(2012-04-27 23:05:06)

More then just the creation of a website.

This review is from: The Social Network (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) When I first heard about this movie I did not really care because so what he made a website. In a way though, this movie has nothing to do with Facebook. The main character does a great job and Justin Timberlake adds to the performance of the supporting actors. The soundtrack to the presentation is truly stellar. This is a great movie for the younger generation, it teaches you to go after your dreams and do not give up. Also how to react towards people around you and how keeping the wrong people in your life can backfire and how a person could be so smart but so dumb when it comes to other things. The thing I like most that seems to relate to the real creator of Facebook in real life is that he thinks of something and he stays to it no matter what, its not about the money not about getting girls or becoming famous, he lets people around him worry about that to him its about creating this website and getting people to join and enjoy it. It is crazy to see someone that young make so much money but it is inspiring that someone his age can have a dream and have it translate to that much success and regardless if you use Facebook or not you have to admit that very few things have impacted so many people all across the world whether it be good or bad. It is a type of movie where you watch it and you want to watch it again. If you have any business in you it teaches you how any move can make or break you and once you do reach your goals a lot of people will be there to take them away from you. Overall great movie and a must see, so definitely give it a shot if you haven't already.

Arden Jurskis

(2012-04-27 08:12:09)

Best Picture? No. Brilliant? Yes.

It was about 2 weeks after the first time I had ever watched FightClub, and as an aspiring filmmaker- I was going through a "ZOMG DavidFINCHER IZ THE BEST FILMMAKER EVAH" phase. I figured since the Oscarswere the following week, i'd rent myself a copy and see what all thishype was about.Firstly, I'm going to put it on the record that I do think The King'sSpeech deserved to win Best Picture. Colin Firth was incredible, everymoment of the script was enjoyable, and even as a person who is asjaded as myself actually cried during the film. However, I will saythat comparing the two is like comparing "Donnie Darko" to "Toy Story3". Alright, with that little chunk of opinion out of the way let me get tothe actual film which is in a word "brilliant". They made what could beRazzie Fodder into literally one of the best films made in the decade(Not in the top 15, but somewhere in the upper 50's). The script isbrilliant, and creates vivid characters, all of which are perfectlycast (Although being of the age where I actually watched some of BrendaSong's Disney material- it was kind of disturbing on some levels).All in all it's a great film, with a brilliant script and sublimeacting-but I stand by the academy entirely in their Best PictureDecision.

ceidt

(2012-04-25 20:13:44)

The Curious Idea of Mark Zuckerberg

This film makes you think, but more than thinking about anything inparticular, it makes you remember. Much like remembering yourintroduction to the website itself, you'll never forget watching thismovie. I remember first hearing of the movie. I'm on another website,TheInternetMovieDatabase...drop the "the," and I was where you are now.I was worried about the future of liberty in art, seeing that DavidFincher was making another PG-13 movie.I was ignorant. When I see Tarantino get caught by commercialism, I'llbe back to talk, but not before I see why. Neither here nor there, somemovies deserve bigger audiences.Much like "Pulp Fiction," the nonparallel storytelling is propelled bypages upon pages of dialog, and we eat it up. You're dropped onto theHarvard campus in "The Thirsty Scholar," if that's the name of theplace where we're placed, further more, into the brutal final momentsof Zuckerberg's best human relationship in the movie. As brutal as itgets, you're paying attention, as if you're sitting with the coupleamongst the noisy thirsty scholars.When the noise fades out, an angry tone fades in, but under an almostchildlike melody of only three notes. This is our main title, and ourmain theme. We'll hear it again, and then again, but it means somethingdifferent each time. If you listened during that opening scene, thenyou're ready to pay attention. They introduce not only the idea of whoMark Zuckerberg is (at least the character)...but introduce the reasonbehind the idea Mark Zuckerberg gets...The best scene is the second time we hear the sweet melody. "Mr.Zuckerberg, do I have your full attention?" The questioner becomes ablur and the questionee is in focus. "It's raining." This ismovie-making. At its finest. This is dialog. At its finest.Also brought to our attention is Aaron Sorkin, the man behind The WestWing, and "A Few Good Men," one of the most powerful plays you'll eversee. The power is fully on here. If only life could be so perfect as tohave our daily conversations be dialog written by Sorkin.For those of you not paying attention, you'll become aware of DavidFicher. The man behind your two all-time favorite films, "Fight Club,"and "Seven." The two-disk special edition is worth more than what youpay for, especially if you bought the Blu-ray version on Amazon when itfirst came out. The second disk allows your eyes to be open behind thescenes in a very entertaining documentary, but even so, you'll be ableto enjoy the movie again and again. I'd say its one you can easilywatch over and over, like Siskel and Ebert said about "Pulp Fiction,"since the film isn't told in chronological order, just a logical order.It's as if you're watching the film for the first time, every time."The Social Network" is the best film of 2010, and has been said to bethe best film of the past decade. Its rare that we watch somethingperfect, but this movie is fireworks.It's refreshing that we don't need bombs, explosions, violence, or goreto be entertained. Take a look at the previous year's best picturewinner (The Hurt Locker). It had all the things I just mentioned, butthey are honorable mentions when it comes to that one."The Social Network" is not necessarily about Facebook, but it willlast longer than the website does. You won't forget it.

