SYNOPSICS
Viva Amiga (2017) is a English movie. Zachary Weddington has directed this movie. Trevor Dickinson,Dave Haynie,R.J. Mical,Dave Needle are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2017. Viva Amiga (2017) is considered one of the best Documentary movie in India and around the world.
In a world of green on black, they dared to dream in color. 1985: An upstart team of Silicon Valley mavericks created a miracle: the Amiga computer. A machine made for creativity. For games, for art, for expression. Breaking from the mold set by IBM and Apple, this was something new. Something to change what people believed computers could do. 2016: The future they saw isn't the one we live in now. Or is it? From the creation of the world's first multimedia digital art powerhouse, to a bankrupt shell sold and resold into obscurity, to a post-punk spark revitalized by determined fans. Viva Amiga is a look at a digital dream and the freaks, geeks and geniuses who brought it to life. And the Amiga is still alive.
Viva Amiga (2017) Reviews
Loved It
Finding out about (Commadore)Amiga after it had come and gone. I have this sense of having to find out everything I can about the best personal computer to exist. I found this documentary informative and enjoyable. I was a little disappointed that this documentary is a little short. I would have enjoyed more information the more the better. More info on the machine but more important more info on the people. I'm also left with a little bit of sadness. Just think where personal computers would be today if things would have been just a little bit different. It is great to see all of the wonderfully, driven and creative people who made this amazing machine. This is only a machine. But for some reason this machine got my attention at first. Then the more I found out about it the more feelings it stirred inside of me. This documentary does just that when you watch it. It left me feeling good and great-full that Amiga is still around.
Viva Amiga - The story behind one awesome machine
Reviewing a movie or in this case a documentary is always trying to find a balance between personal preference and analyzing facts and trying to come up with a balanced feedback which is useful for others to read. First things first though; this film project is the result of a Kickstarter that was successfully funded about five years ago (Round about $30,000 or so if I am not mistaken). It took rather long for the movie to be released. The reasons seems to have been mostly due to limited time (the do not quit your day job just yet rational) and the need to find additional funding. No wonder if I look at the nice animations and the content shot not just in the US but also in Europe! Was it short with just over an hour? Maybe to some it was. I think one hour is about my attention span anyhow so for me (personal opinion) I think it was long enough. I did understand that there is more to come as there is a truckload of footage being shot that never made it to the video as otherwise it would have been 2+ hour movie.. so.. I kind of like this approach of getting us up to speed first before coming with a follow up. This may not be the documentary for the hardcore geek who likes to see which flavors were available, listing all Commodores sold. No line up of endless machines which were in essence just another Amiga with some incremental changes.. This is about when the Amiga conquered the computer market. So for who is this movie then? The intent has always been to make a movie that you as the true geek and Amigan can show your best friends, what this crazy hobby of yours is about, why this Amiga is still in your heart and why the heck you still use it today. It is also the move for the so called Joe Regular who heard of the Amiga and tell the story on how it became this great machine but due to bad marketing and poor management became this cult machine we know today. I thought the interviews were great and hilarious at some point and I appreciated the humor the founders brought with them after all these years to talk about it. Surely it is sad (to me too) to see it never made it to the top as in all honesty, I understand them for being sad as this was the best machine out there at the time. I think the sadness and the joyfulness were pretty nicely balanced throughout the movie and the clips from back when I think were nicely added in. I also liked the focus of it being told from the perspective of the creators and what they envisioned. If I had to give one point of criticism, it would be the end. Some say maybe it was rushed to an end whereas I feel it was not easy to find a good end. How do you end something like this? Maybe like the Amiga itself.. you leave it open.. it never stopped.. so maybe that was the filmmakers idea.. who knows :) On a personal note; For me, the Amiga will always be about the people and I enjoyed this movie in its own right!
Dynamic and very interesting tribute to the Amiga - the BEST computer!
First off, this is a great documentary. I thoroughly enjoyed it. My generation lived through the "computer boom" of the 80's. We experienced first hand the frustrations of making them work; the joy and adulation when we did make them work and we bore witness to the giant leaps in technology that were being made. The Commodore Amiga was one such leap and this documentary charts its success and ultimate demise of the machine extremely well indeed. The passion and enthusiasm on display from the people directly involved in its creation (RJ Mical, Dave Haynie, Dave Needle and so on) still clearly exists today and is almost palpable. This documentary draws you into that enthusiasm and nostalgia and packs a lot into just over an hour. I was left wanting more but still very satisfied with what I got. Great Stuff! I would highly recommend this documentary.
HORRIBLE Re-Hash! Poor Amiga :(
The lack of effort shows in this presentation. Most of the footage is old stock video from previous Amiga or Commodore related videos. I've been following this since its Kickstarter campaign and was a little unsure if it was ever going to see the light of day or was simply vaporware! Now that it was released I wish it was vaporware. What a way to take the wind out of one's sails! I was expecting something great instead I got about 60 minutes of old videos combined together with a few recent interviews. I ever read that some of these interviews are also copies of previous interviews and not done by the producer of this documentary. Final word to Mr. Weddington.... DON'T quit your day job Amigo! You definitely shouldn't have a career in the film industry. I've seen better presentations with common home equipment by untrained enthusiasts! STAY AWAY PEOPLE!!!!! Nothing to see here.... JUST KEEP ON MOVING!
Dull
I've followed this film since the kickstarter missing out on the funding period and being genuinely gutted. I love the Amiga, my favourite all time computer so was excited that this was being made. Now point 1, I watched this free on HULU before backers had even received their copy - poor business. Anyway to the film, like others have expressed it is a collection of interviews, badly shot and mostly quite, quite dull intermixed with stock footage. It covers the creation of the Amiga, but it is very USA focused - where the Amiga has the biggest impact in creativity, games etc. was in Europe - none of which is covered in this film. The true spirit of the Amiga is/was not in the making of it but in how it transformed and inspired millions of people worldwide and this is lost in this shamble of a movie.