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I was stunned.
Best movie of the year.
Best movie of the year.
The Social Network
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Chaplin
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Stunned? Come on now. People have been saying it's the best movie of the year so far for a week.
The Social Network
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: David Fincher
Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, drug and alcohol use and language)
Website: 500MillionFriends.com
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Joe Mazzello, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Brenda Song
Plot Summary: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. From director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin comes "The Social Network," a film that proves you don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, and Ceán Chaffin and based on the book "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich.
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: David Fincher
Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, drug and alcohol use and language)
Website: 500MillionFriends.com
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Joe Mazzello, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Brenda Song
Plot Summary: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. From director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin comes "The Social Network," a film that proves you don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, and Ceán Chaffin and based on the book "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich.
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I'm surprised at the pick, CB.
Eisenberg plays the same character over and over so I was very dubious. I'll go see it now on your recommendation.
...and it's late in the year, too!
Eisenberg plays the same character over and over so I was very dubious. I'll go see it now on your recommendation.
...and it's late in the year, too!
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Stunned? Come on now. People have been saying it's the best movie of the year so far for a week.
yeah, but i read the script months ago and came away thinking it was just okay. This is Fincher's best movie by far since Fight Club.
and Pariah... you really think Eisenberg plays the same role? I actually think he's got A LOT of range. He was fanastic in this, as was everyone else.
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Great acting, good directing, great script.
Meh story.
Solid movie, but certainly not better than Fight Club and/or Se7en. IMO
I will say this is probably a better movie than Benjamin Button, but I got more invested in that movie. Part of it has to be the complete lack of interest in anything having to do with Facebook.
Meh story.
Solid movie, but certainly not better than Fight Club and/or Se7en. IMO
I will say this is probably a better movie than Benjamin Button, but I got more invested in that movie. Part of it has to be the complete lack of interest in anything having to do with Facebook.
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No interest.
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I agree. This was a great movie. Can't stop thinking about it and I saw it last week.
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yeah, saw it again last night... just as good the first time, if not better.
That first twenty minutes... it's like a symphony of perfection... acting, writing, score, direction, camera movements... just sucks you in.
HUGE props to Trent Reznor and Attica Ross for the score. Movie wouldn't have been the same without it.
That first twenty minutes... it's like a symphony of perfection... acting, writing, score, direction, camera movements... just sucks you in.
HUGE props to Trent Reznor and Attica Ross for the score. Movie wouldn't have been the same without it.
Ditto. No interest in seeing this EVER.
Chaplin
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Best scene in the movie is actually near the end--best acting of the movie by the 3 leads.
When Eduardo learns that he officially has been ousted from the company was not only a bravura performance by that actor, but also by Eisenberg and Timberlake as well. If you watch that scene closely, Eisenberg does a PHENOMENAL job of registering emotion on his face--that is to say, not showing much, but you can definitely see the subtle devastation he felt as Eduardo was yelling at him. And I LOVED the flinch at the end of the scene with Justin Timberlake--he plays this extremely confidant and arrogant character whose deep character is summed up when he jumps away in fear that Eduardo was going to hit him. Just great, great work in that scene. In fact, I'd say that's one of my favorite scenes in any movie all year.
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yup. that scene's killer. The scene where they realize they have groupies is great also.
really, for a movie with that's SO heavily dependent on great dialogue AND getting that dialogue down perfectly, none of it could be pulled off if I didn't believe in the inherent innocence of Eduardo and the push/pull of Zuckerberg being the most loathable underdog you still root for. Even in the scene at the beginning where Zuckerberg couldn't be more of an a-hole if he tried, you see a subtle shift at the end where I just felt like "this poor guy just doesn't know how to be human."
Shane, if you don't see this movie simply because it's "about Facebook" you're missing out. It's about friendship, corporate espionage and the divisions of classes in our society more than anything else.
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To put in perspective, I really didn't have any desire to see the movie other than it was directed by David Fincher. I had no interest whatsoever in Facebook or the origins of Facebook, or even the origins of a tech company of any time.
Granted, it's not my favorite movie in the world, but it certainly was better than I thought it would be and it was more interesting than I thought it would be.
Why not?
I don't out to see movies as much as I used to, which sucks, but dang was I glad we saw this one.
