Monday, October 25, 2010

Cooper The Social Network


The film The Social Network, directed by David Fincher and with a screen play by Aaron Sorkin, tells the story of the beginnings Facebook, the world's number one multi-billion dollar social-networking website. At first the plot line to this movie doesn't seem too enthralling, but in reality this film captivates the viewer through its intense scenes of drama off set with a little bit of comedy, and its unique way of story telling. It predominantly tells the story through the use of flashbacks between flipping from one lawsuit back to the other. All the flashbacks have low lighting providing the film with a much more dark presentation, and these flashbacks emphasize key-points in the creation of Facebook and someone can create the world's most popular social network, but at the same time not have friends.
One of the strengths of the movie was its young cast. Jesse Eisenberg does a phenomenal job playing Mark Zuckerberg. He made you hate how Mark Zuckerberg was an asshole who deserved to lose his friends, but at the same time made us appreciate him. His best friend and co-founder of Facebook, who is suing Zuckerberg throughout the movie, is played by Andrew Garfield who also does a stellar job. My personal favorite role in the movie was Justin Timberlake who plays the scumbag – Sean Parker. Sean Parker is the creator of the Napster, which was a music file-sharing(stealing) program. It has been awhile since I've hated a character so much in a movie, and thats a huge compliment to the ex-NSYNC member Justin Timberlake.
In conlusion, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and would definitly see it again. The acting was well done, the script was well written, the plot was intense, and the movie kept it going throughout the entire time.

2 comments:

  1. Too late, mid term grade already turned in.
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  2. Sorry about the banner. I fixed it.

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