The Social Network

I enjoyed this film; I thought it was well written and screened. The cast did a prodigious job portraying their characters; I imagine this would be a difficult task, since your characters are still alive therefore you’re open to much criticism. I enjoyed how the film correspondingly had two different events simultaneously occurring, the story of Mark Zuckerberg life, and Mark Zuckerberg in court fighting two lawsuits. The effect this filming technique had: it enhanced the audience understanding of the lawsuits, and instantaneously made the film more entertaining, consider how boring it would have been if the entire second half of the movie was solely about Mark Zuckerberg in court. It was interesting how Arimie Hammer had been casted to play two characters, the Winklevoss twins. When watching the film the effects like slightly altering their voices, made me completely obscure to the fact the same actor was portraying both characters. I imagine David Fincher (The Director) purpose behind this, was he desired to accurately depict the story, and what better way than to have one person play twins. Some other cast members that intrigued me was Erica Albright (Rooney Mara) and Marylin Delpy (Rashida Jones). During the opening since of the movie, Mark Zuckerberg indulges into a verbal fight with his girlfriend Erica Albright, the conversation ends with her saying, that he will never have a girlfriend because he is an assh*ol, not a nerd. The final scene of the movie ends with Marylin Delpy saying something to the effect that he’s trying too hard to be a jerk. If you consider how through the course of events Mark Zuckerberg personality reluctantly stayed the same, selfish and inconsiderate. Personally I thought Mark Zuckerberg forsaking his best friend, Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield) was completely wrong. Not only was Saverin held to role of chief financial officer, he also supported the Facebook project financially. I imagine he could have been beneficial to Mark Zuckerberg in the future. Now neglecting the Winklevoss twins I can kind of understand, he never developed a relationship with them, beyond co-workers. However, if I had been in his shoes, I imagine the best course of action would have been not to continue lying about the project, rather to end the commitment, and then continue the development of Facebook. In seems like Mark Zuckerberg would have had a better chance in court, at that time $65 million had to someone hurt Zuckerberg. Though you could justify that Zuckerberg intentionally prolonged their exceptions, for he understood timing is everything, if he had to compete with another social media website he might not have been as successful. Though it’s definitely something to consider, would you abandon your best friend, and the trust of others, for money?  

            It’s interesting how Facebook has revolutionized our world, now it’s possible to stay in touch with friends regardless of location. Mark Zuckerberg a somewhat socially inapt person, created the most successful form of social network, worth over 28 billion.

            I would recommend this movie, based on a numerical scale 1-10, 10 extremely good, 1 worst movie ever, I would give this movie a solid 8. The Social Network has an intense theme that is portrayed by talented actors, and is all made possible through well scripted filming techniques.