The Social Network Review Thread (Spoilers)

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by redtornado

They have seriously run out of movie ideas in Hollywood.

Up next, Blu-ray VS HD-DVD: The Motion Picture. Starring Lorenzo Lamas, Tara Reid, and Alan Thicke.

I think a documentary of this could be interesting.


A facebook movie though, sounds like as fun as a leathal injection.

[BTobin]

Up next, Blu-ray VS HD-DVD: The Motion Picture. Starring Lorenzo Lamas, Tara Reid, and Alan Thicke.[/QUOTE]

yeah I would probably watch that...there's a lot of drama in that story actually now a bunch of Harvard nerds who made a social networking site? no! that's just dumb...not as dumb as I thought it would be when I read "facebook movie"...still Hollywood needs to dig deeper than their gum wrappers and their email accounts for movie ideas...I have to sayI'm a bit disgusted with the way the next few years are shaping up film-wise...except for movies like the Hobbit and Harry Potter and the good stuff like that but honestly I wish it were worth it to go to the theater other than during summer and Christmas

[GreenScar]

Aaron Sorkin's Facebook Script Might Actually Be Amazing

Ah yes, Aaron Sorkin's movie about Facebook. "Imagine going from nothing to a billionaire in less than a year. How do you even grasp that kind of success? How do you live a normal life? How do you address the constant lawsuits that eat into your everyday existence? And how do you do this at 22 years old?" That's not the official pitch for The Social Network, as it's better known, but it might as well be. That was written by Carson Reeves who just published an early review of Sorkin's screenplay on his blog. And what did he think of it? "I just read a script that amazed me. Easily going into my top 10." Apparently it's that incredible.

We first heard that Aaron Sorkin had been hired to write this script late last year. But everything changed when it was announced a few weeks ago that David Fincher would be directing it. It seems that no one can believe that a movie about a popular social website could actually be any good. But that's because no one knew what it was really about. Following that Fincher news we posted an update saying that it was actually based on a book called "The Accidental Billionaires" written by Ben Mezrich that chronicled the story of how Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in his dorm room at Harvard. The Social Network is that exact story.

Without spoiling too much of the story, The Social Network starts with Zuckerberg in a bar being dumped by his then girlfriend because he keeps changing conversations. From there the creation of what is to one day become Facebook begins, as those who are familiar with the story know that it started as a "Hot or Not"-like site for Harvard women before being re-imagined as a social community. While Carson says the script doesn't have a framework, he explains that it often jumps in and out of a present day legal battle that involves Zuckerberg being sued by his former business partners for all $16 billion that Facebook is worth.

Now you might start to understand why this is a bit more than a simple story about a website. "It's a story about greed, about obsession, about our belief that all the money in the world can make us happy. But it's also unpredictable, funny, touching, and sad. It gives us that rare glimpse into the improbable world of mega-success." Comedy, in a script like this, doesn't sound too appealing, but apparently it works very well.

That Sean Parker he is talking about is the very same Sean Parker that founded Napster in the 90's. Yep, he is even in this, too! I don't want to give away any more of his story, because he's one the greatest parts of this and his introduction is a key part of the founding of Facebook. As I tried to say when David Fincher's name first popped up in connection with this project, a director of his caliber obviously wouldn't have even considered this if it weren't a great story (and a great script), so I'm not sure why everyone thinks this will suck. According to Reeves, Sorkin's script is pretty amazing, which is both shocking and exciting to hear.

Ever since that Fincher news hit, I've been trying to convince people that this might actually be good, and that it is definitely not what anyone is expecting. I'm glad I now have a real review of Sorkin's script to back up my initial gut feeling. After learning more about the real story and exactly what Zuckerberg has had to go through - mainly with losing his best friend and ending up in enormous legal battles with almost everyone else - I suggest you go back and re-read that list of questions in the introduction to this article. Those are the kind of fascinating themes that I believe Sorkin is trying to address and that Fincher connected with.

