Riveting Story With Only a Few Flaws

Rating: 8/10 (11 September 2012)

"The Social Network" is an enticing film to view which highlights the debates surrounding founder Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Severin, the Winklevoss Twins and Divya Narenda over who will get the credit for being the inventor of the world's biggest social network in the world, Facebook.
Written by the legendary screenwriter Aaron Sorkin who claims that it this is a nonfiction piece, but sadly I beg to oppose. The movie has Zuckerberg being portrayed as a condescending, self-centered unscrupulous jerk and on the verge of getting dumped by a woman, which never happened in real life. Sure this scene makes me wonder if it is entirely nonfiction, but I digress, the scene is perfect in its pitch and the dialogue is quite sublime even if I thought Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) was treated in an unfair way. The acting is virtually tantalizing and the direction by David Fincher was near perfection. There's a real reason why a lot of reviews written are more longer than normal. Mainly because the dialogue raises a lot of provocative questions that will likely leave anyone intrigued. It is an overview that how a social networking tool has become one of the most innovative of inventions since the invention of the telephone. It's also compelling to note that with the exception for Eduardo (Andrew Garfield) I thought that most of the characters are billed as unimpressive (even Zuckerberg).
Another thing that irked me about "The Social Network" is that I appalled at the way then Harvard President Larry Summers (Douglas Urbanski) was portrayed. Urbanski is a recurring guest on Rush Limbaugh's program so I was aghast that there was no portrayal to cast Summers to a more darker character. Some were irked about the Winklevoss twins were dismissed of their allegations that Facebook was their invention, I found it revolting that the twins demanded Summers (who's now President Obama's economic advisers) demanded that Zuckerberg should be disciplined based on these pretenses.
Numerous articles have been written chastising this movie for it's low opinion towards women. Well even though the time are changing, there is still a lot of misogyny in top Ivy League Colleges like Harvard and though it shouldn't offend anyone, sadly the truth hurts. It's still debatable if this movie is 100% accurate, "The Social Network" is very scintillating movie to enjoy. And sure it's not my all-time favorite movie, it is still highly recommended to watch.