THE SOCIAL NETWORK
5 out of 5 stars

mark zuckerberg: “eduardo, it’s like a final club except we’re the president.”



hmm… I had really high expectations for this one just because it was an oscar nom as well as a golden globe recipient. do i think it comes to the other contenders of 2010? i don’t think so… do i think david fincher’s touch of magic and style as well as aaron sorkin’s creative script got it there? oh yeah… ;)


a cleverly written story and script about the biggest d-bag on the face of the planet… (as some of you already know, but i’ll recap for those who don’t) the year is 2003, and a angry harvard sophomore named mark zuckerberg (jesse eisenberg) gets dumped by his BU girl erica, then goes home to blog about her being a bitch as well as write some code to come up with a stupid girl rating website called facemash.com. truth of the matter is that mark is a class-A jerk with horrible social skills, has one true friend named eduardo saverin (andrew garfield), and desires to become a member of the phoenix club, one of the elite final clubs on campus. shit starts to hit the fan when facemash.com causes problems at harvard, however, it gets the attention of star crew athletes AKA the winklevoss twins and their friend divya nevandra. they approach mark with an idea called the harvard connection, where students could set up profiles, bios, upload pics, and whatnot. mark agrees to be a part of this project, but then comes up with his own website called…THE facebook. he gets financial help from eduardo first, but when his site comes to the attention of napster founder sean parker (timberlake), relationships start to deteriorate and lawsuits against zuckerberg start to form…


it’s ironic that a person who had no true friends or any social skills for that matter, created something that was a social phenomenon. it was fun to see the history of facebook come to life on the big screen, and david fincher and aaron sorkin really did well in their respective parts delivering something enjoyable for us all. jesse eisenberg’s version of zuckerberg really ANNOYED the hell out of me, and i think andrew garfield’s eduardo was really underlooked. let this be a lesson in business ethics, kiddos… fucking your friends over to claim sole IP rights and glory isn’t worth the million dollar settlement in the end. don’t they teach that @ harvard? oh wait, maybe not to comp sci majors? anyway, THAT bothered the hell out of me and it will do that to you too, but the script and editing is why this is a must-see… ;)