Stylish but Vapid, Pretentious, Much Ado....

Rating: 5/10 (24 June 2011)

I found the plot of "The Social Network" to be ultimately a poor story with little substance amid lots of materialism and lust for fame. The movie apparently "loosely" depicts a real-life Mark Zuckerberg in his quest to make Facebook a social and wide ranging Network for grandiose visions of being the one-stop haven for connecting for others in society. The movie does a poor job of creating conflict by somehow showing the Zuckerberg character as unhurt or unaffected by lawsuits by former school-mates and friends. It's an excuse to show preppy sheltered kids and their materialistic dreams - hardly stirring. The cinematography and soundtrack are well done, but cant make up for a lack of honesty. By the end of the movie I was glad to turn it off yearning for a movie with characters that have back-bones.