Harvard President is beyond obnoxious

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2011)

Mark Zuckerberg is portrayed as a maniacal and egotistical punk who happens to be a computer programming wizard. He is also shown to be an insecure and unprincipled young man who was easily manipulated by another egomaniacal internet guru who worms his way into facebook and ends up with a substantial share of the company. Mark also sells out his co-founder Eduardo Saverin leaving him with not his original 30% but a mere .03 percent of the company.
However, the standout character for me in this film is the Harvard University President Larry Summers - who is incredibly obnoxious and arrogant. Summers fails to see the potential value of the social networking website. He totally blows off the Winklevoss brothers who attempt to bring to his attention the theft of their intellectual property in violation of Harvard student policy. Summers completely dismisses them and it doesn't take much research or insight to figure out why.
This is the same man who said in 2005 that the under-representation of women in science and engineering could be due to a "different availability of aptitude at the high end".
Actor Douglas Urbanski plays the role perfectly and even looks a lot like Summers.
The Winklevoss' case may yet go to the U.S. Supreme Court based on the assertion that the settlement they accepted in 2008 was based on an inaccurate undervaluation of the company.