chreen
Since: Nov, 2010
12/10/2010 00:00:00
Good review, although it's a 5/5 for me, at least until I thought thinking about it. i
It's metafiction about metafiction about metafiction. More serious message: Don't you wish you watch everything that happens in the wo
chreen
Since: Nov, 2010
12/10/2010 00:00:00
Sorry, there, accidenatly pressed the submit button. I hope to see the film again to write a essay on it, and what it actually means.
It's metafiction about metafiction about metafiction. More serious message: Don't you wish you watch everything that happens in the woLeave a Comment:
Much Better Than It Sounds
The other day, my friends were telling me about this movie called "The Social Network", a movie about Facebook. When I first heard about it, I was thinking "now this can't possibly be any good! Hollywood must have run outta ideas!" But then I was reading about it in a movie guide, and I saw how it was directed by David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en) and how the soundtrack was composed by Trent Reznor and then I thought "hmm... this movie could be worth the time after all". So I decided to watch that movie.
This movie was far, far better than it sounded. The actors are mostly fairly obscure; Jesse Eisenberg ("Mark Zuckerberg"), Andrew Garfield ("Eduardo Saverin") and Brenda Song ("Christy Lee") won't ring any bells with many movie-goers, but all the actors have exceded my expectations for a bunch of obscure actors. But Justin Timberlake does a damn good job of the role of Sean Parker, the charismatic Entrepreneur who acts as Facebook's advisor.
The movie is... difficult to classify in genre. It's about the true story of the founders of Facebook, but the plot is based on the book The Accidental Billionaires (a speculative story about Facebook). Just like the book, much of the movie was speculation, in that it's loosely based on real life, and that there's not a concrete faithfulness to history. So it's not really a Documentary or a Docudrama; just a Drama that was inspired by Real Life.
The movie isn't a bore, though. There's plenty of entertainment and laughs to keep the audience on the edge of their seats, such as when Mark made the website "Facemash", to compare illegally-downloaded pics of girls to see who's the sexiest. Or the "Oh Crap" look Eduardo gets when his girlfriend burns his scarf. And the end is made out of Tear Jerker material (complete with Eduardo's rampage through the Facebook office when he finds out he's losing his stocks and position in Facebook). So ''don't'’ think that this movie's gonna be a bore either.
4/5. Get off your ass and buy a ticket to "The Social Network". You won't be disappointed.