(2012-04-25 13:32:17)

Great movie, DVD packaging sucks

This review is from: The Social Network (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) (DVD) I loved The Social Network, saw it 9 times in the theaters. Just got my 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD, and the packaging is terrible. The outer photo slicks come right off, and they're not keep-able. So you're left with an awkward, black slipcase that takes time to open. I would greatly prefer the traditional plastic case, which preserves the case artwork and titles and credits. Whoever designed this DVD package is just dumb.

(2012-04-24 08:08:35)

I'll never watch Oscars again if this movie will get the best movie award!

I don't understand all the hype that surrounds this movie.....Social Network is definitely a three stars movie. Watch it one time and forget about it.

(2012-04-24 03:59:38)

Great movie - highly recommended!!

Social Network is a fantastic movie. While everyone knows that facebook was founded by students at Harvard University (originally for the sole use of Harvard students), this movie gives numerous insights into the complexities of facebook's origins at various stages in the developmental process, along with examining the various levels of student involvement in what has become an internet phenomena around the world. Mark comes off as being inately brilliant, yet, irritatingly socially inept. Facebook initially appears to be Mark's means to creating social status for himself, rather than a vehicle/business for the billions of dollars it ultimately resulted in. What surprised me most in the movie was the portrayal of Harvard's former President, Larry Summers. Is he really such an arrogant d***? If so, he represents the pompous elitism of one this country's finest educational institutions at it's very worst. Needless to say. You won't regret watching this well-made and thought-provoking movie. I highly recommend it.

(2012-04-15 09:25:03)

Social network

This review is from: The Social Network (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) (DVD) I did not think that I would enjoy this because it did not look very exciting, but I really enjoyed it. The characters and dialogue were fascinating. I may watch it again.

TheUnknown837-1

(2012-04-14 23:53:29)

David Fincher has proved that even a movie about the dawn of a social networking website can be interesting

