The Social Network

I found the beginning hard to follow as it had alot of technical stuff in it that only a tech person would really understand, but as it went on the characters and plot became much clearer. I have never liked the guy from what I knew about his management of Facebook, but now I really understand why so many absolutely despise him.The movie alludes that he may have Asperger's but I think he is also a malignant narcissist and possibly a sociopath who opportunistically and parasitically uses anyone he thinks can help him achieve what he wants and then finds a way to discard them.He lacks empathy and does not seem to feel guilty for any move he makes no matter who gets hurt by it, even his best friend.The actor that played Zuckerburg did a very good job of conveying nuance; there were moments that he barely reflected but just as quickly banished the insight he was close to having from his mind, shown very well in the scene where his friend smashes his laptop and angrily confronts him, walks away and then the celebration starts for the number of users on Facebook. It seemed for just a second he considered what he might have had if he had not made the decisions he did and had not screwed his only friend over. A slight look of sadness came over his face, but then it was as if he flipped a switch in his brain and it was over.It is a little sad to think about how he ruined every chance he may have had to have real connection with friends, or a wife, because enough is known about him publicly that nobody will likely ever trust him enough to get close to him after all that he's done to others. Like they say; "it's lonely at the top". Money is nice to have, but if you don't have friends and family then what do you really have?Facebook remains a conundrum to this day; it helps people connect with others and to network in their businesses, while at the same time it foments some of the most hateful rhetoric online and allows bullying because of loopholes allowing cruelty, propaganda, and even libel as "freedom of speech".Its terms of service are guided entirely by who the big investors of the day are. For example; I breed rats and my page was taken down by a competitor by their twisting the TOS (similarly to what Zuckerburg did in the movie about his friend's interaction with a chicken making it sound as though something inhumane was going on). Many animal breeders who find local adopters through Facebook were targeted in this way and had to create new pages once PETA finally stepped aside and the site received enough complaints from a large number of breeders whose animals' placement in forever homes was delayed by many months. The site had created some statement in their terms of service that it was not allowed to "sell animals" on Facebook, yet made exceptions for shelters that also ask for fees for their animals to be adopted), and those breeders who had another website off of Facebook . There were some breeders who were not targeted and continued to advertise prices openly. The hypocrisy of it all was so thick you could cut it with a knife it put everyone on edge! I, like many others have spent years and lots of money making sure our animals got the best care. We were not puppy mills and yet painted with that broad brush simply by being breeders. This political ploy did people a big disservice; both to breeders and to those looking for pets locally.This film is totally consistent with what I know of the man and his company's MO in recent years. Even if certain bits and pieces were fictionalized overall it was dead on.I also remember when a high profile guy in the reptile hobby almost came to the point of committing suicide because a group had been formed and hounded him with false allegations for years; even some of the members photoshopping pictures pulled from videos of his snakes to make it appear they were being neglected. When I reported this and asked that the group be taken down because its sole purpose was for was kniving to libel this guy who is of great help to animals who has pioneered some important conservation work, I received a letter sent to my profile page saying that they "support freedom of speech" and since the man is an adult they do not consider this online bullying a breach of their TOS." The next paragraph said I could "hide things" I found "objectionable."I wrote back and told them this was not about me and my "perception" but that if a man who ordinarily was very positive and resilient had been worn down mercilessly to the point that he was considering suicide, that this is where they as a platform need to start drawing some lines. I never got another response, and as far as I know the hate group still exists.I found this film enlightening to say the least and I understand more now than ever why there are so many who want to put federal regulations on Facebook to limit its taking certain actions which could hurt its users.

