Great movie

Rating: Null/10 (22 September 2011)

The AMC theater in Times Square offered the perfect atmosphere to watch Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake star in The Social Network, a drama about the popular networking site Facebook.
"He's wired in," is a common line quoted by characters in the fictional film The Social Network directed by David Fincher. After viewing this movie opening weekend, I realized the term "wired in" is the perfect way to describe how captivated I was by the film.
The Social Network, created in 2010, follows the formation of Facebook by its founder Mark Zuckerberg. The film creatively flashes back between the time line of its deceptive creation and simultaneous lawsuits against Zuckerberg by his former best friend Eduardo Saverin and three classmates.
The plot follows Zuckerberg and Saverin as they spontaneously create the Facebook site while studying at Harvard University. Convinced the idea for Facebook was originally theirs, twins Caermon and Tyler WInklevoss sue Zuckerberg for the rights to the site. As the plot evolves, Napster co-founder Sean Parker enters the scene and corrupts the mind of Zuckerberg, eventually leading to his betrayal of Saverin.
Viewing the film at AMC in Times Square definitely made the experience very different than it would have been if I watched the film alone. It was unique to learn about Facebook in a theater with my two friends, but also with a handful of strangers. I remember thinking how awesome it was that almost everyone watching the movie with me also had their very own Facebook account. The intense focus from the audience was evident as no one spoke or made comments throughout the entire film.
As far as the atmosphere, AMC theater is a very familiar and comfortable theater for me. The ticket price was more expensive at $13, yet these are not surprising for New York City prices. Despite it being opening weekend, I was surprised at how quickly lines moved and how friendly the employees were.
Once inside the theater, my seat was comfortable and I anxiously awaited the start of the film. Before the film began, I was happy to discover there were not any commercials and instead there was the perfect amount of trailers. As trailers are my favorite part of a movie experience, my friends and I loved critiquing the future films together.
Though some may argue the movie is not a clear indication of the history of Facebook, I think Fincher did an amazing job of translating the story with an air of suspense. I thought the characters casted portrayed the types of personalities respectively and believably. Timberlake, for instance, did a fantastic job of straying away from the typical romantic comedy character he usually plays. Instead, he managed to pull off the deceptive, pretty boy personality of Parker convincingly and successfully.
The script was well-written and filled with intelligent lines that sold the seriousness of the story to the viewers. With the two lawsuits intertwined with the past narrative, the clever combination of scenes definitely kept me as a viewer on the edge of my seat.