The Social Network

RECOMMENDED

Director: David Fincher
Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin
Production Co. : Columbia Productions/Relativity Media
Year of Release: 2010

It's that time of year, bitterness is in the air as David Fincher releases another film. A film about Facebook. Perhaps most of us (I know I did upon first hearing of it) raised an eyebrow at the concept of a David Fincher directing a feature length advertisement. But hark! It's actually good! A great example of how a good director (and/or writer, gotta give credit where credit's due: Aaron Sorkin) can turn any simple premise completely full circle into something masterful.
Rather than making a film about Facebook, Fincher & Co make a film about Marc Zuckerberg, about the people Marc Zuckerberg pissed off, about the people Marc Zuckerberg liked, about the rise of a digitalized electric youth, and lawsuits. Lots of lawsuits.
I have to be honest in saying that I missed the opening few minutes as I was late in the theater, but the second I entered, before I could even sit down I was sucked into a fiery scene full of witty dialogue and fast pacing. The number one thing you come to grips with in your mind when you watch this movie is that it does. not. stop. It's like getting sucked into a perpetuating tornado of witty dialogue, fully formed and fully developed characters, and some of the finest acting I've seen all year, and it just packs it all on, the tornado keeps expanding with every second you spend glued to your seat.
Most of all, this film is an absolute zeitgeist. A look in to our not-so-distant past and not-so-distant future of a business world trying to adapt to consumers sitting in front of the computer, enjoying their internet memes and loling and brbing and wtfing. It's an objective look at what, and who we are. This film could not be any more relevant, and it was made at just the right time. This flick is like watching a John Hughes film in the year 1990, and thinking "Jesus, that's what high school was like". A bookend to another decade, and the big question is posed: "Sooo.... What now?"

Overall rating: 8.9
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