Both movies came out around the same time and I think they have a fair amount in common. Both movies have a fair amount of the “Can they do it?” tension and detail the events behind a major trend.
I think I preferred BlackBerry over Tetris. It seemed more grounded in a way where as I felt Tetris depicted Tetris, the game, as bigger than the second coming of Jesus and sliced bread combined. I felt like it made for a more enjoyable and relatable story.
For a Canadian film it has a surprising amount of big names such as Glenn Howerton (Dennis from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Jay Baruchel (from Tropic Thunder and Knocked Up). Here is a Wired review and here is the IMDb page if you are interested.
Tetris was an awesome political thriller. Blackberry was an awesome dark comedy.
Both weren’t what I was expecting them to be but I really enjoyed what they did.
The production value alone on Tetris was so unexpected, but you could tell they did things just to have the pixel transitions for example. If you like Glen on IASIP, you’ll love him in Blackberry cuz he’s basically Dennis as a CEO.