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Review: The Social Network

The Social Network
The Social Network is not a movie that sounds good on paper. The origin story of Facebook, the most ubiquitous website on the web? David Fincher ditching his serial killer chic to focus on an internet start-up? Starring Justin Timberlake? Dammit, where's the 'dislike' button on this thing...

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11 comments.
Nick
Posted by Nick at 16:48 on 04/09/11
I wasn't looking forward to watching this but surprisingly good. The end scene just sums everything up perfectly.
Goatboy
Posted by Goatboy at 15:22 on 04/03/11
Honestly can't remember if I've seen this or not.
I definitely remember the start and up to...uh...some talking in a boardroom from Zombieland but the rest is missing from my brain.

Odd.
Matt
Posted by Matt at 12:54 on 04/03/11
I hate you all.
Pandaemonium
Posted by Pandaemonium at 12:50 on 04/03/11
Kids get older shocker more like.
Luke
Posted by Luke at 10:19 on 03/03/11
Actor in acting shocker.
He was in The Pacific too.
Matt
Posted by Matt at 09:35 on 03/03/11
So it turns out that the guy up there in the banner pic with Jesse Eisenberg is the now grown-up kid from Jurassic Park. Crazy, eh?
Luke
Posted by Luke at 11:00 on 29/12/10
I loved it - was confident Fincher would get the focus right, but there was a nagging doubt punches would be pulled. No chance: the characters were more like caricatures, and without going to those extremes of their personalities it would have made a boring film.

Saved By The Bell via Se7en.
Pandaemonium
Posted by Pandaemonium at 10:52 on 29/12/10
Brilliant movie. All the elements you need for a quality piece of entertainment. Socially awkward genius, evil twins, lawsuits, a sleazy third party into coke and underage girls, lies, betrayal and conflict.

I can't see what difference creating a facebook account would have on your enjoyment of this movie neophyte. It's a company name and nothing more. I think all you get to see of the site is a few wireframe mockups and the very occasional page. Oh, and the beautiful ending scene.

neophyte
Posted by neophyte at 11:52 on 28/11/10
Just saw it. Not a bad film, but...

Expected something more, don't know. Maybe I need to create a facebook account first before I can get more attached to a film about FB.
neophyte
Posted by neophyte at 10:40 on 20/10/10
From the very beginnig I hated the very idea of this film.

Now I'm forced to watch it, since all people claiming it's masterpiece, dammit. But who knows, sometimes I could be wrong. Or at least once, at last.
TBone
Posted by TBone at 06:12 on 17/10/10
I was fascinated by this movie, didn't want it to end. Zuckerberg -- as he's portrayed in the movie -- is one of the more interesting characters in recent memory to me. Brought up a lot of questions and discussions amongst my friends. I was initially worried that it would suck just because it's "the Facebook movie", but like Ali said, it's doesn't really matter what website this was about; this was more a character study than an origin story.
Probably my #3 favorite movie of the year behind Inception and Toy Story 3.

And that's my 2 cents (pounds?...).
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