Baby you're a rich man!

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2019)

I've heard about this movie years ago from lead star Jesse Eisenberg in Batman V Superman but didn't see it until last year. My thought then was that it was lame. I mean, why should I watch a documentary about a website populated by 40 year old moms?
Now that I've recently become more attentive to cinema as an aspiring screenwriter, I started watching Youtube videos and reading Screencraft articles on the matter. Whenever the topic "best writing" comes up, I saw The Social Network in at least all top 10 countdowns. Out of curiosity, I checked the clip of Eduardo, Andrew Garfield of TASM (in)famy being hushed out of his own company. I liked it, and so I thought maybe this film isn't so bad after all. I caught the movie on Netflix and watched the whole thing in one sitting.
I regret not a single second of it. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has a masterclass on how he wrote this and his other films, but honestly if you're on a budget I say skip the $90 fee and just watch this movie while reading the script. In it, you'll find some of the most crazy witty dialogue ever known to mankind. This movie is the reason I got hooked into writing, and if I make it I want to thank Mr. Sorkin for fuelling my pursuit of the art.
The directing from David Fincher is just as amazing. I don't know what is it about the guy, but he managed to turn a movie about men suing each other into arguably the finest film of the 21st century, beating all sorts of special effect fiestas like Marvel and DC's superhero blockbusters. I also liked Trent Reznor's music, as of the coolest film composers I've heard of, he and Hans Zimmer should probably collaborate on something some day.
Watch it if you can, it's amazing.