Good Story and Informative

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2011)

This is the true story how Mark Zuckerberg (Eisenberg) started FACEBOOK.
I wasn't going to review this movie because I am not a FACEBOOK user or fan and have no interest in having potentially hundreds of people knowing what I am doing or even asking me what I am doing , what my favorite color is etc. I couldn't handle that.
I have heard so much about how good this movie was that I caved. So here we are. Yes, FACEBOOK is a major force out there and it will be with us until the end of time, I suppose. I have been asked by family and friends to join. I write them in another email that I have no interest in FACEBOOK, TWEETERS, MY SPACE, whatever. One of the reasons is that hackers just love all of this and try to steal identities and I don't need that. The trick is not to put so much personal info on one of these sites.
Back to the movie. I also wanted to see if this movie would encourage me to join FACEBOOK. Will get back to you on that.
Back to the movie. Really, this time. The story about how FACEBOOK happened is quite good. We see how Zuckerberg kind of gets the idea from the Harvard Winklevoss twins, but expands on it big time to such a point the twins sue him. But, to be fair, Zuckerberg had already started a college-only FACEBOOK hacking into the university data base to obtain pictures of the women there and showing two at a time and asking which one is preferred.
Later, Zuckerberg runs into Sean Parker (Timberlake) who started NAPSTER and gives Zuckerberg contacts galore out in California. Parker also has a hand in ousting Co-Founder of FACEBOOK, Eduardo (Garfield) and Eduardo also sues Zuckerberg. So we see the lawyers around the big table taking depositions and the rest of the story is told in flashbacks. All done quite well.
There are some downsides. The Casting Director only chose people who could talk at super sonic speed and boy, did they ever ? No time for reflection, just yammer away, and boy, did they ever? One really had to pay attention not only because everyone talked at light speed, but also because the music was so loud so often it was difficult to hear what anyone was saying during the flashbacks and there were many. The music didn't need to be as loud as it was. Understand about parties and loudness, but we, in the audience (remember us?), were having difficulty following everything coming out of the very-fast talkers. Somehow we managed to figure it all out. We think.
It's a good story and is nominated for Best Picture, but I wouldn't go that far unless there will be a remake and the downsides above corrected. Honestly they were quite distracting.
But, I would nominate Justin Timberlake for Best Supporting Actor. He was the breath of fresh air in here. Jesse Eisenberg performed exceptionally well as he always does. The rest of the cast were right on as well. It was nice to see David Selby (TV show: Falcon Crest fame back in the day) again. He played one of the lawyers.
Now, if you want to know the outcomes of everything, you could ask a friend on FACEBOOK, or watch the movie. It is informative and quite entertaining. And, no, I still have no interest in it.
I am waiting for the movie about who started TWITTER and hope the same Casting Director won't be used. One can always hope.
Violence: No. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Yes some soft stuff, but only one F-bomb by Timberlake.