Welcome to another episode of Thursday Movie Picks, the weekly series hosted by Wandering through the Shelves where you pick three films each week to fit the theme of that week.
This week's topic is something I'm very familiar with, the internet. This should be easy, right? Well, it's not, because even though I spend a lot of time surfing the net, there aren't actually a lot of films I've seen or I know about the internet. I still managed to find three film, here they are.
The Social Network (2010)
Do I really need to tell you what this film is about? Okay, Mark Zuckerberg is an asshole who develops a global social network after stealing the idea from his Harvard fellows, makes a lot of money losing a lot of friends in the process. This is the film about the internet, everything about it is just spot on. The director, the script, the acting. And yes, Jesse Eisenberg is annoying as usual.
The Net (1995)
Sandra Bullock stars as a computer programmer who barely ever leaves her house which makes it very easy for some people to steal her identity through the internet and put her life in great danger. This isn't the sharpest film about the internet, but the great thing about it is that computer technology has evolved tremendously since 1995 and the film's topic, identity theft, it is more of a threat today than it was in 1995. And I love Sandra Bullock.
You've Got Mail (1998)
The owner of a large bookstore chain wants to put a small local bookstore out of business. The hatred is mutual, but what they don't know is that they've been chatting online for a while and they are falling in love. Okay, this one is sugary and the stereotypical chick flick but it's quite enjoying and the chemistry between Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan is so beautiful it's worth watching.
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