Check this out. The orbiter did a backflip prior to connecting to the ISS:

Shuttle Back Flip

I hope that some of the info in this article is just being alarmist. This paragraph is especially disturbing:

“Unless engineers can find a comprehensive solution to the debris problem, the fleet may be permanently grounded, the International Space Station may be abandoned, and the agency’s credibility may be eroded as it attempts to win public confidence for a more daring era of space travel, observers said yesterday.”

Anyone that has any computer knowledge always scoffs at the way computers are depicted and operating on the big screen. Here’s a list of how computers work in the non-real world:

Computers in Film