I didn't watch this film during its time of release, and I can understand how insufferable must be to watch in a theater a movie that happens almost entirely in a computer screen. I watched it in a computer screen, which seems like the proper way to watch it, it also makes the horror-movie silliness more forgivable.
However, what saves this movie almost a decade later is not its concept, but a crucial decision in its execution: Unlike most films that use simulated operating systems and software, this film happens within the very real Mac OS X Yosemite, using real software and real social networks.
It's quite a treat to watch the actors use Skype, which was popular at the time, Facebook before it became a white-supremacist recruiting tool, and YouTube before it became unwatchable with excessive use of commercials. Because of this, this movie has become a time capsule that is hitting a nostalgic bone, less than 10 years after its release, and I am sure, it will be more pronounced in the years and decades to come.
This is why this movie has become better with time, unintentionally.
However, what saves this movie almost a decade later is not its concept, but a crucial decision in its execution: Unlike most films that use simulated operating systems and software, this film happens within the very real Mac OS X Yosemite, using real software and real social networks.
It's quite a treat to watch the actors use Skype, which was popular at the time, Facebook before it became a white-supremacist recruiting tool, and YouTube before it became unwatchable with excessive use of commercials. Because of this, this movie has become a time capsule that is hitting a nostalgic bone, less than 10 years after its release, and I am sure, it will be more pronounced in the years and decades to come.
This is why this movie has become better with time, unintentionally.