I suspend disbelief reasonably well. These things are movies, not documentaries.
I am bugged (budda bing!) by this as well, but with other things. Especially by the use of "it begs the question" to mean "it brings up the question".
But...
I have to point you to one of my favorite reviews by Roger Ebert: Hackers (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950915/REVIEWS/509150302/1023).
"...[Y]ou should never send an expert to a movie about his specialty. Boxers hate boxing movies. Space buffs said "Apollo 13" showed the wrong side of the moon. The British believe Mel Gibson's scholarship was faulty in "Braveheart" merely because some of the key characters hadn't been born at the time of the story.
"Hackers" is, I have no doubt, deeply dubious in the computer science department."
And my favorite bit that illustrates what you often have to do to enjoy a movie: "The movie is smart and entertaining, then, as long as you don't take the computer stuff very seriously. I didn't. I took it approximately as seriously as the archeology in "Indiana Jones."
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I am bugged (budda bing!) by this as well, but with other things. Especially by the use of "it begs the question" to mean "it brings up the question".
But...
I have to point you to one of my favorite reviews by Roger Ebert: Hackers (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950915/REVIEWS/509150302/1023).
"...[Y]ou should never send an expert to a movie about his specialty. Boxers hate boxing movies. Space buffs said "Apollo 13" showed the wrong side of the moon. The British believe Mel Gibson's scholarship was faulty in "Braveheart" merely because some of the key characters hadn't been born at the time of the story.
"Hackers" is, I have no doubt, deeply dubious in the computer science department."
And my favorite bit that illustrates what you often have to do to enjoy a movie:
"The movie is smart and entertaining, then, as long as you don't take the computer stuff very seriously. I didn't. I took it approximately as seriously as the archeology in "Indiana Jones."