Quickie Review: The Social Network

Rating: 7/10 (21 January 2016)

Here is another David Fincher movie that I enjoyed watching but ultimately was left rather indifferent. The bromance between best friends Zuckerberg (Jessy Eisenberg) and Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Gardfield) is what drives this story of Facebook's creation – allegedly stolen by Zuckerberg from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (played by the same guy – wow! I couldn't tell at all). The much- raised dialogue in the movie was good but maybe a bit too much, as sometimes multiple sentences are stuffed into a scene that end up rendering it lifeless. You get the sense that the filmmakers are trying to make the scenes seem real and everyday-like, but I don't think they quite pulled it off.
For a film that's pretty relevant to today's users of social media the story is pretty by-the-numbers. I feel that the story of Facebook's creator is still going, and the movie was ended (or even made) prematurely. Even so, the subject matter doesn't really interest me much. If nothing else The Social Network shows just how sad, lonely and artificial you can become when surrounded by modern technology. That's what I thought of the protagonist anyway, since it seems the director wanted to show him as some misunderstood and sympathetic character. That, or he actually admires him?
Best Scene: I somewhat enjoyed the legal proceedings towards the end of the film and the feisty interactions between the once-friends