Careers Top Tech Movies of 2011 Ganesh @itworldca Published: August 9th, 2011 Open Source Code 2011, ThrillerJake Gyllenhall stars as a soldier who relives the last eight minutes of a bomb-laden commuter train over and over, each iteration slightly different thanks to contributions from the community at large. Rating: 3.5/3.5.1/3.5.2 out of 5Planet of the Apes: Rise of the APIs 2011, Science FictionNotable for the motion-captured CGI performance of Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings) as a genetically modified, hyper-intelligent chimpanzee who creates a Facebook game, Angry Apes, that wipes out Farmville. Rating: Two hairy thumbs upThe SQL Tree of Life 2011, DramaDirector Terence Malik’s latest opus centres on the roots of a family with three boys, the eldest traversing the country to reconcile with his father and querying the meaning of life. No, I didn’t think this one was funny, either. Rating: *+23The Help Desk 2011, DramaA spunky line-of-business manager exposes the dreary, depressing conditions of her company’s technical support operations. Trust me, this one’s a five-hanky weeper. Rating: Ctl+Alt+DelThe Smurfs-as-a-Service 2011, AnimatedLittle blue people who can’t afford to live by themselves anymore make their way to the city to offer on-demand IT consulting to the surprise and delight of sceptical CIOs. Rating: Really? Smurfs?Cowboys and Aliens and VARs 2011, Science FictionTempers flare as a band of redneck farmhands try to fend off an attack from outer space by trying to source some high-tech weapons, only to have cost-prohibitive responses to their RFP. Rating: 6-shootersCrazy, Stupid Love of Social Media 2011, ComedySpurned by his bitter ex-wife, a man tries to remake his life by doing everything he is suggested to do via Twitter, Facebook and Google+, only to be mobbed by an army of smitten Mark Zuckerberg lookalikes. Rating: +1No Search Strings Attached 2011, ComedyNatalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher (really?) star as a man and a women trying to keep their relationship purely physical, but realize they’re looking for something more. On Google. Rating: 1 of 325,491 resultsQuarantine 2: Terminal Emulator 2011, ThrillerSurvivors of a virus attack band together to save their quarantined PCs. Filmed in black and green. Rating: 1 out of 101Shark Night: 3D 2011, HorrorOK, so this has nothing to do with tech. But it’s got sharks. In 3D. You know you wanna see it. Rating: dun-dun dun-dun dun-DUN DUN-DUNA Dangerous Method Call 2011, ThrillerCode written by Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud conflicts, driving debuggers crazy. Rating: 1 cigar1234567891011 Careers twitter
