Hollywood loves a great social phenomenon. And you can't get one better than Facebook and the story of its creation.
I have to say upfront that I have little bias with this film. I am a huge fan of both the writer and director of the film. David Fincher is one of my all time favourite directors. Aaron Sorkin is one of my script writing heroes and 'The West Wing' is one of my favourite TV shows. You can tell right from the opening scene that this is an Aaron Sorkin film. The wonderful quickly spoken dialogue that brilliantly sets up what type of guy Mark is. Despite being the an unlikable type of guy you are able to become interested in his life and what he does. There are really two stories behind Facebook and this is one of them. The other one would be more documentary style and looks at how it became so popular. While the film looks at the creation of Facebook it is more of a profile of Mark Zuckerberg. The project he is working on could have been anything. As I said he does not come across as a very nice person but the story is fascinating enough that you want to know what happens. What you don't realise is that Mark's whole story is one big revenge story. Most Hollywood revenge stories involve a guy going out and shooting a whole heap of people but this one is the nerds version. Instead of shooting people he builds a hugely successful web site. The film does not have much by the way of action and is just a series of scenes of people taking but with the brilliant dialogue by Aaron Sorkin you don't mind. David Fincher does not use many technical flares to tell the story except for one character. There is one brilliant scene I loved of a rowing race that was a brilliant use of editing and music.
I have to say upfront that I have little bias with this film. I am a huge fan of both the writer and director of the film. David Fincher is one of my all time favourite directors. Aaron Sorkin is one of my script writing heroes and 'The West Wing' is one of my favourite TV shows. You can tell right from the opening scene that this is an Aaron Sorkin film. The wonderful quickly spoken dialogue that brilliantly sets up what type of guy Mark is. Despite being the an unlikable type of guy you are able to become interested in his life and what he does. There are really two stories behind Facebook and this is one of them. The other one would be more documentary style and looks at how it became so popular. While the film looks at the creation of Facebook it is more of a profile of Mark Zuckerberg. The project he is working on could have been anything. As I said he does not come across as a very nice person but the story is fascinating enough that you want to know what happens. What you don't realise is that Mark's whole story is one big revenge story. Most Hollywood revenge stories involve a guy going out and shooting a whole heap of people but this one is the nerds version. Instead of shooting people he builds a hugely successful web site. The film does not have much by the way of action and is just a series of scenes of people taking but with the brilliant dialogue by Aaron Sorkin you don't mind. David Fincher does not use many technical flares to tell the story except for one character. There is one brilliant scene I loved of a rowing race that was a brilliant use of editing and music.
I've been a fan of Jesse Eisenberg since one of his first films 'Roger Dodger'. He is brilliant at playing nervous and charming nerds. He does that here as well but much better and in no way charming. This is sure to be a breakout role for him and possibly be in awards contention. The new Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield is excellent too. I've been rather impressed by the choices that singer Justin Timberlake has made as an actor and this is one of them. He really impresses here. The biggest surprise for me though was Armie Hammer. I did not know until I saw the credits later that he played both of the Winklevoss twins in the film. That's a testament to his performance and the special effect department.
The moral of the story is for girls that if you break up with a guy or turn him down you may end up causing him to become one of the richest men on the planet. Another brilliant film from the one of the best directors working today. Also affirms my love for Aaron Sorkin.
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