It's hard to make a film about geeks Oscar material.

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2010)

There is talk of The Social Network being up for quite a few nominations at next years Oscars and while i can appreciate the writing and the acting involved in this film , i cant quite see how this is being talked up for an academy Award.
You would think the story of how Facebook evolved would not be the most exhilarating subject for a movie and in a way it's true but it's not a boring film in a way shape or form. It only takes a few geeks and a great idea to make someone a billionaire and they don't even have to be interesting people ( or even nice) and the portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in this makes him neither of those but what it does show is that when big money starts to be made , friendship goes out of the window and the Lawyers start to make their wedge.
There are good performances from Andrew Garfield , Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake but not enough for this film to get close to winning best picture award. Perhaps it shows what a a poor year it has been for movies if this even gets nominated?
It's still worth watching though.
There is talk of The Social Network being up for quite a few nominations at next years Oscars and while i can appreciate the writing and the acting involved in this film , i cant quite see how this is being talked up for an academy Award.
You would think the story of how Facebook evolved would not be the most exhilarating subject for a movie and in a way it's true but it's not a boring film in a way shape or form. It only takes a few geeks and a great idea to make someone a billionaire and they don't even have to be interesting people ( or even nice) and the portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in this makes him neither of those but what it does show is that when big money starts to be made , friendship goes out of the window and the Lawyers start to make their wedge.
There are good performances from Andrew Garfield , Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake but not enough for this film to get close to winning best picture award. Perhaps it shows what a a poor year it has been for movies if this even gets nominated?
It's still worth watching though.