The Social Network

The Social Network (2010)

IMDB: 7.7

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg (as Mark Zuckerberg), Justin Timberlake ( as Sean Parker), Andrew Garfield (as Eduardo 'Wardo' Saverin), Armie Hammer (as Tyler Winklevoss)

The movie is about how Mark Zuckerberg, who is a freshman at Harvard creates Facebook. The quote "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies" explains it all really.

    Personal Thoughts: This movie gives enough material to speculate for anyone who loves or hates Mark Zuckerberg. There was a lot of drama happening throughout the movie but apart from that, the movie hypes you up a bit when you see a dorky, bitter freshman create something that has a huge success. The movie starts by showing Mark and his girlfriend breaking up, which doesn't really initiate the creation of Facebook, but I feel like it speeds it up as Mark is feeling shitty about being broken up with and wants to prove to his ex that he can succeed. He's a bit too stuck on her and I don't even have to talk about the misogynistic things he writes on his little blog 'Zuckonit' and the website he creates to rate girls as hot or not. 

    On a side note, Jesse Eisenberg talking gives major INTJ energy which I think was good for the character even though I don't know if Mark Zuckerberg is like that in real life. He's literally a squirrel on caffeine whenever he opens his mouth. I felt like all the blood flows towards my brain when I'm concentrating on him talking, like how your blood flows towards your stomach when you're digesting. (I'm like 78% sure that's a true fact but don't look it up). The movie definitely doesn't put Mark Zuckerberg in a good light as it gives off the feeling that the writer of the movie was the friend who Mark Zuckerberg f*cked over judging by the amount of bitterness. That could literally be anyone though, he apparently f*cked over a lot of people when he created Facebook.

    I liked the Winklevosses (Winklevii), and I liked the amount of random cool lines Armie Hammer has. I also quite enjoyed the scene where the Winklevosses were trying to convince the dean that Mark Zuckerberg was acting against the rules of the university:

    Cameron Winklevoss: Mr Zuckerberg hasn't been responding to any of our emails or phone calls for the last two weeks. He doesn't answer when we knock on his door at Kirkland and the closest I've come to dealing with him face-to-face is when I saw him on the quad and chased him through Harvard Square.

    Larry Summers: You chased him?

    Cameron Winklevoss: I saw him and I know he saw me. I went after him and then he disappeared.

    Lastly, I will talk about Andrew Garfield's performance, which was quite good I think. His character was genuine and the scene he had with Justin Timberlake (Sean) towards the end of the movie was *chef's kiss* just right. I liked how passionately he smashed Mark's computer. My favourite quote from Andrew Garfield's character is probably "I like standing next to you Sean. It makes me look so tough". It was such an iconic scene that made me like his character even more.
    Overall, I don't know if the movie reflects reality completely since my flatmate said to me the other day that Mark Zuckerberg said in a podcast that it was almost all wrong. Either way, it shows the errors in the way Facebook was created. It might've as well be called 'How to Not Run a Business'. It had a fast-moving tempo as Facebook immediately had a huge amount of recognition. It is kinda entertaining to see how people view college as well, it makes me feel like I've missed out on a couple little things when I started uni if I'm being honest. There's literally no drama going on in my university so I can't relate to our boy Zuck in that sense. I would recommend this movie to whoever's feeling like they want to be inspired and uninspired at the same time.

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