History YMMV / TheSocialNetwork

** Despite the movie getting a respectable 8 Oscar nominations, neither Creator/AndrewGarfield nor Music/JustinTimberlake were nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
** Poor Andrew Garfield failed to get a Best Supporting Actor nod at the Oscars despite massive amounts of buzz. The cruel coincidence is that he gets left behind like his character.
*** It's possible that the Academy's votes were split by the studio's decision to push forward a total of ''three'' campaigns for Best Supporting Actor for Garfield, Timberlake and Creator/ArmieHammer. Between Garfield's Eduardo being the most universally liked character, the "[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Wow he really can act]]." reaction brought forth by Timberlake's performance and the impressive ActingForTwo on Hammer's part, all of which were critically acclaimed, its no wondered that three great performances with such diverse qualities cancelled each other out.
** While most people thought ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' would win Best Picture... almost no one imagined that its director, Creator/TomHooper, would get the Oscar instead of Fincher, even though the director of the Best Picture usually wins the Oscar. This largely stems from Fincher winning nearly ''every'' major Best Director prize prior to the Oscars, including at the Golden Globes, Broadcast Film Critics Association, The Los Angeles, New York, and National Society Film Critics Associations, the National Board of Review, and even the BAFTAS. The latter case is the most notable, as they have a history of being partial to British performers/directors and had given ''The King's Speech'' prizes for both Best Film AND Best British Film (a first). Yet they STILL gave Fincher the Best Director prize over Tom Hooper. The only major prize that Hooper had won beforehand was the Director's Guild of America award, which, fittingly enough, is the most accurate Oscar precursor available (having aligned with the eventual Oscar winner in the category all but 7 times since 1948).
** At the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, 2 of the movie's lines--from the ''Oscar-winning screenplay''--were nominated for the Best Line From a Movie category, and they both lost to a joke from ''Film/GrownUps''.

* GeniusBonus: Creator/NataliePortman is obliquely referenced, as Divya, as part of the Winklevoss group, lists several of the types of people who were also attending Harvard at the time Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook, ending with a movie star. Mark's lawyer asks who the movie star was, but doesn't get an answer.

* SignatureScene: Eduardo confronting Mark and Sean in a Facebook office after [[spoiler:he finds out that the investor contract diluted his shares down to near-zero while Mark and Sean keep their existing ownership shares]].

** While most people thought ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' would win Best Picture... almost no one imagined that its director, Tom Hooper, would get the Oscar instead of Fincher, even though the director of the Best Picture usually wins the Oscar. This largely stems from Fincher winning nearly ''every'' major Best Director prize prior to the Oscars, including at the Golden Globes, Broadcast Film Critics Association, The Los Angeles, New York, and National Society Film Critics Associations, the National Board of Review, and even the BAFTAS. The latter case is the most notable, as they have a history of being partial to British performers/directors and had given ''The King's Speech'' prizes for both Best Film AND Best British Film (a first). Yet they STILL gave Fincher the Best Director prize over Tom Hooper. The only major prize that Hooper had won beforehand was the Director's Guild of America award, which, fittingly enough, is the most accurate Oscar precursor available (having aligned with the eventual Oscar winner in the category all but 7 times since 1948).

* HarsherInHindsight
** Even with as critical as the film is of Zuckerberg and Facebook, the massive scandals and controversies that rocked Facebook in the latter half of TheNewTens (most notably revolving around its influence on politics and sharing data with outside organizations and companies) make the movie's depiction of them downright quaint. Creator/AaronSorkin has even said he'd like to make a sequel covering this.
** Creator/RashidaJones plays a character who claims that she can turn an entire court against the head of a major company with just a few words. Seven years after this film came out, she, unfortunately, found herself having to do just that, as her remarks about how Creator/JohnLasseter, then one of the most powerful men in showbusiness, was mistreating female and minority employees got him fired from [[Creator/{{Pixar}} both of]] [[Creator/{{Disney}} the companies]] he was in charge of.
** [[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/movies/the-social-network-facebook.html This New York Times article]] analyzes how prescient the film seems in light of events in the decade since its release, including the COVID-19 pandemic (which, by limiting i

** Despite the movie getting a respectable 8 Oscar nominations, neither Andrew Garfield nor Justin Timberlake were nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

*** It's possible that the Academy's votes were split by the studio's decision to push forward a total of ''three'' campaigns for Best Supporting Actor for Garfield, Timberlake and Armie Hammer. Between Garfield's Eduardo being the most universally liked character, the "[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Wow he really can act]]." reaction brought forth by Timberlake's performance and the impressive ActingForTwo on Hammer's part, all of which were critically acclaimed, its no wondered that three great performances with such diverse qualities cancelled each other out.

