The Social Network

The Social Network • 2010 Directed By: David Fincher Directed by David Fincher comes The Social Network released in 2010, starring Jesse Eisenburg, Andrew Garfield, and Justin Timberlake in a biographical drama distributed by Sony Pictures. Recap. The film is told from a court case between Mark Zuckerburg (played by Jesse Eisenburg) against Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield) and the Winklevoss twins. It shows the events as they are being spoken about in the case as it goes on. Mark Zuckerburg fell in love with making websites during his stay at Harvard University. One day, he gets pulled by the Winklevoss twins who came up with an idea for a website; a social networking website that can help Harvard students connect with other students. Amazing idea. So in return, Zuckerburg says he'll help them and sure enough 42 days later after multiple excuses saying he can't help, he launches The Facebook, with the ideas of the Winklevoss twins. They then try to sue Zuckerburg but not until the company becomes too large. As for Eduardo, he helps fund the original startup of The Facebook by pitching $19,000 dollars to help keep the site running. At the beginning, he owns 30% of the company but by the time of the case, he sues as he has less than 0.03% equity of the company. They both have testimonies and defend them in this film as the watcher learns the truth behind the startup of Facebook. First Thoughts. Wow wow wow wow. What a phenominal film. The way that this movie is directed to how it is paced is just amazing. And the constant learning and plot twists throughout is great. I love it. There aren't many directors who can pull off a biographical film and David Fincher does it while adding an amazing cast to the line also. Everything in this movie is great in my opinion and I loved every single second. Jesse Eisenburg played his part as Mark really well and the addition of Justin Timberlake was a really nice touch too. The pacing is so well done. This movie is mainly the making and startup or Facebook when Mark Zuckerburg was in college at Harvard University. He first made an app before Facebook called facemash.com that soon took down the entire universities power because of the amount of energy and clicks it was getting. But as he is about to start his next project he gets confronted by twin brothers aka the Winklevoss twins. They propose to him a brand new idea for a site; where fellow Harvard students can message each other, post photos, and connect. Mark later accepts and says he will help. But as days and weeks and later months past by, its an excuse after excuse. Until one day 42 days later Mark launches The Facebook. The pacing is so good. How they put everything in chronological order is so well done and they couldn't have done it any better. From being able to learn the backstories of Mark Zuckerburg to Eduardo Saverin to understanding the court case more, by the end, it all clicks and you finally understand everything. What makes this movie phenominal to me isn't just because its different, its because its told in a way I've never seen in any other movie. It keeps you hooked onto what happens and really doesn't slow down once. Throughout this film you can feel the anxiety, the betrayal, and the final straw that Eduardo feels and I think thats something many people overlook about this movie. Even though its all about the suing that Mark gets from two groups, to see it from Eduardo's perspective is also so well done. I love how you can feel other characters feelings as well. From becoming Mark's best friend and deciding to help him startup The Facebook, to start feeling betrayal from Sean Parker taking his place, to the final straw of finding out he doesn't own 30% of the company but rather only 0.03% and gets backstabbed by the friend that he help startup the company with. What I did love too was how I could feel Eduardo's tension between Sean as he came into Mark's life and how he slowly changed because of it. As the tagline says "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies" perfectly shows how to become successful there will be ups and downs. To wrap it up, this was an amazing and different film. I loved every second of this and is such a great movie to watch to become motivated and to learn that not all things are perfect in life. Even though in the end Mark doesn't win any of the cases, he still became one of the youngest billionares ever and proved that even through obstacles you can profit out of it. **4.5 out of 5 stars **