ARTHUR%MIT-ML@sri-unix.UUCP (06/15/83)
From: Arthur L. Chin <ARTHUR @ MIT-ML>
(Moderator: I'm not sure that the movie is really *Science Fiction*,
but I thought that it was a little relevant...)
WARGAMES is a movie built on some computer science and a touch of
imagination. It is a surprisingly well-crafted film about a high
school computer wizard tapping into the Pentagon system and almost
starting WWIII. Although it is difficult to inject suspense into a
film whose advertisements give away the first part of the movie, it
succeeds through fine direction, fast pacing and good acting. The
most satisfying thing that I found about this film was how it treated
the people. Almost all of the characters are (with one or two
exceptions) three-dimensional, embued with a sense of familiarity and
purpose that made the audience care about them! The science fiction
part of the picture concerns a AI computer which can learn from its
mistakes. Well, it seemed human, too! The logic displayed in the
movie is fairly sound (w.r.t. the computer) and should delight wishful
AI people. To wrap things up before I spoil anything, I highly
recommend this movie for good, clean, wholesome family entertainment,
and a bit of thought-provocation. (Except for romantics -- they'll
barf at the sappy love(?) interest.) I'd be interested in hearing
how others liked the movie, since this is my first film review, so don't
laugh.
Hee-hee-ha-ha,
arthur@MIT-ML
P.S. I also think that they should show
this movie to a certain Congress:
maybe even to a President! Don't
they watch movies anymore?jsq@ut-ngp.UUCP (06/19/83)
I finally saw War Games tonight. I'd say it deserves to appear on a double feature with StarCrash. Plan 9 from Outer Space would be too good for it.