Despite being a user of Facebook.com, I must admit I had someapprehensions about going to see "The Social Network." Even thoughFacebook is an internet phenomenon and even though there is plenty ofhistory and conflict that went into the making of themultibillion-dollar website, I wasn't exactly ecstatic about seeing amovie about it. A cyberspace network can be addicting in the sense thatyou can talk to your friends in silence and such and according to anarticle in Forbes last year, Facebook is estimated to be worth nearlyeight million dollars, but just how interesting would we expect a movieabout it to be? Well, director David Fincher has taken the story behindthis incredibly popular website, the stories of the people who createdit, and weaved a movie that runs about twenty minutes too long, but isstill quite engaging.As the movie starts out, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), a nerdy,pompous computer brainiac has been dumped by his girlfriend and in afit of stomach-stomped rage, decides to humiliate her in cyberspace viaa blog and a new website in which female Harvard students are ranked interms of how physically attractive they are. His trouble-raising prankcatches the attention of three other students, who want hiscollaboration in producing a new social networking website, which wouldlater evolve into a multibillion-dollar phenomenon, and the source forvicious, friendship-splitting conflicts."The Social Network" is really held up strong by its creative forces.Mostly because of the skills of director David Fincher, who I ampredicting will finally win an Academy Award next February and willmost definitely be one of the five nominees. Every single shot of thismotion picture shows his craftsmanship and technical prowess. He alsoshows that he knows how to pace what might otherwise be dull sequences,by having them whip along quickly but still registering an effect. Healso has very good actors in his cast. Jesse Eisenberg plays hischaracter in an autistic, withheld manner; a young man torn apartinside but only revealing it under the most dire of circumstances.Armie Hammer was digitally integrated into many shots so that he couldplay the twin Winklevoss brothers and he magnificently generates twoseparate characters. Also credit the digital effects artists and themakeup department for making him look like two different people; I wasthinking really hard if I had ever heard of Hammer's twin brother untilI saw the ending credits. Joseph Mazzello also makes his biggest filmsince "Jurassic Park" as the brothers' jealousy-stricken comrade.Andrew Garfield is charismatic and generates sympathy with hisperformance and Justin Timberlake steals every scene he's in as SeanParker, another networking maestro. There's also a small part by RooneyMara as Zuckerberg's ex-girlfriend and she does a wonderful job aswell.It is the combination of these talents that overcome some of themovie's shortcomings. Looking back on "The Social Network" I do stillfeel that it would have done better as a television miniseries, forthat is the sort of feeling it generates. There just is not the firm,glue-applied narrative structure that typically builds the foundationfor a movie. As such, about twenty minutes of the picture sort ofdrags. I must also confess that I only really cared for the charactersbecause the strong performances and the spins the actors threw on them.Save for Timberlake, none of them had any really likable orthree-dimensional characters to work on. In addition, the screenplay isa little jumbled, at times making it hard to determine at what point intime we are now setting ourselves. It flashes back and forth tooquickly and a straight storyline would have been better.It's not, in my opinion, one of the best movies of the year, but "TheSocial Network" is still a movie very much worth seeing. Part of thereason is that I am still amazed that anybody, even somebody like DavidFincher ("Se7en") could make a subject as seemingly droll as thisbecome lively and animated. I have no doubt that this movie will be beon the ballot lists for the Academy Awards next year and that its manyoverlooked talents will finally get the recognition they deserve.

stensson

(2012-04-11 02:24:36)

The Facebook story

This guy is one of the much loved American film nerds. But he isn'tmuch lovable. Quite arrogant, too clever and an absolute lousy dater.He's much more successful in front of the computer.So he creates Facebook and heads big business. Not with a little helpfrom his friends, on the contrary, but with big help from this Napsterguy.There's one problem here. They talk far too much and sometimes youalmost have the feeling that you're listening to radio theatre. If itwasn't for this screen. Good handicraft about a very present story, butnot really filmish.

(2012-04-10 15:42:59)

You have to see this movie

This review is from: The Social Network (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) (DVD) I like being on facebook, twitter, and youtube enough times to say this Is the movie you should see If you are on the social network In real life I mean seeing what mark zuckerberg went through I can relate alright you don't know who to trust In the world just tell them on the Internet expose the real people and the nature If you love them hate them trust them just say It because we have people like that In our lives.In mark zuckerberg and facebook we trust

Ken Hageman

(2012-04-04 15:10:49)

What's entertaining about watching people you don't like

This moving bored me to death. I think the main character was sounlikable that paying to watch him be an #*$hole for 90 minutes was abig waste of money. The characters were "cartoons" rather than "realpeople". When I see a movie, I like the main character to have at leasta thread of redeeming value. This one had none. In fact, I have moredisdain for Facebook now than ever. A person like that doesn't care howhe uses the 500 million people of Facebook. I feel violated that I leta person like the main character have access to any of my personalinformation on Facebook. The acting was OK, but nothing great. Some ofit was just plain poor. Maybe I am just too old to understand what isgood and what is bad to the "X" generation and younger. I think GOD forthat. Don't bother with this movie.

(2012-04-04 06:05:41)

moral vacuity

So: This movie is about a morally vacant (oh excuse me, inept) guy who teams up with his only slightly morally intact partner and then screws over the partner in a morally vacuous way while also teaming up with three more morally bankrupt guys who he also manages to screw over, all in the context of a morally shallow milieu with one-dimensional sexual and amoral girls/women in secondary roles. Wow, all as an explanation of a phenomenally vacuous medium! I really got my money's worth. (Two stars for the acting.) Find me on Facebook.

