It’s amazing how well this movie has stood the test of time. I just saw it and it’s just as timely. Sure, the technology has changed, and the cold war is over… but the message of the movie is perhaps even more pertinent today. One thing didn’t make sense though – how did the computer voice suddenly “come on” at the end of the movie (when they’re all in the war room)? The voice was originally made with a little box in Lightman’s room… Ya, I know it makes the ending more dramatic. I just hate it when movies sacrifice common sense for dramatic effect. This movie does it another time too – when Ally Sheedy says they should “swim for it.”, then, “what kind of asshole grows up in Seattle and doesn’t know how to swim”. I guess it shows how Lightman has missed out on things due to his computer obsession and is now confronted with the possible “end of time”. But, Seattle has nothing to do with swimming. Puget Sound is so damn cold – nobody could swim a ferry route. (well, I heard that some guy did one, but he wore a wet suit or something).