The Social Network (2010) - A Tale of Friendship, Loyalty, Greed, & Betrayal

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2011)

"The Social Network" takes us back to the time when Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking of Facebook and the consequences that follow. But even though one of the movie's supporting details is the Facebook creation, there's actually a real plot behind that. It's about the presentation of everyday society, and how the Facebook's creation tears everything apart. The many consequences of society include friendship, greed, loyalty, and betrayal. These lessons of life are brought together into a movie that represents today's society, and that's what I like to see. Every single moment in this movie was written brilliantly, directed brilliantly, casted brilliantly, and everything brilliant was involved. Aaron Sorkin wrote a powerful memoir of everyday society, and David Fincher used his clever mind to bring it all together. Fincher's directing gave the film a certain style unlike his previous work. He wanted the viewer to dig deep into a world where it can sometimes not be a bright place. He used the creation of Facebook to represent not only how social media has affected our world today, but how certain real-life events such as greed and betrayal can be involved in the process. Aaron Sorkin's script is filled with well-written dialogue shared between the characters, clever and unexpected twists, interesting side info, and terrific depth. The movie is also accompanied by a haunting score that helps guide the audience through the story, the fast-paced editing used to go back and forth on Facebook's creation and it's aftermath, showing it's cause-and-effect theory, and the performances are some of the best cinema has ever seen. From Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, the trustful co-founder, to Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, Napster founder that joins Facebook to make it more edgier. But it's Jesse Eisenberg's Oscar-nominated scene-stealing performance as Mark Zuckerberg himself that definitely carries the movie. His fast-paced usage of the dialogue helps give the script a lot more attention to detail, and keeps the viewer along for the ride. If one is expecting to watch a biopic on Facebook, they'd better not think that much of that. They should really see this movie, while knowing it's actually a modern representation of today's society, with Facebook's creation at it's core. "The Social Network" is David Fincher's best film since "Fight Club", and it's one of my all-time favorites. "The Social Network", in my review, "Expertly written, acted, and directed, a master-class".