Ask HN: Inspirational movies • Hacker News Board

I have a project motorcycle right now, and I just watched this last week. Amazing movie. In the vernacular of HN, it's about an old Kiwi who's bootstrapped, ramen profitable and hacking his way to making the worlds fastest motorcycle.

Re: Ask HN: Inspirational movies

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Post by room606 » Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 2:21 PM UTC

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Breaking Away

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19...

Re: Ask HN: Inspirational movies

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Post by ovi256 » Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 2:26 PM UTC

This is a novelette, not a movie: The Djinn's Wife, by Ian McDonald. Hard AIs, cybernetic brain interfacing, AI diplomats, AI negociators, AI cyber- and real war, a trans-human love story, it's incredible. Setting is "near future India".

You can read a preview at Asimov's site: http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0607/Djinn.shtml

Asimov's used to publish it in its entirety online, I guess that was for promotional purposes.

Re: Ask HN: Inspirational movies

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Post by Tichy » Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 2:27 PM UTC

briandek wrote: post #101

Wanted Spirited Away

Don't know Wanted, but Spirited Away is totally amazing.

Re: Ask HN: Inspirational movies

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Post by deutronium » Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 2:31 PM UTC

Primer

Antitrust

Rocket man

Office Space

Re: Ask HN: Inspirational movies

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Post by Tichy » Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 2:32 PM UTC

swombat wrote: post #65

Apart from those already mentioned by others, some challenging classics: Zorba the Greek Ikiru (Living), by Akira Kurosawa Babette's Feast La Strada La double vie de Véronique Lawrence of Arabia It's a Wonderful Life Jakob the Liar Citizen Kane Deliverance Dogville Worth noting that none of these are "feel-good" american movies. They're "kick you in the balls and get you busy living" movies. I much prefer those to si…

Ikiru is one of the few movies I bought on DVD. Such a special movie, I don't know any other movie like it.

Re: Ask HN: Inspirational movies

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Post by motxilo » Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 2:35 PM UTC

War Games

Re: Ask HN: Inspirational movies

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Post by klbarry » Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 2:38 PM UTC

The "Poor Jack" song in Nightmare before Christmas is one of the best songs for this purpose ever written, in my opinion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXXOO3Wd_5Q. The basic message is: I'm klbarry, I can do whatever the fuck I want.