Disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (28 October 2015)

I'm not sure just what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. The DVD cost $5, for a two-disc set! I watched disc 1 last year, rated it a 2 and wrote in my journal - "can't be bothered to see the bonus features". Is that fair? So, now I've seen disc two, and rated that a 2 also (and wrote the only (so far) review), then disc one again and then again to get the director's commentary.
OK, the acting is good, Eisenberg looks and sounds like Zuckerberg. But Zuckerberg is portrayed as clever, ruthless, manipulating, unscrupulous, devious, unpleasant, dishonest, disloyal ... and yet, he hasn't sued! So, is it accurate? That is not my impression of Mark. (from all sources, not personal of course). Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2010 was Zuckerberg and they were writing the story as the movie was released, and it is mentioned a couple of times in what is otherwise a real hagiography. Zuckerberg's only comment is to question their representation for the motivation for the whole idea of Facebook.
But the article doesn't mention the names Winklevoss or Saverin once. Not really a surprise? Here is my advice. Watch the first scene (which took 99 takes to get!), but be warned, you will have to turn the subtitles on, otherwise you'll miss half what is babbled. This must be the worst ever first scene of a movie? Then go to Scene Selection and go to #15 (the second to last) by then Facebook is flying and they go past the 1 million members, it is a huge success. But then we learn that the lawsuit that has occupied most of the scenes from #2-#14 is to be settled out of court and it involves the payment by Zuckerberg or Facebook, of a HUGE sum and another, the details of which remain a secret but is even HUGER.
There are times when I was really impressed by the production, and there are some good little scenes, but overall, it leaves a bad memory, and nearly all lawsuit films are *boring*.