10-04-2010, 04:27 PM
At the cinema: The Social Network
An amusing film with a very literate and witty script that makes interesting what otherwise might have been rather tedious at best. Performances are uniformly good.
The real question: Was Zuckerberg, the creator of Face Book, really this big of an ass hole?
The two major female characters seemed to have his measure.
At the beginning of the film we see Zuckerberg and his girlfriend, Erica, calling it quits. She remarks to him, "You'll go trough life thinking girls dislike you because you are a nerd. But is reality it's because you're an asshole." (I'm paraphrasing.)
At the end, a young lawyer, who advises him to avoid a jury trial and settle, departs with this final observation, "You're not an asshole Mark, but you're trying hard to be one."
In the end it would seem that both Face Book and Zuckerberg's rise to fame and fortune are predicated upon unrequited love. He can not understand the why, or accept the reality, of Erica breaking up with him.
Erica as Helen of Troy? Erica, the woman that launched a thousand members (now 500 million) that is Face Book? Or Face Book as a Trojan Horse -- a social network site that in reality is Mark's attempt to win back Erica?
Probably not -- but it is a rather funny film and worth the matinee price.
:wink:
Narukami
An amusing film with a very literate and witty script that makes interesting what otherwise might have been rather tedious at best. Performances are uniformly good.
The real question: Was Zuckerberg, the creator of Face Book, really this big of an ass hole?
The two major female characters seemed to have his measure.
At the beginning of the film we see Zuckerberg and his girlfriend, Erica, calling it quits. She remarks to him, "You'll go trough life thinking girls dislike you because you are a nerd. But is reality it's because you're an asshole." (I'm paraphrasing.)
At the end, a young lawyer, who advises him to avoid a jury trial and settle, departs with this final observation, "You're not an asshole Mark, but you're trying hard to be one."
In the end it would seem that both Face Book and Zuckerberg's rise to fame and fortune are predicated upon unrequited love. He can not understand the why, or accept the reality, of Erica breaking up with him.
Erica as Helen of Troy? Erica, the woman that launched a thousand members (now 500 million) that is Face Book? Or Face Book as a Trojan Horse -- a social network site that in reality is Mark's attempt to win back Erica?
Probably not -- but it is a rather funny film and worth the matinee price.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
