Man of the Year

The new Williams movie is certainly worth watching. If for nothing else, then for the one-liners. Although, admittedly, some of them are quite stale by now. Nevertheless, the movie has somewhat of a tech theme, but in typical movie fashion, no tech clue.

The main premise of the movie is that a decent guy runs for president because he is fed up with politics, as are many of his supporters. And election day is held using a computerized voting system that might be flawed. The flaw is pointed out early, explained later (but makes absolutely no sense in terms of coding), and the rest of the movie is a mix of BigBad corp, conspiracy for profit, the shallowness of U.S. politics and the good guy doing the right thing.

The female support is shown as doing what she thinks to be the right thing, even though she herself has her doubts - which reminds me of the addage about the path to hell being paved with good intentions.

Williams shows himself as caring but clueless, and ends up admitting as much. Then comes the happy ending brush. Basically a neat tragi-comedy with just enough satire to provoke serious thought among those remaining few still capable of the feet. A collection of funny quips for the masses.

Worth watching. Worth thinking about.
And definitely worth the occasional laugh.
If it wasn't all that true...