The Social Network
The Social NetworkThe Social Network
You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.
Overview
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 as a small site among friends 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.
My opinion : This is quite possibly one of my personal favorite David Fincher films. Not only does it succeed on creating one of the most hauntingly intense heavily dialogued scenes, but it proved the world that David Fincher could make more then just crime/dark films filled with dread, and he even managed to direct one of this generations most important films that laid a foundation on the new digital technological age. How influential and great of a story that was aside, this film rocks the hell out of the dialogue, which is written by the almost godlike Aaron Sorkin, and for me is greater and more impressive dialogue then one you could find in Pulp Fiction or in honestly any film, seriously, the dialogue in the film is phenomenal because not only does it hold on to the films evocative tone, and it holds, and it grips the viewer, and it never lets you go, bringing you to the edge of your seat for the entire runtime, captivating you furthermore then most action films nowadays. And thats the best thing about David Fincher, he can make the most boring aspects of a film (long dialogue, etc…) and turn it into something more, and I honestly consider the script for the film, perfect. But it doesn’t stop there, the script is powered by the performances which are so visceral yet they ironically speak in high intellect, Jesse Eisenberg having the performance of his career as Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Garfield being robbed a nominee for best supporting actor, even Justin Timberlake managed to pull off a great performance. Finally the cinematography is splendid but the film wouldn’t be as good as I say it is without the masterfully well crafted soundtrack from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, giving their all in this expressive, stirringly eerie composition that’ll ring deeply in your mind long after the credits, with some upbeat modernized crafts and the obvious bone chilling violin screams. All three acts of the film are interesting but proceed to become sadder and darker in tone. The rewatch-ability is fairly good as well because it constantly remains interesting upon a second or third viewing and more… 9.45/10
