[eostyx]

How many good 'Hacker' movies have there been?

Better yet, has there been any good hacker movies, ever?

The only movie I liked wasn't remotely "hacking" was the first Matrix. It was mostly some pop terminology sprinkled through it. Much like all Hollywood interpretations of what hackers actually do.

It's hilariously actually.... Spinning 3D cubes to hack into some database, while the actor looks like he's playing an awesome game of minesweeper on flaming tits that emit crummy (inappropriate) pop music.

*enhances image resolution above what it's original source res is... Badazz >.>

[jseliger]

Pirates of Silicon Valley was okay, and I liked The Social Network, even if it bears the same resemblance to Facebook's actual history that Lord of the Rings does to the actual Middle Ages.

But your overall point is well-taken.

[waterlesscloud]

I thought Anti-Trust was ok. It's pretty Hollywood, but the core ideas were pretty good.

[nitrogen]

Miguel de Icaza had a cameo in Antitrust. The computers are all running Gnome on Linux. A few decisions are made by characters that wouldn't be made by an actual engineer for the sake of dramatic tension, but overall, it is highly realistic as far as Hollywood goes.

[CodeMage]

Better yet, has there been any good hacker movies, ever?

My personal favorite is "Sneakers": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/

[jedc]

+1 to this. While the premise was a bit ridiculous, it was definitely a "hacker" movie.

[batista]

enhances image resolution above what it's original source res is...Badazz

Well, it's not totally impossible. You can sort of interpolate a higher resolution from an image, with stuff like "fractal resizing", etc:

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/07/better-image-resizi...

Although, this is also accurate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaMdXjTn9rc