Rating: 3.5/5
I never really thought about Mark Zuckerberg. I am glad he invented facebook, and obviously I'm writing this on facebook, but I never thought about his story. Well, I saw The Social Network in a sweaty Las Vegas theatre and here's my impression.
Mark Zuckerberg is a socially awkward computer whiz at Harvard in 2003. After getting in trouble for causing the Harvard network to crash and being propositioned by three other students to create a Harvard-based dating website, Mark gets an idea. This idea is "The Facebook," an exclusive website for students, that basically takes the social experience of school and puts it online.
What follows then is a series of events that all lead up to Zuckerberg being sued by various people, including his best friend. Let me get one thing straight, I enjoyed this movie. I didn't love it though. Remember, this is all opinion. For me, nothing really stood out as excellent or impressive. The script was the best part overall, and the dialogue was good, but not great.
How's the acting? Good, actually. Jesse Eisenberg continues to prove he's a better actor than Michael Cera, Justin Timberlake continues to make up for N'Sync, and wow is Andrew Garfield skinny. Armie Hammer is also great, playing two roles as twins. On the other side of things, David Fincher isn't exactly in top form here. In my opinion, he works best on dark, super violent stuff like Se7en and Fight Club, not dramas like this or Benjamin Button.
Overall, The Social Network is far from the best movie of the year, and I wouldn't vote for it in the Oscars, but I think it's worth seeing. It's most unique feature is the fact that this movie is made for people my age and in my generation, and doesn't talk down to them or tease their intelligence. There should be more movies like this in that respect.
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