I did not care very much for this film so I will hit the key points of my afterthoughts....
I just finished watching The Social Network at my local cineplex, and I was greatly disappointed. At first, I did not want to see the movie because I truly had no interest in seeing how facebook came into being. But each trailer I watched made me believe more and more that this was a movie about friends, greed, betrayal, and facebook was only a backdrop of these emotional complexities. I should have stuck with my gut instincts. A good portion of this movie is filmed in an office with our main characters accompanied by their lawyers. We (the audience) were well aware of the betrayal between the characters long before we cared about them. Why should we care about them turning their backs on one another if Fincher never gave us a reason to care about his characters in the first place. This movie was about friends, greed, and betrayal, which are great themes for any movie but not if we don't care. I also didn't care for the fact that half of the movie was set in an office of uncharismatic characters going through litigation. It was well written and the dialogue was great, but for a movie about humans and the social experience, I feel it lacked any emotion. I believe this movie could have been great. The cast was great. It had what seemed to be a great script. The one thing it was missing was a director to bring it all together and make me feel any sort of emotion for his cast. Im sorry, David Fincher. If you're movie The Social Network friend requests me, I'd ignore it. It's time to put on Fight Club so I can remind myself what you're capable of.
Social Network gets a 6.0/10
I just finished watching The Social Network at my local cineplex, and I was greatly disappointed. At first, I did not want to see the movie because I truly had no interest in seeing how facebook came into being. But each trailer I watched made me believe more and more that this was a movie about friends, greed, betrayal, and facebook was only a backdrop of these emotional complexities. I should have stuck with my gut instincts. A good portion of this movie is filmed in an office with our main characters accompanied by their lawyers. We (the audience) were well aware of the betrayal between the characters long before we cared about them. Why should we care about them turning their backs on one another if Fincher never gave us a reason to care about his characters in the first place. This movie was about friends, greed, and betrayal, which are great themes for any movie but not if we don't care. I also didn't care for the fact that half of the movie was set in an office of uncharismatic characters going through litigation. It was well written and the dialogue was great, but for a movie about humans and the social experience, I feel it lacked any emotion. I believe this movie could have been great. The cast was great. It had what seemed to be a great script. The one thing it was missing was a director to bring it all together and make me feel any sort of emotion for his cast. Im sorry, David Fincher. If you're movie The Social Network friend requests me, I'd ignore it. It's time to put on Fight Club so I can remind myself what you're capable of.
Social Network gets a 6.0/10