Movie review: “The Social Network” 2 1/2 Stars
“The Social Network” has the ingredients of being a good movie, but if you are not passionate about the Facebook phenomenon it will be hard to call it as such.
The movie is directed by one of Hollywood’s best directors David Fincher, who is best known for the movies like “The strange case of Benjamin Button,” “Zodiac,” ”Seven” and “Fight Club.”
The story of the movie is current and appealing to many, if maybe just as a curiosity if not as pop culture knowledge: the birth of the Facebook and the battle of who came up with the idea first. But the movie title did come with a disclaimer “You don’t get 500 million friends without making a few enemies.”
The movie’s script is witty and intelligent, delivering an entertaining movie under the signature of the screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (“The West Wing,” “Charlie Wilson’s War).
The beginning scene, in which Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) is being dumped by his girlfriend, sets up the fast-paced tone for the entire in movie. We have fast dialog, fast movement of the camera from one character to another, fast development of the story, with alternations between past and present events, fast decisions making, creating the impression that everything is in a rush and keeping the audience connected to the screen.