A Film Worthy Of Facebook

Rating: 10/10 (11 March 2017)

An idea like Facebook is one that changed the world. It needed a film up to the par of that idea, and that's exactly what David Fincher provides here.
For a basic plot summary, "The Social Network" tells the story of Facebook's creation and subsequent legal battles. It is told primarily (via flashbacks) through the recollections of creator Mark Zuckerberg (Jessie Eisenberg) as he wades through the various lawsuits.
There are three areas in which this movie really shines:
1. Direction: There is no dull moment in this film. Fincher really keeps things hopping and upbeat, as befitting a movie about the greatest social invention perhaps of all time. Very deserving of his Oscar nomination, and I'd vote for him for the win.
2. Acting: Only in the best of movies can outside-the-box casting choices make you not feel as if they are out of place. For example, Brenda Song (known worldwide as the ditzy London Tipton of Disney Channel fame) plays essentially a "Facebook groupie", while Justin Timberlake has a small-ish role as Sean Parker, founder of Napster, who has a major influence on Zuckerberg in the Facebook development process. Remarkably, those thespians show no effects of typecasting and fit in seamlessly.
3. Ideas: Besides just a summary of Facebook's creation, the true genius behind this movie is the ideas/notions it stirs up. The definition of copyright, the creative process, and the definition of friendship are all themes that are swished around during the movie. No grand conclusions or black-and-white summations are given. Instead, it is left up to the viewer to decide on the ethics of what just transpired.
Thus, I consider "The Social Network" to be one of the better movies I've seen in the past few years. Facebook literally (for better or worse) changed the world, so there are very few people who won't be affected in some way by the film. I'm clicking the "Like" button on this one.