An average celebrity movie

Rating: 7/10 (12 February 2011)

They did it all before, the movie about some famous person that lives his life in a somewhat higher state of existence than anybody else, yet has human problems and deals with them while the story of their great idea is being told. I've seen stuff like that made about Einstein and the only different thing is that it is based in a college environment and the celebrity is still alive and that everything has to be put on fast forward because it is happening with young cool people. They even have Justin Timberlake in it... eeaayy!
Now, is it a bad film? Not at all. It does what it is supposed to do. It brings the drama and the story together while conveying the feeling that anyone can do it, if they are focused enough. And that's the main push of the story: genius is different and you must allow for some issues and forget uncommon behaviour. Einstein was Jewish too and kind of an asshole, as well, but he was brilliant. You might think that I am making a leap comparing these two guys, but it is not me, it is the makers of the film that made the two media personnas as similar as to draw connection.
Mark Zuckenberg was a pretty pathetic human being, but that was the kind of thing that made him able to push away every distraction and devote his life to a purpose. Put this way, anything is easy to do, certainly easier than when you are also trying to have a life. He was also inspired by others and it shows in the film, which is the best part of the movie, if you ask me.
Bottom line: average film, obviously altered story for dramatic purpose, everything looking really fast because it just had to feel dynamic, but good production quality and good acting. A masterpiece it is not and I can see this film split into little scenes that then are montaged together in a Discovery Channel celebrity show. It does give food for thought, as it shows you have to start early and get there first, but also that for the same reasons, the vast majority of people could never do that.