Hyped to the max

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2011)

There was a great deal of hype about this movie. I was sucked in. I watched it last night. It was a good movie. However. I watched Black Swan earlier that day, and I think that both that movie and Inception were in a different league to The Social Network in terms of concept and execution. The film offered an engaging insight into the machinations of Facebook's launch and subsequent growth, supported by excellent performances from the cast of relative unknowns. I expected it to use that central story to focus on the tragedy of the split in the friendship between the two founders. It didn't and I'm not sure why. I think there was a lack of real emotion behind the slick facade of this movie. I might be in the minority, but I think it would be a travesty if The Social Network won best picture.