I am very interested to see how this continues to develop. After this review and all the previous news about the adaptation of "The Accidental Billionaires" and so on, I would be more than happy to see Fincher direct this next. Not only is the time right (with social networking being as popular as it is) but I just think this sounds like it could be a great movie. That is, as long as it's just as amazing on the screen as it is on paper.

[jkwest]

intrigued

[KubrickFan]

I hope Fincher goes all out on this one. He kinda hold back on Zodiac (haven't seen Benjamin Button yet) but I think the same style Fight Club and Panic Room had would be perfect for this, don't you think?

[Foggy]

I think a good movie would be if some on typed google into google and ended up crashing the inte_ ____ _____ ____ _______what happend

[JamesKurtovich]

So nobody likes MySpace anymore? They should get a movie too. Same with Amazon and Blu-ray.com.

[toef]

I find it funny that the guy says the movie is great, and then as the script is explained, I started to fall asleep.

If I want a movie about money and greed, I'll watch Wall Street, or look forward to Wall Street 2, or watch any of a bunch of other movies.

Since I like Sorkin and Fincher, I'm still giving this the benefit of doubt, but the real life story still does not seem interesting to me at all.

[JUDGEMENT 4400]

This can get interesting. I love Fincher's work!

[ScarredLungs]

hmm... This could actually be good.

[PH3AR]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

So nobody likes MySpace anymore?

I like myspace, but i hate facebook, so we need a myspace movie about Tom!

[GreenScar]

Columbia casts trio in Facebook film

Columbia Pictures and director David Fincher have set the core cast for "The Social Network," the Aaron Sorkin-scripted drama about the formation of Facebook.

Jesse Eisenberg will play Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Justin Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook's founding president; and Andrew Garfield will play Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg over money.

Production will begin next month in Boston and then move to Los Angeles.

Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti and Cean Chaffin will produce. Kevin Spacey is exec producer.

Script focuses on the evolution of Facebook, the online social network created in 2004 on the Harvard campus, and how overnight success and wealth changed the lives of the classmates who created it. Eisenberg, who went from "The Squid and the Whale" to "Adventureland," locked the central role as Zuckerberg as Columbia prepares to release his latest film, "Zombieland," on Oct. 2.

Timberlake was most recently seen in "The Open Road," Garfield in the Terry Gilliam-directed "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus."

Eisenberg’s repped by ICM, Timberlake by WME and Schiff Co., and Garfield by CAA.

[Jellybeans]

This is pathetic!

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

So no myspace movie ?

What about "revenge of twitter" ?

Hell yea that started it all!! We need myspace before facebook!! Got Em!!

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by BTobin

Up next, Blu-ray VS HD-DVD: The Motion Picture. Starring Lorenzo Lamas, Tara Reid, and Alan Thicke.

yeah I would probably watch that...there's a lot of drama in that story actually now a bunch of Harvard nerds who made a social networking site? no! that's just dumb...not as dumb as I thought it would be when I read "facebook movie"...still Hollywood needs to dig deeper than their gum wrappers and their email accounts for movie ideas...I have to sayI'm a bit disgusted with the way the next few years are shaping up film-wise...except for movies like the Hobbit and Harry Potter and the good stuff like that but honestly I wish it were worth it to go to the theater other than during summer and Christmas[/QUOTE]

Naw up next: Is Alien a horror or sci-fi starring: Shannon Elizabeth, Molly Ringwald, & Jason Biggs with a special appearance from Sigourney Weaver!! Haha!! Got Em!!

[mikejet]

I'm not a member of any social networking site. I only used linkdin.

Don't think I'll be watching this.

[FindYourWay]

It was bound to happen.
Remember the terrible film, Cellular?

[Trogdor2010]

There is too much ignorance, the more interesting part would be The Facebook movie will be shot in 70mm cameras, designed to be scanned in 8K resolution and 192Khz 7.1 audio , and in cinemascope.

Seriously though, millions (if not hundreds of millions) use these chat services daily, it's not much different from someone here using bluray.com for it's chat forums. Not that surprising.

By the way, when is the Al Jolson Biopic coming, someone mention michael jackson here, so why not Jolson.

[Foggy]

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[Batman Begins]

i wanna see hot famous celeb starting in this film....... LOL.