https://apnews.com/article/blackberry-movie-lazaridis-fregin-balsillie-52c602e64fb58ec56d16b59b9469ce9a
humanity: pls help I can't afford basic things to survive I am suffering
Capitalism: best I can do is spend millions on a movie about something no one cares about
I hate "heroic capitalists" movies. They're obviously gross but a lot of consumers have been conditioned to, at most, say "oh, you" to the quirky scamps ruining the planet featured in them.
If it's a blackberry movie, isn't it actually about catastrophic capitalist failure?
wake me up when they do a feature length film about the real working class phone, the motorola razor.
it makes me sad Glenn Howerton is in this, because it's a story I just don't give a fuck about. The story behind the story isnt always that great. It's just Howerton doing DennisRage. it's Dennis after Frank dies and he takes over all the Wolf Cola businesses.
I mean I don’t think they are trying to portray anyone in a positive tone. They have Michael freaking Ironside playing the role of floor manager at a tech company. I doubt his scenes are meant to make these guys look good.
This is from a director who has consistently nailed cultural commentary. Nirvana the Band the Show, Operation Avalanche, and the Dirties are all great
Oh yeah, everyone, I'm sure the guy who:
- directed a thoughtful, compelling movie about the elements of alienation for modern kids that can create a school shooter
- directed a movie about CIA agents faking the moon landing to manufacture consent where he and his crew/cast literally scammed their way into NASA to be able to film on-site https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2016/09/15/operation-avalanche-crew-sneaked-into-nasa.html
- created a web series/TV show that famously set precedents for fair use laws in terms of getting away with co-opting copyrighted material in creative, artistic ways, having to fight IP holders tooth and nail the entire time. literally a big FU to the idea of modern Copyright law
is totally gonna make a film that just 100%, uncritically just is about how cool and good capitalism is and how all tech people are good and you should buy their stuff. I mean, that's why he has made a movie about a now famously obsolete/failed brand/company, right?
I'm planning on seeing this movie tomorrow, and will gladly eat crow if I'm wrong, and it is some lame embrace of how amazing companies are, but I'd be shocked if that's what it's actually about. I'm just begging everyone here to stop writing off movies/art on a gut reaction basis of whether you think it's "based" or not. Actually engage with art, or at least do some basic looking, before you decided to smear it.
Oh shit this is a Matt Johnson film? In that case this is absolutely not a bio pic or anything even remotely true, it's just gonna be commentary about the tech industry.
Good point we did also go see a movie about a man who became fat eating burger
Hypothesis: if I eat burger, I become big Experiment: eat burger
Result: hypothesis confirmedScience!
He apparently faked the results to make the movie more compelling because most people wouldn't have given a shit if it didn't show him turning into a slime creature.
I perceive blackberry users as far more aged than nokia users, but idk why
that's what i thought too the moment i saw the guy in the middle holding his head all crooked
Finally: Halt and Catch Fire, on a smaller budget, with a more confusing tone, and also an all-male cast.
Eh hoser, you'll never get a boomer to text.
I'll bet you my tuke that I can if I include a keyboard.
I've heard from reputable sources (ppl I know) it's a fun/not insulting movie. Definitely not something I need to catch in a theater tho
