I just watched Enemy of the State for the first time since I saw it when it came out in 1998. Wow. It’s amazing what kind of ridiculous crap you can spew about technology and such when no one in the world knows yet how things work. Two choice moments:
- The government computer guys are watching a “surveillance” video from the lingerie store when Will Smith’s character is slipped the video player. They freeze the tape and then someone says, “Rotate 70 degrees” and the image rotates—THE STILL IMAGE ROTATES—to a new viewing angle. Once rotated, they still continue to do stuff with it, including having the computer “hypothesize” about how the bag changed shape.
- When Gene Hackman’s character is describing what they can do to fight back, he says that combining a cell phone with a laptop is a powerful tool. Then he magically pulls up the ESN number of a congressman’s cellphone (without wifi… hmmm) and programs it into his. “What do you get?” Apparently, you immediately start hearing what the congressman is saying into his phone. It’s magic.
Honestly, it was fun to watch just for some of the ridiculous lines and situations.
