When I heard that David Fincher (Fight Club) was going to be directing a movie about the founding of Facebook, I was irritated. I’m on Facebook for hours a day—it’s literally always up in the background. I just don’t want to miss anything. But my point is—I have enough Facebook in my life. Why would I want to devote an hour or two of my time to watching a movie about it?
So I finally sat down and watched the teaser trailer for the film, The Social Network. I figured I should at least give it a shot before I go making judgements.
That’s one minute and eleven seconds that I can never get back. The only action in the trailer is a slew of words that appear on the screen: punk, genius, prophet, traitor, billionaire, you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.
And then the face of Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland), who portrays Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, fills the screen. All the while, characters are talking in the background in very hurried voices.
And I watched it all. But I was bored the entire time.
So, in conclusion, chances are that I will not be checking out The Social Network…will you?



















Comments
Germain Lussier
June 28th, 2010 - 10:42:27 AM
The story behind Facebook is BEYOND fascinating. I've read the book this movie is based up, The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich and it's captivating. I'll be first in line for this flick. Aaron Sorkin written, Fincher directed. Insane.
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