I was awarded a wonderful opportunity to see this movie in an advance movie screening. The crowd was mostly college age people, up to 30’s. Before the movie started, there was a quick quiz about the creator of Facebook and the stars of the movie. Granted, outside of Justin Timberlake I did not know many of the cast members, outside of Jesse Eisner for his wonderful work in the movie Zombieland.
Since I am not well versed in the development of facebook, I did not have a HUGE expectations of the MAN Mr. Mark Zuckerberg. outside of knowing he was a computer programming genius, and was the world’s youngest billionaire, and that there were a few lawsuits here and there, I truly did not know many details. While I know the movie was hollywood-ized in order to increase viewing value, this story is certainly one that should have been told!
Casting = Awesome!
Screenplay = Awesome!
From the moment the movie starts, you recognize that you have to listen to every single word being spewed out by Mr. Mark Zuckerberg in a few short sentences you were certainly made aware of how he viewed the world, and how he wanted the world to view him. Even though he was a bit awkward and reluctant with people he surrounded himself with really good people. You watch as his girlfriend rips his heart out; I mean we watch where the girlfriend rips out the wires and batteries where his heart would be if he had one as she tried to express to him what as ASSHOLE he is. He who seems to be able to talk his way into or out of any situation, allowed his true feelings to cause his girlfriend to walk away without much hesitation as he basically called her typical and common as he boasted about his own superiority and desire to be in a “CLUB”. Once the breakup sunk into his brain he went on a tangent of drinking and programming. He ended up creating a website which was very similar to the “Hot or Not” website but containing chicks that attended his lil university also known as Harvard! Well, Mark managers to shut down the entire school server system with all the traffic based on one nights worth of work. He begins to work harder and harder and finding out what he can do, and how he can create something to connect people. To bring the social pieces of the college experience to everyone on a platter. Through some creative programming (not related to an idea from other classmates like those hot twin rowers) and funding from his roommate (Andrew Garfield) he begins to work on “THE FACEBOOK”. He spends countless hours, programming and reprogramming, along the way he manipulates and gets manipulated by various others people. Including Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) the creator of Napster. Sean Parker is nothing more than a showman who can read a room and say all the right words to get women to undress and men to empty their accounts.
The Social Network is a dramatic movie about how decisions big and small can have a major impact on everyone around us. It is about how sometimes in order to reach new heights, you have to lose a few friends. It is about how dedication and hard work can help you create an empire. Mark Zuckerberg is an evil genius, and I believe without him,hundreds of millions of peoples lives would be different.
He kept saying “we don’t even know what it is yet, or what it can be” Well I will honestly admit that I believe that facebook dug its fingers into the core fibers of universe and it is constantly finding new ways to be a part of your world.
4.5 stars out of 5
Grade: B+
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All this Facebook, social networking, Mark Zuckerberg stuff does not belong to me. Im just calling it like I see it.
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