Movie: The Social Network
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Director: David Fincher
A movie about starting a hit website sounds like it would be about as entertaining as watching paint dry. Somehow though this movie let's you in on the thrills and pitfalls of a meteoric rise. It does so with wit and charm and a little exaggeration of the truth. Just like it sounds the movie shows the creation of Facebook. It does so through three lawsuits against it's founder Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg). It succeeds because it explores how fame and power can change everything in your life. How one big idea can take an unpopular Harvard kid and turn him into a billionaire. The movie also does well by telling the story from all different perspectives without telling you who is right and who is wrong.
Another strong point is the acting especially on the part of Jesse Eisenberg he really is very believable as the unpopular nerd who values intelligence above all else. He is socially inept which makes it all the more ironic that he would go on to create the world's largest social network.
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Director: David Fincher
A movie about starting a hit website sounds like it would be about as entertaining as watching paint dry. Somehow though this movie let's you in on the thrills and pitfalls of a meteoric rise. It does so with wit and charm and a little exaggeration of the truth. Just like it sounds the movie shows the creation of Facebook. It does so through three lawsuits against it's founder Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg). It succeeds because it explores how fame and power can change everything in your life. How one big idea can take an unpopular Harvard kid and turn him into a billionaire. The movie also does well by telling the story from all different perspectives without telling you who is right and who is wrong.
Another strong point is the acting especially on the part of Jesse Eisenberg he really is very believable as the unpopular nerd who values intelligence above all else. He is socially inept which makes it all the more ironic that he would go on to create the world's largest social network.
