Simply A Masterpiece

Best movie ever!

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This movie is possibly the coolest ever depiction of how Steve Jobs and Bill Gates made it. It's amazing to know the lives and the motives of two of the most successful people and the greatest entrepreneurs in history of the world economy. These were not some kids in college who wanted to be rich and famous, these were eccentric individuals who believed in technology and wanted to change the world with it. These were people who were going to create an industry that was going to dominate the world. They were the pioneers and the original rebels. They had extremely opposite personalities, Steve Jobs being an artist and Bill Gates a geek. The movie shows you how they started out, how they rose, how they came across and how they became rivals. All the characters in the movie have been portrayed very accurately and all the actors have done a brilliant job in playing them, especially Noah Wyle for Steve Jobs. No book, movie or documentary can give you a better insight into the lives of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates than this. The movie is a little inaccurate about facts, but it makes up with the acting performances. I have to admit, that I am being a little biased for giving this movie a 10, but it's a bigger sin to not watch this film!

I will make this very short: "Great TV movie with outstanding performances by Noah Wyle and Anthony Michael Hall!"I loved watching the "fights" between Steve Jobs (Apple) and Bill Gates (Microsoft) and also showing that Steve Jobs was not always a very human / kind person in his early years makes this movie believable and watchable.Please make a sequel: I wish they would consider making a sequel showing the period from 1997 until now for the world to see what Steve Jobs actually accomplished after returning again to Apple (in 1997) after he was more or less kicked out by the board of directors in 1985!!!

The subject is very interesting. I love both Steve and Bill. However unfortunately the film could not conduct the hard efforts they put in their professional and personal lives. I saw the film once but I think some scenes were redundant and could have been left out and replaced with Bill or Steves' inspiring actions or competitions. I think the film should have been maybe 3 hours and of course more in details. The context music is wonderful and really impressing. Actors make up was splendid. Bill, Steve, Ballmer and others look like their real characters. Also they played very natural and close to their real counterparts. Nice job overall.

As a made for TV movie, for cable no less, Many people perhaps had low expectations for Pirates of the Silicon Valley. Yet, right from the beginning , the film abandons the stigma of the made for TV movie and surely silenced many critics. (including the worst critics of all, computer nerds) For people unfamiliar with the history of the computer industry, this movie will be just as educational as it is entertaining, yet even for computer history buffs, this movie is still a must watch. The movie benefits from what is truly a remarkable story in real life. The viewer will be surprised to see the genesis of companies like Apple and Microsoft, and how humbly they began. The movie's portrayal of this is excellent, and features an easy to follow, yet engaging narrative throughout the film. No doubt, one will finish watching this movie with a much deeper understanding of the computer industry. However, what makes this movie so interesting is the human element it brings to these companies and more importantly, the people who started them. Most people don't know Bill Gates as anything more than the billionaire CEO of Microsoft, this film allows one to see him outside of that context somewhat. Steve Jobs gets a similar treatment, revealing him as a true personality amongst people most view as nerds. Unfortunately, the movie does suffer from certain weaknesses. Through it tries to avoid getting technical involving the computer aspects, when it does, it tends to play to the most common denomenator, which can be frustrating to people who already have a knowledge of computers. Additionally, the format of a TV movie easy easy to notice when one watches it (breaks for commercials, etc.) and hurts the pace of the movie. Yet overall, it's a very well acted, entertaining and informational film.