Brilliant stuff...the pacing and the tension and excitement was mind-blowing. A simple story in the creation of this company is somehow turned into a nail-biter like A Few Good Men or The Firm, or something like that.
The opening scene was absolutely amazing. And Chaplin and Cheesebeef...that one seen was amazing as well.
I loved the irony of Timberlake playing the Napster guy...so good.
Hope it does well at the Oscars...
It's not actually about Facebook because they took gratuitous turns with the facts. Sean Parker isn't much like the character Timberlake plays. Eduardo was not nearly so innocent. And much of Zuckerberg's motivation was based on wholesale assumption, probably heavily influenced by the point of view of the Winklevoss brothers who shaped the story in the book.
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Saw this tonight with the wife...we really liked it. I enjoy sharp, dialogue driven movies.
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Saw it last night. Love Fincher (Fight Club is my favorite movie) and love Reznors work with the score as well.
Movie fell apart at the end for me though. Just kind of ......stopped.
But I did approve of the strong acting, pace, overall dark tenor, and the character dialogue in the movie.
I just felt like they could have done more with it. Still it was an 8 out of 10 for me.
One of the 5 best movies of the year for me, but no where near Inception.
JMHO.
Movie fell apart at the end for me though. Just kind of ......stopped.
But I did approve of the strong acting, pace, overall dark tenor, and the character dialogue in the movie.
I just felt like they could have done more with it. Still it was an 8 out of 10 for me.
One of the 5 best movies of the year for me, but no where near Inception.
JMHO.
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I thought it was a really good movie.
Eisenberg has really made a splash in Hollywood lately. I really enjoyed him in Zombieland and now this.
Eisenberg has really made a splash in Hollywood lately. I really enjoyed him in Zombieland and now this.
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Watched this last night and enjoyed it. However, I don't see where the twins had an actual argument. I mean, their site was only to involve Harvard students and maybe alumni. Zuckerberg took the idea and expanded it. Would the Winklevoss' have agreed to expand to Yale or (God forbid) a lowly school like BU? No, they wouldn't. Also, Zuckerberg himself commented that their idea was no different from Friendster or MySpace but the Winklevoss' said that the point of their site was exclusivity. No intellectual property was stolen of any kind. Now, I'd like to know the real story about Eduardo but pushing him out like that was kind of scheisty. And the final irony is that while Zuckerberg didn't want to go with Eduardo's idea of advertising, Facebook today is wrought with advertising. I'm also interested in how much he got in the settlement. The movie said it was an undisclosed amount.
And, was it me or was Rashida Jones hot as hell.
Watched this last night and enjoyed it. However, I don't see where the twins had an actual argument. I mean, their site was only to involve Harvard students and maybe alumni. Zuckerberg took the idea and expanded it. Would the Winklevoss' have agreed to expand to Yale or (God forbid) a lowly school like BU? No, they wouldn't. Also, Zuckerberg himself commented that their idea was no different from Friendster or MySpace but the Winklevoss' said that the point of their site was exclusivity. No intellectual property was stolen of any kind. Now, I'd like to know the real story about Eduardo but pushing him out like that was kind of scheisty. And the final irony is that while Zuckerberg didn't want to go with Eduardo's idea of advertising, Facebook today is wrought with advertising. I'm also interested in how much he got in the settlement. The movie said it was an undisclosed amount.
And, was it me or was Rashida Jones hot as hell.
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I had no interest until last night's Golden Globes. Once I saw Aaron Sorkin I was reminded how much I love his writing, so this goes on my list.
Cheese (or anyone): Is it "typical" Sorkin? To me "typical" is West Wing before Sorkin went to rehab. He lost a step while he was recovering IMHO.
I watched all of West Wing. It was good TV, but that is about it. Not enough for me to say "Yippee, I must see any movie Sorking writes."
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Aaron Sorkin: Great writer, scumbag person.
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I watched all of West Wing. It was good TV, but that is about it. Not enough for me to say "Yippee, I must see any movie Sorking writes."
I loved West Wing. I was still pretty involved with politics when it was on and Sorkin nailed what goes on in the back rooms and offices. He also created some tremendously realistic characters. I knew a half dozen Josh Lymans. There were political people as advisors and it showed. His military references were always spot on. There were always a lot of "in" jokes and I love that kind of stuff.
Modern Family is the same way. Sometimes I think the writers know friends of mine.
