The Social Network - David Fincher's next!

If Fincher is gonna be remembered with this mediocre & badly written movie it will be a shame as he deserves better.
I agree, it is a brilliant and interesting film about an anti-social nerd who, rather ironically, finds success creating the most popular social networking website in the world, destroying his relationship with his only true friend in the process. It simultaneously tells a dramatic human story and comments on the way social networking websites have changed the way people interact with each other.
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Billy, i think you are talking about what this movie should have been about, rather than what it is. ;)
 
VGurcu said:
Billy, i think you are talking about what this movie should have been about, rather than what it is. ;)
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No, I meant exactly what I said. But I guess that's the funny thing about taste. Some people think Transformers 2 is the greatest movie they've ever seen. Others probably think 1941 is Spielberg's best film. No one is wrong. I personally would put The Social Network in my top 3 Fincher, along with Fight Club and Zodiac (which a lot of people also seem to hate, for some reason). But that's just me, I guess.
 
I hate facebook. So, given that, is this movie worth watching? Should I rent this peice of s**t?
 
Facebook itself is more of a Macguffin in the movie. Its existence drives the story, but has little part in it. It's not Facebook: The Movie, but rather a talky character drama. So...maybe? I don't know your taste.
 
Gord.T said:
I hate facebook. So, given that, is this movie worth watching? Should I rent this peice of s**t?
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I hate facebook too. So much that I let someone else handle the MARIANNE affairs on that site because I don't want to register an account.

I like Fincher, but the more I think about the film the less it did for me. But that doesn't have as much to do with facebook as it does the writing.


here be spoilers:

I thought the main character was completely unsympathetic and his friend (played by Andrew Garfield) should have been the protagnist (and maybe would have if it wasn't, you know, "the Facebook movie").
Because Zuckerberg was established as a complete douche without redeeming qualities even before the film has faded in from black, I could never care about what happened to the guy. The one thing that was supposed to make us feel for him was the fact that he actually seemed to like this chick, but the fact that he was such an asshole to her and deserved losing her, kind of made that not work. He didn't seem to ever miss her, or realize what the problem was.
Hell, I still don't understand his problem. Is he autistic or something?

Anyway, didn't like him, didn't care about him or what happened to him, so couldn't connect to the story.
 
Maybe it's because I know a number of people with autism spectrum disorders, but I didn't find the Zuckerberg of the film to be a douche, or an assh-le, or even completely unsympathetic. Yeah, I think you hit it, re: him being autistic or something. I don't know whether the Zuckerberg of Saturday Night Live has Asperger's or anything related, but the Zuckerberg of 'Social Network' is most persuasive to me as a character, if he does.
 
ditto....


add the terrible soundtrack.... (how on earth did it get the oscar???)

the movie got what it deserved.. nothing
 
Oh, it was an enjoyable film. I don't think it lived up to the gushing praise, but it was worthwhile.

As for the Oscars, if nothing else, we got to see how suburban Trent Reznor is these days.
 
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