The Social Network

leaskovski · 16 Oct 2010 at 22:24

NathanE said:
Is it like Pirates of Silicon Valley, at all? Just a bit more polished perhaps?

Now that is a quality film! I loved watching that!!! God knows why!?

I suspect this is more of an Anti Trust film. Nerdie but for the SoCal generation!

Edit:

God knows how and why, but Pirates can be watched online here...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=440334862070787846#

a1ex2001 · 18 Oct 2010 at 14:59

jonislost said:
really? Whats different? (I'm not trying to be a **** I genuinely just want to know!)

chrisxuk said:
Ben Mezrich - The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Accidental-Billionaires-Founding-Facebook-Betrayal/dp/0385529376

I got the audiobook from Audible after a recommendation from my friend Leo Laporte. Listened to all 7 hours of it in one sitting. I thought it was great, and can't wait to see the film.

It is a totally one sided as Zuckerburg refused to had no input into the book or film. 99% of the people involved in the writing have been involved in legal actions against Zuckerburg at some point so do you really think they are the best people to ask for input when trying to tell a balanced story?

People less involved in the whole facebook history thing who know Zuckerburg say the character is totally wrong and has little or no resemblence to him and the motives played out are not those which drove him.

While it maybe a good piece of film making and a clever story to take it at face value is at best nieve, until Zuckerburg presents his side of the story no meaningfull conclusions can be drawn. Your enemies will never be your best biographers!

antijoke · 18 Oct 2010 at 15:03

I wont lie, I thought this sounded pap to about it being Facebook on film, then I heard the interview on Radio 1 on Saturday, and I now wish to watch this as it sounds intriguing.

Jock · 18 Oct 2010 at 15:53

I'm looking forward to this. I dont know any other details about the incident other than the basics so I'd be intersted to hear more about it.

philip2009 · 28 Oct 2010 at 16:56

Well I've sat through two very long hours of this movie and have to say it's as awful as I was expecting from the trailers. Zuckerberg is portrayed as a hyper-intelligent, speed-talking, anti-social ********. It's practically impossible to sympathise with him because he is so completely irritating and repellent. The dialogue is written to highlight his intellect because of course in the US billionaires are royalty and anybody who is a billionaire must be an absolute genius. You also have to give a toss about Facebook and believe it was a brilliant idea rather than luck.

If you can stand two hours of worthless hype/tripe about Zuckerberg and Facebook you'll enjoy this film, needless to say I didn't. :rolleyes:

NathanE · 28 Oct 2010 at 17:14

OK I've seen it now. It was OK. I liked the geeky stuff, like the references to Wget etc.

It was well shot but some areas of the plot were slightly unbelievable. I still think Pirates of Silicon Valley was better. (And yes, as I suspected, The Social Network is basically just a sequel to that movie).

Maccy · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:39

Just seen it and I semi-enjoyed it. It could've been a lot better and I think there's a lot more to the actual story....

sid · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:51

I'm guessing it will be a long time before we know the actual truth but I doubt it will fall far from what the film projects. I mean the lawsuits were defo real and since they paid up, it couldn't have been all clear.

Randomface74 · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:57

Just seen it, was okay, but could have been better.

beh · 5 Nov 2010 at 16:20

eddiebrock said:
stunningly absorbing film ...sharp and pithy ...All the central perfomances are impressive ...may well be the best film I have seen this year ...well scored by Trent Reznor

Agreed

philip2009 said:
I've only watched the trailers so far and it comes across as dreadful, dreadful, old Hollywood tosh.

I didn't think much of the trailer at the time.

NathanE said:
I liked the geeky stuff, like the references to Wget etc.

Ye, I also appreciated the fairly solid tech references.

billysielu said:
Just seen it, was okay, but could have been better.

Could have done with an exploding helicopter?

Marky · 5 Nov 2010 at 16:28

Yep I really liked it! The direction was really good and the music was incredible in all areas! Well acted as well - surprisingly good performance by Justin Timberlake!

^TANK^ · 5 Nov 2010 at 16:34

I recently discovered that Trent Reznor is involved in this film, sound track wise I think.

Marky · 5 Nov 2010 at 16:37

^TANK^ said:
I recently discovered that Trent Reznor is involved in this film, sound track wise I think.

Yeah he is - I've listened to the soundtrack and it's unbelieveably good!

probedb · 6 Nov 2010 at 10:31

I bought the soundtrack from their website, Blu-Ray audio, lossless downloads...etc

I wish more artists did this sort of thing.

Rich · 6 Nov 2010 at 11:14

Great film, watched it last night. Highly recommended.

Hxc · 6 Nov 2010 at 11:38

Very much enjoyed it. I do wonder if I, and many others, would have made such a big deal of the soundtrack being so good if we did not already know it was by TR? It was fantastic, though.

Odeon Premier seats are a massive letdown, by the by. We moved to normal ones. No movable arm rest and how godamn hard do they need to be?!

SkeeterUK · 6 Nov 2010 at 13:46

Thought it was a bit meh tbh. The main character im not a fan of cos he cant act to save his life imo.

Marky · 6 Nov 2010 at 15:06

Hxc said:
Very much enjoyed it. I do wonder if I, and many others, would have made such a big deal of the soundtrack being so good if we did not already know it was by TR? It was fantastic, though.

Odeon Premier seats are a massive letdown, by the by. We moved to normal ones. No movable arm rest and how godamn hard do they need to be?!

I was thinking that - I'm definitely a bit biased because the name Trent Razor caught my eye in the credits in the beginning, so I was listening out for the music in the film