We are Family

Monica 2022-04-20 09:02:35

Genius can change the material, and mediocrity can ruin the good material. Pirates of Silicon Valley, shot in 1999, is more philosophical and insightful than Jobs' talk of Steve in 2013. This is not the strength gap between the director and the screenwriter, what else could it be?

Steve scolds Gates for betraying the family, but forgets that he is also a prodigal son who abandoned his daughter;
Steve blames Gates for not stealing his programming language, but ignores that he also steals his mountain pirate.
The short confrontation at the end actually runs through the reconstruction foundation of the entire movie.

Who are the pirates in the titled Xigu?
Is it Steve who plundered IBM,
or Gates who plundered Steve?
I am afraid that only future historians can decide.

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  • Katheryn 2022-03-19 09:01:10

    Points will be deducted for inconsistencies with historical facts, and points will be added for perfect opponent scenes, which is ok as an entertainment film.

  • Deshaun 2022-03-16 09:01:08

    Hahaha, the same as the "Jobs Biography" I watched, it's not very good as a movie, but it's good as a biography, and it's the most suitable as a comedy. I LIKE IT.

Pirates of Silicon Valley quotes

  • Chris Larson: [laughs] Eureka! I created a program that can play blackjack.

    Bill Gates: Chris, you've been here two days, and you're into blackjack?

    Chris Larson: Yeah, so?

    Bill Gates: So we've got work to do.

  • Steve Jobs: Maybe in a past life I was a poet - or an artist.