What worth do we place on the friends that we carry on our Facebook pages? To what extent do they replace, extend, revitalize or decay our real world relationships? Some users have tens of friends. Others hundreds. Thanks to Facebook, it is no longer surprising to have friends numbering in the thousands – it’s the norm.
Strangely enough, The Social Network isn’t just a movie about Facebook. It’s about societal structures, unchecked ambition, and friendship versus the destructive tendencies of power. But above all, it’s about heart. Kids, get out your notebooks, because you might want to take some notes.
THE MOVIE
If you’re hoping to see an enthralling movie about business in the 21st century, forget about Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – The Social Network, delivering downright sizzle, intrigue and drama, is where the money’s really at.
The film depicts its teenage characters with unflinching efficiency as it weaves the nasty web of deception and betrayal that is the story of the ironically socially inept founder of the world's top networking site.
The docu-drama is then bickered over though two separate legal proceedings, wherein Zuckerberg is sued by his erstwhile best friend and Facebook co-founder/CFO Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), as well as a twin-set of professional rowers, the Winklevoss' (Armie Hammer) along with their business partner (Max Minghella).
A tale of money, genius and betrayal, The Social Network isn't merely a yawny timeline of Zuckerberg’s quest for digital dominance. It is a hard-hitting gem of a movie with a full tank of creative gas that keeps it roaring from start to finish.
MY SAY
It has been touted by many a critic as an era-defining drama, but does The Social Network really capture the zeitgeist of the Facebook Generation? Well, it comes damned close, if I may say so myself.
The truth is, we are more than just slightly harder, colder, and socially inept than the Baby Boomers and Generation X. Nevertheless, we make up for it by being wonderfully entrepreneurial and ridiculously tech-savvy, our Facebook wall continually flooded with status updates, personality quizzes and virtual shout-outs from our ‘friends’.
It’s no doubt a disturbing state of affairs, but the film is merely a superlative example of art imitating life, and earns its keep as a provocative commentary on the ever-widening gap between the virtual world and it’s more realistic counterpart. This then begs the question: does technology, along with all its conveniences, truly bring us together, or is it secretly driving us apart? A curious thought indeed.
Nevertheless, The Social Network is an engrossing look into one of this century’s biggest cultural phenomena, all the while being bracingly smart, brutally funny and acted to perfection. This one deserves to go viral.
Strangely enough, The Social Network isn’t just a movie about Facebook. It’s about societal structures, unchecked ambition, and friendship versus the destructive tendencies of power. But above all, it’s about heart. Kids, get out your notebooks, because you might want to take some notes.
THE MOVIE
If you’re hoping to see an enthralling movie about business in the 21st century, forget about Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – The Social Network, delivering downright sizzle, intrigue and drama, is where the money’s really at.The film depicts its teenage characters with unflinching efficiency as it weaves the nasty web of deception and betrayal that is the story of the ironically socially inept founder of the world's top networking site.
The docu-drama is then bickered over though two separate legal proceedings, wherein Zuckerberg is sued by his erstwhile best friend and Facebook co-founder/CFO Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), as well as a twin-set of professional rowers, the Winklevoss' (Armie Hammer) along with their business partner (Max Minghella).
A tale of money, genius and betrayal, The Social Network isn't merely a yawny timeline of Zuckerberg’s quest for digital dominance. It is a hard-hitting gem of a movie with a full tank of creative gas that keeps it roaring from start to finish.
MY SAY
It has been touted by many a critic as an era-defining drama, but does The Social Network really capture the zeitgeist of the Facebook Generation? Well, it comes damned close, if I may say so myself.
The truth is, we are more than just slightly harder, colder, and socially inept than the Baby Boomers and Generation X. Nevertheless, we make up for it by being wonderfully entrepreneurial and ridiculously tech-savvy, our Facebook wall continually flooded with status updates, personality quizzes and virtual shout-outs from our ‘friends’.
It’s no doubt a disturbing state of affairs, but the film is merely a superlative example of art imitating life, and earns its keep as a provocative commentary on the ever-widening gap between the virtual world and it’s more realistic counterpart. This then begs the question: does technology, along with all its conveniences, truly bring us together, or is it secretly driving us apart? A curious thought indeed.Nevertheless, The Social Network is an engrossing look into one of this century’s biggest cultural phenomena, all the while being bracingly smart, brutally funny and acted to perfection. This one deserves to go viral.
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