** Even with as critical as the film is of Zuckerberg and Facebook, the massive scandals and controversies that rocked Facebook in the latter half of TheNewTens (most notably revolving around its influence on politics and sharing data with outside organizations and companies) make the movie's depiction of them downright quaint. Aaron Sorkin has even said he’d like to make a sequel covering this.
** Rashida Jones plays a character who claims that she can turn an entire court against the head of a major company with just a few words. Seven years after this film came out, she, unfortunately, found herself having to do just that, as her remarks about how John Lasseter, then one of the most powerful men in showbusiness, was mistreating female and minority employees got him fired from [[Creator/{{Pixar}} both of]] [[Creator/{{Disney}} the companies]] he was in charge of.

-->In 2010, “The Social Network,” with its egomaniacal antihero, seemed overdramatic, too pessimistic in the way it examined the birth of one of the biggest social media sites. Facebook was still in its infancy, far removed from what it would eventually become. [...] In 2020, as the world shut down, we’ve learned all the ways we can define distance, and social media — as one cynical film predicted — is one of them.

** In ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'', Jesse Eisenberg's character said that the best part of the zombie apocalypse was not having to worry about updating his Facebook status. Twice as hilarious is how, according to the commentary, Eisenberg had to have the directors and cast explain to him what a Facebook status was.

** Justin Timberlake portrays Sean Parker, who, prior to the founding of Facebook, had a hand in founding Napster. In 2011, Timberlake himself will oversee a re-launch of Facebook's former competitor [=MySpace=], which jumps from social media to [[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/revamped-myspace-planning-to-take-on-itunes-1005326022.story online music store]]. That move in itself would pit [=MySpace=] against current competitors iTunes, Spotify and, albeit a shell of its former self, Napster.

** When Jesse Eisenberg was cast as ComicBook/LexLuthor, it [[WhatTheHellCastingAgency raised some eyebrows]], but a lot of people who defended the decision said that he can pull it off because he played the same character in this movie...which is really stretching things. Yes, both Mark ([[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope in the movie]]) and Lex are arrogant billionaire geniuses, but Mark (in the movie) is a {{Jerkass}} at the very worst; Lex in most depictions is a [[AMillionIsAStatistic mass-murdering]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] with [[AGodAmI a God complex]] (also, Mark is a computer whizz and internet billionaire while Lex is an OmnidisciplinaryScientist and major industrialist). Evidently a lot of ''Social Network'' fans either think that Lex Luthor [[DracoInLeatherPants isn't that bad a guy]], or they think that Mark Zuckerberg (in the movie) [[RonTheDeathEater is an evil supervillain bent on world domination.]]

** Amy, the Stanford girl who sleeps with Sean Parker in his first scene, is played by Dakota Johnson (the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith); she would land the female lead in FOX's ''Ben & Kate'' in 2012, and the lead role of Anastasia Steele in ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.
** Armie Hammer would later land the title role in Disney's 2013 ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' adaptation, and increasingly more well-known titles afterwards.
** Andrew Garfield would go on to replace Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker for ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: On the other hand of the scale, the DigitalHeadSwap for the Winklevoss twins is so seamless, you'll have a hard time telling which is the real Armie Hammer.

--> '''Eduardo:''' Tell me this isn't about me getting into the Phoenix. ''(DramaticPause)'' You...you did it, I knew you did it! You planted that story about the chicken!

** Whenever there's executive-level drama going on with Facebook, people will often invoke the climatic scene where [[spoiler:Eduardo Saverin's ownership share was diluted down to ''point-zero-three percent''.]]

* AcceptableTargets: They do, as a matter of fact, have roads in Bosnia.
* AdaptationDisplacement: Ben Mezrich's ''The Accidental Billionaires''. Not really all that surprising.

** Mark -- "[[{{Jerkass}} asshole]]" or "trying so hard to be one"? And were the makers of the film trying to portray Zuckerberg as an outright {{Jerkass}}, or did they make him more of an admirable jerk?

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Despite all signs saying otherwise, there are still people who will refuse to believe that this is not, in fact, "The Facebook Movie," and have avoided it like the plague as a result.

** At the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, 2 of the movie's lines -- from the ''Oscar-winning screenplay'' -- were nominated for the Best Line From a Movie category, and they both lost to a joke from ''Film/GrownUps''.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Seriously, with so many {{Jerkass}} characters running around, it's actually very easy to just plain stop caring after a while.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Armie Hammer and Justin Timberlake were given considerable acclaim for their roles.

** In a film brimming with endlessly revered dialogue, a popular pick for the ''one'' line that seems like an iffy note came when Cameron finally got on board with Tyler and Divya's plans to pursue Mark. Of all the declarative statements in the world to show them that he's finally switched sides, he chooses "Let's gut the friggin' nerd," which sounds far more appropriate for a bully on a kids' show to say with genuine conviction than a Harvard student.

