Well Made Film On A Totally Unimportant Subject

Rating: 7/10 (23 August 2013)

I must confess I'm not a fan of Facebook . I have a registered account featuring some photos of my travels and previous work place and that's about it . I don't have any friends on my page and have no interest in adding anyone and I'm totally perplexed why so many sane intelligent people spend so much time treating it as some sort of yardstick for real life success as in " Oh I've got 439 friends on Facebook therefore my life is much better than someone with less friends " while at the same time feeling bitter towards people with more " friends ! FFS get a life . Have I mentioned I'm not a fan of Facebook ? This film based on Ben Mezrich's book on the founding of the website and the personal and legal ramifications that came with it shouldn't in theory hold much appeal to me as a potentially hostile audience member but I gave it a chance
For the most part it is an engaging and involving drama , perhaps more so than I expected . Mark Zuckerberg sets up a website called The Facebook featuring illumine at his University and the more the network expands the more he finds himself becoming more unpopular with erstwhile friends . It should be remembered that most of what the film entails is nothing more than rich American students taking the huff with one another but director David Fincher keeps everything vaguely compelling . Much is this is down to the score by Trent Raznor and the soundtrack did remind of Clint Mansell's music for REQUIM OF A DREAM , one of my favourite soundtracks . Where the film is less successful is the rather overwrought manner in what is at stake . Again let's be honest it's not like the fate of the Universe is one the line and despite what many people might think it's not like Zuckerberg has genuinely changed the world . As it stands THE SOCIAL NETWORK is a well made drama but not much more than that