Re: [chat] Swordfish a comedy?

[Martin <marty@xxxxxxxxxx>]

$author = "Ben Leslie" ;
> 
> Anyway, the action was kind cool, and I didn't think the plot sucked entirely,

that sequence with the exploding hostage was pretty well done.

> but totally devoid of any technical content, but really what do you expect?

not much unfortunately. i can normally suspend disbelief if the premise is
remotely possible (eg. sneakers - that "decoding chip"). but when they
haven't gone to any effort to get someone with a clue to go over the
script...

then again, if they got it right, what small percentage of the audience is
going to notice??

later
marty

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