie or something... Might I recommend Swordfish? ManiacDan mentioned it in the second post but somehow I missed it in a quick skim of the message. I might just go ahead and watch Grandma's Boy, the only movie I took the time to put on my phone, maybe for obvious reasons, anyone happen to know Dante's number? That Zimbabwe stuff sounds great right about now. If I knew you were going to criticize me, I would have trimmed my antlers. Edited October 11, 2012 by DarkerAngel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
computermax2328 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Live Free or Die Hard! AMERICA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) AntiTrust is a decent semi-programmer movie. I enjoyed it I guess you *could* include Jurassic Park, I mean they use Unix and the girls knows it! Oh and Swordfish, granted that is about cracking some encryption while a guy gets a blowjob... And the Net, not really sure what that is about... And if you consider it programming.... DollHouse (TV Series) where they program humans! Edited October 11, 2012 by premiso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicken Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 "The Net" was decent. It's about a freelance programmer who winds up in the middle of a large conspiracy when someone sends her a program to debug. Aside from the mentioned stuff nothing else really comes to mind. On a non-movie front, "The IT Crowd" was a pretty good sitcom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 On a non-movie front, "The IT Crowd" was a pretty good sitcom. Pretty good...surely you gest! It was AWESOME (the UK Version the US sucked ass). But it is not really programming just tech related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 On a non-movie front, "The IT Crowd" was a pretty good sitcom. Whenever they're in their office talking to each other, or complaining about the users, that show makes me laugh so hard my sides hurt. When they cut away from the office, the nerd writers suddenly don't know what's funny in the real world, so they fall back to dick and fart jokes. One episode was about how "gross" it is to date a trans woman. There was a 3-episode story arc about the CEO trying to rape the female lead. When he raped the two male leads instead, that was supposed to be hilarious. He was then fitted with electric pants which gave his genitals an electric shock whenever he became aroused at work. Stick to Roy and Moss arguing in the office and I'll watch it again. I don't feel like sitting through another "hilarious" rape scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 There are few episodes in Workaholics.. that mention web design and even though the show has nothing to do with programming, it is totally worth a watch. In fact, I think I will watch an episode right now. -- "It isn't very often that you get a second chance at third love" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159784/ Takedown, it's more about a hacker (kevin mitnick), but along the same lines as a lot of these movies listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Mitnick's book, The Art of Deception, is really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefany93 Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Sorry for the late reply guys, thank you very much for the replies. It is a same that Hollywood don't make such movies about programmers tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 They don't make movies about accountants, actuaries, HR representatives, or file clerks either. What we do isn't fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefany93 Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 It's a shame* Sorry damn keyboard slip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Sorry for the late reply guys, thank you very much for the replies. It is a same that Hollywood don't make such movies about programmers tho Yeah they do. Napoleon Dynamite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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