The Social Network

In honor of talking about David Fincher, I wanted to do The Social Network. When I first heard of this movie, I thought to myself, "Are you kidding me, a Facebook movie?!", as I'm sure a lot of you did. Needless to say, going into it, I wasn't really excited, and I had no expectations. This movie absolutely blew me away. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what makes it so great, but I will try. First, Mark Zuckerberg (even though I know he's a real person) is SUCH a great character. He has all the redeeming qualities of the protagonist, but also the qualities of the bad guy. I found myself rooting for him, feeling sorry for him, and hating him all at the same time. Not only Mark Zuckerberg was a good character, but so was Eduardo and the Winklevoss twins. Eduardo straddled the line between being a total pushover and being tough and a badass. The twins were like the total stereotypical pampas Harvard students. Also, the story was just really interesting. I had no idea about all of the stuff that went on. And another thing that made it interesting was just how smart they all were. It's hard to imagine that much brain power packed into one person.
I know that people are skeptical because of everything the real Mark is saying about how it isn't true and stuff like that. But the truth of the matter is that no one is going to just be okay with looking like an ass on a worldwide stage like he did. But even if it isn't true... it's a MOVIE, and a damn entertaining one at that. So who cares? I sure don't, and you shouldn't either. Long story short, see this movie. It is probably my favorite one of the year. And I'm sure everyone of this generation can appreciate it. Facebook and social networking sites have pretty much defined us. This is the movie of our generation, and people will be talking about it for a very long time.