A definition of our generation.

Rating: 10/10 (3 October 2010)

The Social Network, ever since I saw and heard David Fincher will be directing this. I was kind of worried. Thinking to myself "Can the director of such great but disturbing films such as Se7en and Fight Club be able to tackle this subject?" Then I told myself "Yes He Can!" Afterwards the icing on the cake was that Aaron Sorkin the screenwriter who wrote A Few Good Men was writing this too. Right after seeing those 2 names together I was sold! And the film didn't disappoint. At all. It is based on a book called "The Accidental Billionaires" written by Ben Mezrich. A film which relies heavily on in depth conversations, smart screenplay and great acting. It delivers! Jesse Eisenberg plays the billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, after this film no one shall ever call him a Michael Cera clone ever again. Eisenberg brings great depth to the character of Zuckerberg and also makes you think how can a guy so unsocial in life, make such a financially successful internet social network? The opening scene just tells what we should expect; we see Zuckerberg and his girlfriend named Erica Albright separating at a restaurant. The way he speaks, ambition, his conservative nature and point of view are all explained to the viewer at the beginning of the film. Mark expresses his feelings on her through a very explicit blog. Then comes in Eduardo Saverin played by the up and coming Andrew Garfield, best performance of the film, Eduardo is shown to be a very concerned friend of Mark. Throughout the film his concerns shift from Mark to the Facebook website, but the transition is so well done that no one ever realizes that his focus is on something completely different. Near the end we see him suing his once best friend in court. Ironic isn't it? Since Mark was heartbroken, his revenge scheme is shown to us in an online statement he begins to post up on the net. With some very skillful and crafty editing using narration and website texts on the computer obviously compiled with some shots of Mark. His motivation to create facebook came from that one incident as we are shown that he meets up with Erica yet again. She is still sickened at the past events and unimpressed with Mark's creation. Rejected again, in retaliation Mark decides to expand. Enter Justin Timberlake Armie Hammer. He played a double role as the twins named Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Brothers who believe that Zuckerberg had stolen the idea of Facebook. It is very interesting to see the courtroom sequence with the Winklevosses and Eduardo in one room, as both of them are suing Mark, for different reasons, one guy is suing him for financial matter and the other team is suing him for stealing their idea. We actually see the history between Mark and Eduardo right there, as Eduardo even though against him shows a bit of compassion for him while the Winklevosses state their claims. Each character was shown very well developed and very well acted. Eisenberg and Garfield have only up to go after this performance. Justin Timberlake was also very convincing as Sean Parker, flamboyant, arrogant and aggressive. Great choice The direction of David Fincher was definitely there. The film never had a boring scene, even all the conversations which might make all people snarl and say "It's all just talk talk and talk" This film is nothing like that, that's where Aaron Sorkin comes in. Almost every conversational scene is very hard hitting, powerful and smart. After watching this film I knew that this was the man who wrote the screenplay of A Few Good Men, another film with some very powerful lines. The lines are portrayed naturally by Jesse Eisenberg and every other actor in the film. The film is structured in 3 narrations, 2 private court cases and the testimony flashbacks the audience is shown. The viewer will be vastly engaged and wanting to see what happens next, instead of watching the flashbacks the viewers will want to see what going on in the court. Lot of humor is present, professional humor. Professional humor in a way that what looks funny to us was bad news for the people (Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Savin) at that time. The Fincher and Sorkin duo just takes it a step further to flawless. The film reminded me of one technique used in Michael Mann's film "Collateral" as he always reminds us how the film began, at the airport, thus we are shown airplanes flying around L.A. at many points of the film. This film also sort of had that trait added to it. The only one time I noticed the film was weak (barely) is an editing problem. But is barely noticeable, if seen again it will probably be forgotten, as of right now I'm trying to remember what that problem was but I just can't. The beautiful Script makes up for it.The Editing isn't anything like the editing of The Departed. But it's still great. The score was performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. A very dark score was written for the film. Music mapped on to the intensity of the scenes and defines the scene very easily for the audience. First we have top notch acting added with a beautiful score, for the audience it's really easy to identify the tension each character and scene with that combination. We are given a very strong Oscar contender here. This film should definitely receive nods for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. A Film which absolutely everyone should see regardless is he/she is on a social networking website or not. The Great acting by all overlooked actors make their marks her. A great definition of the "facebook "generation, the internet generation, our generation. At a running time of two hours(which could've been longer).A Film which shouldn't be missed.