David Fincher's latest release, The Social Network is one of the best docudramas I have seen in a long while. Essentially the history of Facebook and the controversies surrounding its meteoric rise, Fincher tells the story from a very personal perspective, that of co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. The movie moves along two timelines, The "present," which occurs in lawyers' offices during Zuckerberg's legal woes, and the "past," the history of Facebook. Unfortunately, there are almost no redeeming qualities to 99% of the main players. Zuckerberg appears to want nothing more than public acceptance (almost every socially awkward nerd's holy grail), but falls in with the music industry's worst enemy, Napster founder, Sean Parker. Really bad things happen at this point, and all humanity gets sucked out of EVERYONE. My wife, one of 14 people still not on Facebook, has proclaimed that she now has yet another reason not to sign up. I now surrender to her will. The film is excellent and Fincher moves the story along very well.
The cast is fantastic. Jesse Eisenberg does a great job as Zuckerberg (he nails him, judging from the news footage I have seen), and Justin Timberlake continues to improve his acting chops as resident douchebag, Sean Parker.
I liked this movie a whole lot, and will eventually add this to the library. The only thing I remain curious about is why the Winklevoss twins are such poor losers. Granted, the info I have is from the movie, BUT, seriously you rich, over-privileged, Ivy League twits, Mark Zuckerberg was inspired by your idea (which you "stole" from MySpace), get over yourselves. Great movie. 9/10
Tomorrow's movie: The Human Torch in Push. Not high on my list, but I have not seen it, so there. See you then, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!
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