10 reasons why David is a prick
I just watched this movie for the first time in a while and I understand it's just a movie, but I can't get over how much of an arrogant prick he is. He just does whatever the hell he wants, whenever the hell he wants, with no respect whatsoever for authority, rules, or boundaries. With complete disregard for the consequences of his doing. I understand he's just a teenager, but he's completely aware of his actions. He just doesn't care.
10. He waltzes in to Biology class late because playing Galaga during school is more important. And after his teacher was nice enough not to write his punk ass up, he then has the audacity to interrupt his lesson and then slander him in front of the entire class. His teacher didn't deserve that at all. Yea, he was kind of a dick, but at least he never got personal.
9. Even though eventually she changed her mind, after Jennifer specifically tells him not to, he goes behind her back and changes her Biology grade. Not only is that disrespectful to her, but he also puts her in a situation where she could possibly get expelled if they were to get caught.
8. He tries to break into Protovision illegally to play their program without paying for it when he HAS the resources to acquire the game legally if he weren't so impatient. He's lucky to even have a computer in the '80's and at his age. I mean, his parents could and would be more than willing to just buy it for him for Christmas or his birthday if he'd just ask, even though he doesn't deserve it.
7. He's azzhole enough to put a lock and a sign on his bedroom door that says "Authorized Entrance Only", like he doesn't trust his own parents. They own that room and deserve the right to know what's going on in there if they want. They work two jobs to provide a nice home for him and all he does is sit in his room all day, engaging in illegal activities instead of just masturbating like every other teenager. I could understand if he had brothers or sisters, but he doesn't so that's just a slap in the face to his parents.
6. He's also rude to his parents who are cool enough to let him skip school for days at a time to research game designers. He does everything in his power to avoid socializing with them. He reads a magazine at the dinner table. I mean, would it KILL him to just put it away for 20 minutes and have a conversation with his parents. He just gets up from the table without asking because hacking into Protovision is top priority and can't wait until after dinner. Later in the movie, he comes home and just says,"Hi, dad!", like he just went for a bike ride or something, and doesn't even have the decency to say hi to his mom and kiss her hello. I know his parents are lame(and may possibly be aliens), but they spoil him and he treats them like strangers.
5. When Jennifer states that he could go to jail for bypassing long distance telephone fees for dialing every number in Sunnyvale, he says,"Only if you're over 18". What ignorance. Of course HE'S not going to go to jail, his name isn't on the phone bill. He doesn't stop to think that if the phone company finds out, his parents are going to be the ones held responsible because they ARE over 18. And the phone company's not going to give a damn if it was some punk kid making the calls, they're either going to press charges or send his parents a fat ass bill in the mail.
4. He's inconsiderate. After however many times his father's told him, he still doesn't have the courtesy to double check the trash can lid to make sure it's on tight. His mom even reminded him during dinner. It doesn't look to me like they ask that much out of him. They ask him to do one simple thing, he can at least do it right. He doesn't seem to care when he his father shows him the mess, either. Then after his mother politely asks him if he wants to invite his little friend to their barbecue, he ignores her and closes the shutters in her face and doesn't even ask Jennifer if she wants to stay. What an ass.
3. I don't think I should say anything else until I talk to a lawyer? Who does this prick thinks he is? McKittrick was more than gracious and patient with him. With the fate of the nation hanging in the balance, all David had to do was cooperate and explain in detail what he did and take responsibility for his actions. I mean, he'd already admitted that he broke into their system. Asking for a lawyer makes it look like he's hiding something and it also makes him look like a total dick. Then after that, he has the stones to log in to McKittrick's personal computer with glass walls around him like they wouldn't see it.
2. He programs his computer to dial every number in Sunnyvale, California, to try to get into Protovision's system, calling and hanging up on thousands of people in the process, some of whom are trying to work. Not to mention the thousands of people he woke up while it was dialing numbers overnight.
1. During the entire movie he just goes around making others look bad and insulting people, including the ones he loves, to benefit himself and accomplish his ulterior motives. First, he makes his teacher look bad, then Jennifer, then Bo the dog. He makes his parents look really bad when he gets caught for hacking into the WOPR, making the WOPR look bad. The WOPR could have been a good idea, but since that little bastard had to go hacking into it, it made a lot of people look bad, from Richter the WOPR tech to General Beringer to the President of the United States. Then when he's detained at NORAD, he makes McKittrick look bad by violating his trust. Then makes Airman Fields look bad by breaking out of the infirmary, also making the alarm system engineer and repairman look bad. He makes the U.S. look bad to the Russians and vice versa. Last but not least, he makes Falken look bad by exploiting his "backdoor" password and then drags him to NORAD so he can face, firsthand, the repercussions of creating Joshua. He even makes McKittrick look bad, again, by ruffling up his hair at the end. When McKittrick said "Let me talk to this little prick", boy was he right.