I remember seeing this in 1995 at the movies

I had literally no idea what THE NET was; there were two computers at school that had it, in the library, but they only let the nerds on it.

So this movie was my introduction to the internet, and how everything in our lives would end up being on a computer and they could literally find out anything they wanted about us, and with a click of a mouse, they could eliminate our lives.

I don't think anyone of us had any idea just how all pervausive that technological revolution would become.

There is a scene where they are at the beach both on their laptops and he says 'look at us, in the most beautiful place in the world and here we are on our computers'.

Flash forward twent years, and everyone was glued to the internet, except on their smart phones.

Much good has come from the Net, but as this movie warned, it could be very detrimental to society as a whole.

I would say that the NET effect of the internet has been bad.