<story><title>Memories of the “Sneakers” Shoot (2012)</title><url>https://web.archive.org/web/20130128143144/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/09/robert_redford_sidney_poitier_ben_kingsley_dan_aykroyd_what_it_was_like_shooting_the_movie_sneakers_.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jmuguy</author><text>I absolutely love Sneakers.  Whenever folks talk about Hackers or the Matrix or any movies or shows that feature tech I argue that Sneakers is the best movie about hacking.  I feel like a crazy old man ranting about it to some of my younger coworkers.  It makes me sad that my handle (mother) on a lot of gaming services is much more likely to elicit a comparison to Danzig than Dan Aykroyd&amp;#x27;s character.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toomanyrichies</author><text>Sneakers is one of the few hacking-related movies that I can really enjoy, because it doesn&amp;#x27;t come off as pretentious the way that others do (to me, at least).&lt;p&gt;It was unapologetically nerdy; it doesn&amp;#x27;t try to &amp;quot;be cooler than it is&amp;quot;.  The filmmakers didn&amp;#x27;t feel compelled to include a scene filmed in a nightclub (like Swordfish or all 3 Matrix movies).  They didn&amp;#x27;t feel compelled to gussy up their characters in absurd costumes (like Hackers or, again, all 3 Matrix movies).  The plot and the characters were interesting enough on their own.&lt;p&gt;The result was that I never felt like they were talking down to me or pandering to me.  As a side benefit, I&amp;#x27;d argue that Sneakers has aged much better than other hacker movies have.</text></comment>
<story><title>Memories of the “Sneakers” Shoot (2012)</title><url>https://web.archive.org/web/20130128143144/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/09/robert_redford_sidney_poitier_ben_kingsley_dan_aykroyd_what_it_was_like_shooting_the_movie_sneakers_.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jmuguy</author><text>I absolutely love Sneakers.  Whenever folks talk about Hackers or the Matrix or any movies or shows that feature tech I argue that Sneakers is the best movie about hacking.  I feel like a crazy old man ranting about it to some of my younger coworkers.  It makes me sad that my handle (mother) on a lot of gaming services is much more likely to elicit a comparison to Danzig than Dan Aykroyd&amp;#x27;s character.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sybercecurity</author><text>I think that Sneakers was, at its heart, a heist movie and generally heist movies need to have a technical element and be generally believable.  There was the &amp;quot;crew&amp;quot; and each member had their expertise.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s strange how Sneakers never got the nerd love like Wargames and Hackers did. Maybe because the cast were older, established actors and not young people?</text></comment>