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Very best movie i ever watch

Memorable, crazy movie

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I was going to give this an 8. But then I just watched it again and I have to give it a 9. Would have gave it a 10 but there was some parts in the movie which even for the 80's could have had some better graphics. I have the blu ray version. And I just had to have this in my blu ray collection. So I will start off by saying I saw another reviewers comments about "made stars out of ally Sheedy and Mathew Brodrick" That could possibly be true but they were going to be stars either way. The director just lucked up and got them on his film. Ally Sheedy is beautiful and frankly remains in a category in the 80's with very few actresses of her time. Lea Thompson and Kim Catrall are the only two I can think of in her generation. 3 women that really made you feel like "i want a crazy good looking girlfriend like that". No matter what they played in. Ally was brilliant in this. Her character was not well defined. Her parts were not there. She played the most of them to be honest. Even the part where David changes her grade she even sells that. The part where she jogs up to his house, pets the dog. Everything she does makes you see it and say "wow wish my girlfriend was like that in high school". The writers of the movie didn't give her much to work with but facial expression and tone just make you fall in love with her. If she wasn't in the movie, forget about it, nobody would have seen it. Mathew's character was different. This is still a new ground and simply only character like this. He hacked in a government computer and was actually scared about it. But honestly had the know how to ask questions and thought he was innocent. But still didn't come off as arrogant. Most people who do those kind of things now don't think they will be caught. As a matter of fact it was his girlfriend who seemed more confident. Even the part about swimming she was like "now who grows up in seattle and doesn't know how to swim". Once again his character show humility. And there a shot of some great actors in this movie. Michael Madsen is in this movie and hes young. And hes no slouch at acting. As well as the general in this movie. I have a game called command and conquer and he is back at again playing a general in that short game series. He fits that part to the T. Now thats just for the acting but what this movie did for the generation was amazing to say the least. The term hacker was never even heard of. Back door? What is that? Heck in those dos system if you didn't have the password most people gave up. And nowadays people give up if their internet connection isn't working. Look at all the stuff he had to do to even get his computer to read other computers? Yeah simply crazy. This movie was definitely ahead of its time. First time the words firewall was used and judging by how people are so loose with security nowadays on their own computers I'm not sure if they still know what a firewall is. Hackers even today love this movie and its known by all. You mention this movie to a movie both and you get instant quotes about Joshua and so on. If you are wondering if you should watch this movie, then wonder no more. Its a must watch to be part of a generation. If you wondering what this movie is about just watch it. Personally I gave this a 9 but I loved ally in short circuit more cause her part was major and personally I loved Mathew in ferris Beullers day off. But this right here was great when both of them were in the same movie with a much better and original plot. One thing I miss about the 80's they had some original plots.

Great Cold War drama.A high school kid, David (played by Matthew Broderick), accidentally hacks the powerful computer that runs global thermonuclear war simulations for the US military, and which controls the US's nuclear weapons arsenal. It starts as a game but ends up deadly serious...Intriguing, exciting movie with a few funny moments along the way. Though not anywhere near as biting as Dr Strangelove in its demonstration of how Cold War paranoia and the nuclear arms race can go awry, it is a fairly chilling indicator of what could happen.Solid work from Matthew Broderick in the lead role, in only his second movie. Ally Sheedy is wonderful as Jennifer. Supporting cast are fine too.

Seeing this again, 30 years later, I'm of two minds. There's still a lot to enjoy in this slightly Disney version of an end-of-the-world thriller. There's a lot of clever twists in the plot, some lovely performances, some real tension. But it also all feels a bit light and softened to make it more audience friendly. That was probably the right decision commercially, but maybe not artistically. If original director Martin Brest had been allowed to finish the film, with the somewhat darker original script I read back then, I wonder if this could have been a bit of a minor classic, in the family of great nuclear war films like Dr. Strangelove and Fail Safe, instead of an entertaining, intelligent thrill ride. There are also, on reflection some big logic holes you could fly missiles through. But at the end of the day, I still enjoyed re-seeing it, smiling a good deal of the time.

Even on a cold war context, this movie is just an endless repetition of clichés. Bad and overdone acting, lots of blinking lights, poor script. That is what you will find in this movie. A geek teenager finds somehow to hack a computer which will launch world war 3. All of this from a telephone located at his own home. The rest we all know. The movie is a countdown of terrible scenes, loose sequences, horrible music and sound effects and bad-taste photography. Typical 80s bullshit. Couldn't wait for the last cut, because the movie is unbearable. Try some other war movies that really could depict the drama, real life suffering or psychological tension. This one will only waste you two hours.