Mr Impossible

(2012-04-03 12:20:34)

Amazingly directed, Greatly Scripted, and Impeccably acted. What more can you ask for in a movie?

I am a big of David Fincher's work, when I realized he was going tomake a film about the creation of Facebook, I was really excited. Icame in the movie with huge expectations, and hopeful that it wouldturn out great. I have to say, I was impressed, my expectations werenot only met, but they were blown away. The Social Network easilyrivals Fincher's previous works like "Fight Club" or "Se7en".Aesthetically the film is very beautiful, its very "Fincher". It has avery perversely attractive appeal, a glimmering awfulness, as it waslit from within. David Fincher deserves an Oscar for Best Director, heis extremely underrated by the Academy. Hopefully this film willfinally bring Fincher in a new light.The actors did an amazing job, they should all be recognized for theirwork in this movie. Jesse Eisenberg did an amazing job playing MarkZuckerberg. Hopefully he will not be known as the next Michael Ceraanymore. With this film, he established himself as a serious actor andhe will have a bright future ahead of him. Andrew Garfield also did anamazing job as the co-founder of Facebook and the best friend ofZuckerberg. He deserves an Oscar nom and I hope we'll be seeing more ofhim in the future. The rest of the cast did a fine job and also hopingseeing them in the future.I recommend this movie to everyone, it deals with betrayal and greed.The movie definitely deserves an Academy award for Best Picture. It isextremely revalent for our times and many years to come. I considerthis movie is a fine piece of modern filmmaking and probably will beconsidered as a classic in the future. So if you're not doing anythingtonight, you should spent an evening in theaters to watch The SocialNetwork.

(2012-04-03 02:06:01)

GREAT MOVIE

This review is from: The Social Network (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) What's not to like... who doesn't have a facebook? You definitely want to watch THE MOVIE to see how Mark Zuckerberg, a harvard computer science student, turn one of his random ideas into a multi BILLION dollar company. You'll laugh and you will definitely be entertained, and hell if your like me, you'll finish the movie feeling motivated into becoming a billionaire. Buying a blu ray copy was a MUST for me.

saur-78

(2012-03-25 05:41:57)

The genius unleashed and the dark evolution of the largest social network

Could not catch this on the theater but got a DVD from a friend of mineand watched it yesterday. The best part is that it talks about asubject that is very fresh and contemporary. Its not difficult torelate to. And this movie throws light into the dark evolution of thesocial network.Was it the case of plain and superlative genius or was it the technicalexcellence coupled with the ability to stand over the shoulders of thegiants. Whatever it is - this is an unexplored side of a large socialmesh that has connected us all. To see it evolve from an idea, thepeople who carried it and how it has threaded the entire world and tiedthem together under one roof is a thrilling journey.Don't miss your ticket to this one.

david_swinton2001

(2012-03-24 11:00:44)

Great movie

I saw this film at a free screening in Denver last night. From theopening sequence, you know you're in Aaron Sorkin territory. Hisrapid-fire dialogue and the "that was then, this is now" editing is alittle disorienting at first, but you get used to it. When MarkZuckerberg breaks up with his girlfriend, you have a pretty good ideaof everything going on in his mind. And yet, the film portrays him in asympathetic light. Everyone was laughing at the hilarious put downs andone-liners. The best one, at least in my opinion, is a reference to theoriginal "Karate Kid." All the actors are OK, but this is JesseEisenberg's movie. He convinces you of all the insecurities and doubtspercolating in his character. While his reasoning is usually explainedwith a gesture or a snide remark, his confrontation with the Winklevosstwins' lawyer lays out his true motives for being the way he is.Rashida Jones' character although minor is pivotal since she explainsto Zuckerberg where he went wrong. There are some brief digressionslike Saverin's girlfriend problems which contribute to the 116-minuterunning time(sans credits.) It's a little too long, and David Fincherseems confident enough in the material not to indulge in any of hisusual tricks. I'd say the film is a mix of "Juno" with "Greenberg"without the self-conscious dialogue of the first, or the nastiness ofthe second.

Avis Narayan

(2012-03-16 13:33:32)

MARK ZUCKERBERG would HANG himself watching this crap!!!

