Sun, 24 Nov, 2024

Movie Review: The Social Network

By Sneha Parajuli

Director: David Fincher Writers: Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Ben Mezrich (book) Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Brenda Song, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara Fincher has presented us with thrillers, serial killers, aliens, and even a glimpse of Brad Pitt as an old man. Now, with the social network, the story is about a young man who possesses a strange ability to look into a system of unlimited possibilities and sense of a winning move. His name is Mark Zuckerberg. He created Facebook and became a billionaire in his early 20s. With two hours duration, the movie is specifically centered on greed, obsession, unpredictability and sex. You may be tempted at this point to think of Mark Zuckerberg as a sympathetic character, but Mark Zuckerberg is a tyrant, an unstoppable force. Every effort Mark makes to gain acceptance winds up hurting someone. In the movie, Mark is attempting the impossible, trying to gain acceptance through rejection. After being punished with six months academic probation for a highly creative, but an illegal website, Zuckerberg is offered a job by the Winklevosses as a programmer for Harvard Connection. But he ends up stealing their idea and creates Facebook with his best friend Eduardo. The rapid expansion and success of Facebook makes Winklevosses furious. Also, its progress results in the founders fighting for the credits and ending up suffering the damage caused by it. Eduardo later realizes that Mark, along with the co-founder of  Winklevosses, has diluted his ownership share from 34% to 0.03%. This isn’t a simple film. It’s not a mechanical or formulaic approach that you might see from a director less talented than David Fincher. It is rather imaginable and natural. At no point during the movie is the audience meant to sympathize with Mark. All of us can relate to Mark Zuckerberg and that’s what will keep us engaged during the entire duration of the movie. In this movie, Fincher and Sorkin have given us something that we can all understand and relate to. This movie is a combo of a snappy script, perfect soundtrack and sharp editing. On top of this, Jesse’s performance has made it worth watching. Whether you are a Facebook user or not, I highly recommend you to watch this movie. Happy watching!!