*May contain spoiler* Lies, Success, Failure, and broken friendships...The Social Network

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2011)

This definition is the root of all the lies, lawsuits, success, and failure seen in the movie The Social Network. After Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jessie Eisenberg) and his girlfriend Erica (played by Rooney Mara) break up, you see Mark running back to his dorm. This flee is one of many that we see throughout this film. Once back to his dorm, Mark begins to inhale some beer while blogging away on his online journal. He determinedly posts female's pictures as a "Who's hotter" competition on a FaceSmash that later develops into school punishment. As a plethora of people log on to FaceSmash, Mark and his good friend, at the time, Eduardo Saverin (played by Andrew Garfield) realize how much spotlight would come from this. After Mark received the punishment of six months academic probation, he is confronted by the all-star rowers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (both played by Armie Hammer) with a "Harvard Connection", Mark easily accepts the offer to build the website. Mark tells Eduardo the idea of blogging, friend request, and all the other perks of this facebook web page. As the low-lighted scenes continue, Mark continues to create this Harvard Connection that he will claim as Facebook. Mark creates this web page mainly with what he claims as his ideas, and also his best friend's money. The Facebook launches, and Eduardo and Mark then celebrate the fact that this social network is moving forward. The Winklevoss twins then realize that Mark had scammed their idea, and then began the plot ways to get credit for what was theirs.
Vance-2 As The Facebook becomes more popular, the creators start ruling in the money and fame from this "Mark Zuckerberg Production". Mark and Eduardo soak up all the attention from the gorgeous females, and all their classmates. When Mark receives a letter from the twin's lawyer, Eduardo then begins to question if Mark really was lying. Eduardo eventually parts ways with Mark for the time being, and then Mark really starts the work on The Facebook. He meets up with Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake), who is the creator of Napter. Sean is the type of man of business man who likes to get involved. He weasels his way into The Facebook action, and gets Mark to sign into a big deal. During business with Sean, he splits percentage of ownership with even more people. Mark is an intelligent individual, but does not know what he was getting himself in too.
Eduardo eventually notices the suspiciousness of Mark's actions, and is out of the deal with The Facebook.
Throughout this movie, there is questioning occurring between the twins, Eduardo, Mark, and lawyers. The questioning is of Mark stealing the idea and codes from the twins, and Eduardo still had ownership on the company and contributed the money in to the company, and got back stabbed by Mark. During these questioning sessions, there are scene flashbacks of to what really happened at the moment the lawyers were questioning.
The cinematographer, Jeff Cronenweth, and the director, Jeffory Fincher both use the great ideas to bring the effects out during this film. The low lighting scenes really bring out the suspicion, lies, and deceit in the film. The angles used during this film also are unique. Some scenes are closer up to the actors, especially during the questionings. There are times, like in the Vance-3 questioning session, when you hear music start to play as Mark begins to reflect on the beginning of The Facebook, and how it all turned into such a mess with his former best friend, and the twins.
This is a film that attracts so many due to the obsession billions of people have with this social-networking called Facebook. Mark may have used someone else's ideas, but he did create the site. I will bet that most people would accept his friend request any day.