Fist of all... this movie is highly overrated.8??? it's worth only 4 or 5. not more than that.I'M A FACEBOOK ADDICT and that's the only reason i saw this movie.PLEASE!!! Google the picture of Zuckerberg and then see this actorJesse Eisenberg face? Does it match at least 20 percent???What type of idiotic casting is this?? Zuckerberg in real life ishighly charming person and they select some dumb ass looking stupid whocant even act well for this movie.Many mistakes with the appearance of sites were there. The screenplaywas quite boring and was deviated at times.Armie Hammer and his body double Josh Pence were the ONLY GOOD part ofthe movie. They gave us the twin effect.In a documentary drama they should have avoided things like SEX, DRUGSetc which were just added to commercialize the movie than to bring outthe exact story!!!OVERALL!!! This is just A COSTLY AD FOR FACEBOOK like an user alreadyreviewed!!!WATCH ONLY if you are a FACEBOOK ADDICT and have TIME TO KILL!!

(2012-03-15 23:27:06)

Smart, Crisp, Fast-Paced Script

"Social Network" is a riveting movie, a Hollywood version of the true story of a smart but struggling Harvard student, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) , and the crafty, determined ego that drives him to win Facebook fame and billions of dollars. "Social Network" engrosses from the get-go, it is a fascinating look at privileged college students that grew up with the computer and Internet. Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest American billionaire, because he became the entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking site Facebook. The story shows Zuckerberg, along with fellow classmates Dustin Moskovitz (Joseph Mazzello), and Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), starting Facebook. In its infancy was just a project showing pictures of college girls rated for "hotness" -by downloading college campus photos, he caused a security breach at Harvard and one of many times Zuckerberg is pulled in front of authorities. Zuckerberg remains unfazed and sticks to developing and turning Facebook into a mega power and money phenomenon. One put-off is that the movie has a arrogance or chill in its treatment of women. There is a feeling that all the men are misogynist, although Zuckerberg seems to have a lasting crush on Erica Allbright (Rooney Mara). He messes up his chances with crass and arrogant remarks on a date. He is just socially inept, but a genius on the computer. As things evolve and get complicated, more people are interested in Facebook, Enter Justin Timberlake, who plays Sean Parker, the founder of Napster. He meets with and impresses Mark Zuckerberg as he validates all it can be. This is the start of conflict and stress for the CFO, Eduardo Saverin. Both Eisenberg and Timberlake's performances are spot-on, fascinating and wonderful to watch. All the cast does an excellent job with well-developed characters, a smart script and recent historical relevance. It has all the human emotions of greed, obsession, entitlement, and unrequited love. There are legal battles on intellectual property, who is back-stabbing who, and all punctuated by Eisenberg's fantastic acting, delivery of complicated emotions with exceptional originality.. The drama is interesting, the pace of the movie is fast and smart. A very enjoyable drama as well as a peek into the web generation's way of life.

(2012-03-08 14:32:31)

Nothing special.

"An American Landmark", a "Once in a generation film", "Mammoth", wait a minute, what movie are they talking about? Are they serious? This was just an average film about the origins of Facebook. I failed to see what was so AMAZING about it. The main character is unlikeable from beginning to end. He really did have only one friend who he then betrayed. The film was interesting, but not because it was specifically about Facebook, but because of the way each group defended their position, and I was interested in how it all turned out.Acting was great; however, again, it's just an average film in my opinion.

Ben Larson

(2012-03-08 05:54:37)

We lived on farms, then we lived in cities, and now we're going to live on the internet!

I would have never thought that the beginnings of Facebook was "Hot orNot". I guess there is no accounting for the taste of college boys. Itwas called Facemash.Thge basis of the film, based on Mark Zuckerberg's life, is who reallystarted Facebook. The film jumps back and forth from a hearing on thematter to the past when it was created.The icing on the cake was adding the relationship status so peoplecould hook up, and it wasn't long before he was with Malese Jow.Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) of Napster fame helped bring Facebookto the international sensation that it is.Zuckerberg was a genius and Jesse Eisenberg really nailed the part.It was a shame that for all his fame and money, he still regrettedlosing his girlfriend Erica (Rooney Mara).It helps if you know the companies mentioned, but I really believe youcan enjoy the film by just focusing on the characters. It was a blast!