The Social Network

The Social Network Review

starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
director: David Fincher

I am glad I watched this movie when all of the hype about it subsided because then my opinions about how the movie might be would be completely off. A lot of people said they didn't like it but I actually did. For one, it was a true story, so that was captivating in itself. Secondly, it's about how Facebook started. Since I have a Facebook page, and the owner/inventor of Facebook is around my age, I thought it would be an interesting story to watch on the big screen because I wouldn't be in the least bit interested if it was just a book or a newspaper article.

I like how sometimes there's a break in between movie releases where there isn't a movie that's all action packed, CGI invested with fight scenes every moment like The Social Network. I like to sit down, relax and not be overwhelmed sometimes with a great story line and great acting. Jesse Eisenberg played a spot-on Mark Zuckerberg. He brought a more intense, jack-ass like attitude in this movie than he had in a lot of other recent movies he has been in which I thought suited his character quite nicely. He came off as the good guy in some situations and the bad guy during other situations and he could mix in a little of both in other moments.

I like how there wasn't a whole lot of music in this movie to build the audience up for dramatic scenes. The actors really brought dramatic scenes to my attention when they were happening, which is a big reason why I liked this movie a lot. I also thought that the part where Mark (Jesse Eisenberg) and Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) were discussing things in the club in California was genius because the audience, along with the characters, had to listen attentively to the dialogue of each other because the music in the club was playing so loudly. I thought it was innovative to keep the music louder than usual movies, but not loud enough to hear what was being said.

The ending summed up the story quite nicely for me with Mark refreshing his laptop every couple of seconds to see if his love interest would accept his friend request while the information of the true story was being told at the bottom of the screen. Great overall production of this movie and its worth a couple of views to fully grasp the realism of this movie.