** A less literal version: Creator/RooneyMara as Erica Albright only appears in three scenes, one of them very brief, for a total of roughly five minutes of screen time, but is considered by some to be one of the best parts of the movie. And she impressed Creator/DavidFincher enough to land the role of Lisbeth Salander in ''[[Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo]]''.

** Armie Hammer would later land the title role in Disney's 2013 ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' adaptation.
** Andrew Garfield replaced Toby Maguire as Spider-Man for the Marc Webb ''Amazing Spider-Man'' reboot series.

* {{Applicability}}: What the film's social statement or point is ultimately up to the viewer, and just how sympathetic Zuckerberg is.

** During the scene in which Eduardo is explaining how Mark first approached him with the idea for Facebook, there's a close-up on his face as he utters the very strange line: "InAWorld where social structure was everything, that was ''the'' thing." In context, it sounds incredibly bizarre and out of place, almost as though someone accidentally included a page from the script for the trailer voiceover in the screenplay itself.

'''Eduardo:''' ''SORRY!!'' MY PRADA'S AT THE CLEANERS! ALONG WITH MY HOODIE AND MY [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK-YOU]] FLIP-FLOPS! YOU ''PRETENTIOUS DOUCHEBAG!''

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Facebook executive Sean Parker, who co-founded Napster with Shawn Fanning. ([[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Of course, provided you are[=/=]were on Napster's side vs. the copyright holders.]])

'''Eduardo:''' ''SORRY!!'' MY PRADA'S IN THE CLEANERS! ALONG WITH MY HOODIE AND MY [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK-YOU]] FLIP-FLOPS! YOU ''PRETENTIOUS DOUCHEBAG!''

* NarmCharm: Eduardo has this famous line when he's ripping into Mark after having his shares reduced [[spoiler:to a mere 0.03%]]. While it might seem out of place in the midst of a very dramatic scene about betrayal, it also encapulates just how ''done'' he is with the way Mark is running the company and [[SorkinRelationshipMoment leaving him for Sean]].

* NarmCharm: Eduardo has this famous line when he's ripping into Mark after having his shares reduced [[spoiler:to a mere 0.03%]]. While it might seem out of place in the midst of a very dramatic scene about betrayal, it also encapulates just how ''done'' he is with the way Mark is running the company and [[SorkinRelationshipMoment leaving him for Sean]]].

* NarmCharm: Eduardo has this famous line when he's ripping into Mark after having his shares reduced [[spoiler:to a mere 0.03%]]. While it might seem out of place in the midst of a very dramatic scene about betrayal, it also encapulates just how ''done'' he is with the way Mark is running the company..

* MemeticMutation: The scene where Mark gets passed a note, reads it, and looks out to see who passed it to him. [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zuckerberg-note-pass Behold!]] [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-social-network-poster-parodies The movie poster gets parodied a lot, too.]]

** "FUCK YOU FLIP FLOPS!", especially becoming more known due to ''Andrew Garfield''.

* AcceptableTargets: They do have roads in Bosnia.

* {{Narm}}: The incredibly intense, brilliantly acted confrontation between Eduardo and Mark is undone slightly by mentioning the [[InherentlyFunnyWord chicken]] when it could have easily just used "the ''Crimson'' article". They at least lampshade it and it doesn't throw it off course but it is still odd to see a powerhouse actor on the verge of tears, fully committing to dialogue about a chicken while sorrowful music plays. It doesn't help that Sean keeps interjecting to sincerely ask what the hell they're talking about.
** There's an earlier scene in which Eduardo is explaining how Mark first approached him with the idea for Facebook, and there's a close-up on his face as he utters the very strange line: "InAWorld where social structure was everything, that was ''the'' thing." In context, it sounds incredibly bizarre and out of place, almost as though someone accidentally included a page from the script for the trailer voiceover in the screenplay itself.
* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:Christy burning Eduardo's scarf. It's PlayedForLaughs but is surprisingly dark. The implication is that, had he not had a fire extinguisher nearby and put the fire out right away, the whole apartment would've burned down.]]

** At the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, 2 of the movie's lines - from the ''Oscar-winning screenplay'' - were nominated for the Best Line From a Movie category, and they both lost to a joke from ''Film/GrownUps''.

** Mark -- "[[{{Jerkass}} asshole]]" or "trying so hard to be one"? And were the makers of the film trying to portray Zuckerberg as an outright {{Jerkass}}, or did they make him more of a admirable jerk?

** Zuckerburg later became known in the late 2010s for being an '''extremely''' [[CringeComedy awkward and un-charismatic individual]], with comparisons to an alien or a talking reptile masquerading as a human being particularly popular [[MemeticMutation meme fodder]]. This can make his portrayal in the film as a curt and direct, but incredibly fast-thinking and decisive individual as bizarre in hindsight.