After some initial reservations, I decided to watch The Social Network in the theaters. Suffice it to say, the movie had all of the classic elements of an Aaron Sorkin product, rapid fire dialogue and a character-driven storyline. Combined with the direction of David Fincher, the movie successfully tells the story of Facebook and its founders. The rapid rise of the Internet startup is juxtaposed against the eventual demise of the friendship between the two main protagonists: Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Despite being a deeply flawed person, the film version of Zuckerberg is completely engrossing and imminently watchable. However, as a portrayal of a start-up, I feel like I've seen better films on that topic.
In the end, though, the real driving force of the film is the Mark Zuckerberg character ( I use the word "character" as this is a fictionalized version of the real person) and his eventual journey down the road of complete isolation and Citizen Kane-esque regret. The one cheat in the film is the associate lawyer played by Rasheeda Jones. Her character exists only to offer some modicum of redemption for Mark Zuckerberg, and she's not a fully developed character at all. Having said that, the film was fun to watch, and I would say it was one of the better films of the year so far. I give it 4.5 stars.
Oct.4
10
After some initial reservations, I decided to watch The Social Network in the theaters. Suffice it to say, the movie had all of the classic elements of an Aaron Sorkin product, rapid fire dialogue and a character-driven storyline. Combined with the direction of David Fincher, the movie successfully tells the story of Facebook and its founders. The rapid rise of the Internet startup is juxtaposed against the eventual demise of the friendship between the two main protagonists: Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Despite being a deeply flawed person, the film version of Zuckerberg is completely engrossing and imminently watchable. However, as a portrayal of a start-up, I feel like I've seen better films on that topic.
In the end, though, the real driving force of the film is the Mark Zuckerberg character ( I use the word "character" as this is a fictionalized version of the real person) and his eventual journey down the road of complete isolation and Citizen Kane-esque regret. The one cheat in the film is the associate lawyer played by Rasheeda Jones. Her character exists only to offer some modicum of redemption for Mark Zuckerberg, and she's not a fully developed character at all. Having said that, the film was fun to watch, and I would say it was one of the better films of the year so far. I give it 4.5 stars.
