Good, not great

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2011)

The Social Network is a well-crafted film detailing the trials and tribulations of Facebook's founding. It was interesting to get a sense of the coding process and whatnot by which such a website comes to be. Everyone concerned does a fine job. However, once one has acquainted oneself with the pertinent facts in the story, it oughtn't be that difficult to offer up a proper accounting thereof in the form of a motion picture. For me, The Social Network is interesting with no rewatch value to speak of. It seems too self-aggrandizing to laud the film for its relevance to our time.
The advent of websites like Facebook and YouTube seems rather obvious given the attending circumstances. I say so knowing I'll still be saying so in years to come as other people profit astronomically in a likewise fashion.