What you get with The Social Network is the most fascinating character study since The Conversation. The Social Network is about the creators of Facebook, specifically a young man named Mark Zuckerberg, as portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg, who's successes only amplify his guarded insecurity and social ineptitude. Many proponents and critical champions of the film have had the gaul to herald The Social Network as my generation's Citizen Kane. Well... I think that's a completely accurate statement to make. Even I agree with them. It actually is my generation's Citizen Kane. The themes and nods are all there. Hearst as Zuckerberg, right down to the sled. Refresh, refresh, refresh. The Social Network is a very touching and revealing character study about a troubled young man who will become wholly emblematic of his time and place."You have part of my attention - you have the minimum amount."The film opens with a lengthy scene of dialogue between Mark and his girlfriend. What's so unique about it is that you have to listen closely because the scene is jumbled with the chatter of a murmuring pub. And you can hear the background noise louder than you would like to have it or have been used to hearing it in other films. It's almost like we're right there with them, listening in. It's hard to hear comfortably at parts but I find that decision enthralling. Director David Fincher is trying to tell us something here, he's trying to prepare his audience. He's telling them to listen up and pay attention because this movie demands it. He uses this same tool later on in the film at a night club where Mark is being taken under the wing of a character with questionable motives. Fincher says once again, listen closely. This is a scene that demands concentration. Read between the lines, Mark is. Why aren't you?Let's talk about the star of the film, Jesse Eisenberg as Mark, for he is going to be the reason why this film will never be forgotten. Eisenberg was outstanding here, laying down the best performance in film since the '70s. Naturalistic and contained, it was an absolutely beautiful portrayal. It harked back to Al Pacino's Michael Corleone from The Godfather Part Two, it was that impressive. What Eisenberg was able to do with Mark was something very precise. He made the character a complex one. One that was guarded, calculated, methodical, and incredibly lonely. A character that can be very cold and sad and unforgivably oblivious.The idea proposed by Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is an interesting one, that the creator of a website designed to connect people around the world to all of their friends is not only socially off-putting but is so selfish and vengeful that he has no friends of his own. He has no support system. Eisenberg makes Mark out to be a loveless, wounded, and perpetually hurt person with quiet anger and resentment. The most perplexing aspect of Mark's character is that he is opaque and protective, resentful but there is a dying desire there as well. A want not of fortune but of impulse. I don't think Mark wants to be so cold. Then again, sometimes I think that's exactly how we wants to be perceived. He never really seems to honestly enjoy his successes. He never acts like he wants the money. He never really seems to want much more other than to be seen as someone stronger than he is. He wants to be different. Eisenberg communicates things along the lines of self-punishment and hatred with Mark. It's in his face and the quiver and shake of his voice. It's all in how a person so precise can be so uncomfortable in his own skin.Eisenberg is a very responsive actor and the key to his performance is in his reactions. The little ticks that he does or the facial stretches that are both surprising and full of pathos. Eisenberg did something extraordinary in The Social Network. Truth be told, this was an unsurmountable performance, mammoth in poignancy and tragedy. What Eisenberg was able to communicate with his portrayal of Mark is something for the history books. If this film will be remembered for anything, I hope that it will be because of him. Such a complex delivery! I love that The Social Network is not really a film about Facebook but a complex, intimate, and puzzling character study of the touching from a distance variety. His performance is made of composites, all of which equally compounding and involved. Eisenberg's intricate approach, along with the occasional trip of haywire, is only augmented by Mark's impenetrable and inaccessible frozen heart.Or is it even frozen? Maybe he's a kid who has a whole lot of heart but doesn't know how to use it. He had forgotten how a long time ago. Now he just is. But does he want to be? Does he yearn? In a performance that touches upon both the easily readable and the abstruse, Eisenberg molds a legendary character. A pillar of the actor's cinema. A startlingly perfect performance from an actor who has obviously mastered the craft. He got lost in Mark. I'm sure of it. This role had so many layers and it only gets more astonishing the more of them you peel back. Eisenberg was stunning here. A truly perfect and touching performance. Like I said, one of the best performances I have ever seen.What is this film trying to say about my generation? Honestly, I don't really care much about that aspect of it. With the exception of the actors in participation, the rest of the filmmakers were older men who are most likely out of touch. I mean, my generation is inherently out of touch by nature so how could Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher know any better? This is not to say that Sorkin's script isn't great or that Fincher's vision wasn't coherent, fluid, and interesting to watch. I'm only saying that this film may not be the generation defining film in terms of territory and material, but it is generation defining in terms of acting and character. Eisenberg towers over his contemporaries. I've been waiting for an actor like him to come around for a very long time to kind of show the way for the others. I also hope that this film brings the character study back into popular demand. It's been a few years now since The Social Network was released and films just aren't seeming to catch on. It was a special kind of film and I guess we're not headed toward a new renaissance but at least it existed. A reminder of what the medium can accomplish. It focused on and examined a character who was not only a complicated one but one that shared a great likeness to it's coeval and modern audience. In the idea that Mark as a character is representative of my generation's cold resolve, the film is truly generation defining. It might not be the film my generation claimed but it's the one it deserved. It may not be an exact interpretation of my generation but it makes for a damn good silhouette of it.One of my all-time favorite films.

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„I‘m not talking about a dating site. I‘m talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online.“ Das ist die eigentliche Grundidee hinter Facebook.„The Social Network“ erzählt auf packende und realistische Weise die moderne Version des „American Dream“: Was früher der Tellerwäscher war, der zum Millionär aufstieg, ist heute der Nerd, der Computerfreak, der Hacker, der es mit technischem Verstand und der richtigen Idee bis ganz nach oben schafft. Diesen Traum träumen viele, überall, auch in Harvard, denn leichter als einen Job zu finden, ist es, einen Job zu erfinden.Aber dies ist auch die Geschichte einer Freundschaft, die zerbricht, von Verrat, Geld, Macht, Rivalität - und juristischen Auseinandersetzungen. Wie hoch der tatsächliche Wahrheitsgehalt ist, darüber streiten sich die Geister. Aber wie Drehbuchautor Aaron Sorkin klarstellte: Es ist ein Film, Kunst, keine Dokumentation.Jesse Eisenberg ist hervorragend in der Rolle des Mark Zuckerberg besetzt. Ihm gelingt ein glaubwürdiges Porträt des Facebook-Gründers, der vor allem eins nicht mehr sein will: ein Nobody. Er charakterisiert den Outsider als brillanten, aber introvertierten Denker, der mit den Gedanken oft nicht im Hier und Jetzt ist, weil er zu sehr mit etwas anderen beschäftigt ist.Markant ist die lange Eröffnungszene (10 Drehbuchseiten!), in der man mit der Person Mark Zuckerberg erstmals in Kontakt kommt. Er wird von seiner Freundin Erica Albright abserviert. Begründung: Er sei „einfach ein Arschloch“. Zutiefst verletzt postet er daraufhin in seinem Blog erniedrigende Kommentare über sie und entwickelt eine Website namens FaceMash, auf der die User die Attraktivität von Frauen vergleichen und bewerten können. Der Algorithmus stammt von Zuckerbergs bestem Freund Eduardo Saverin. Um an das Bildmaterial zu kommen, hackt er sich in die Datenbanken der Harvard University... und das ist erst der Anfang...Die Biographie hinter der Geschichte kennt man. Doch David Fincher und Aaron Sorkin verwandeln die Geschehnisse in ein überaus vielschichtiges, sehenswertes Drama mit durchweg hervorragenden Darstellern.Viele Themenkomplexe begegnen sich hier: Es geht um eine zeitgenössische Version des „American Dream“, Freundschaft, Insider und Outsider, um das Erwachsenwerden, Karriere und das ganz große Geld. „The Social Network“ gibt Einblicke in ein abstoßend wirkendes Elite-College-Wesen mit machthungrigen Narzissten und Egomanen, alten Strukturen und Studentenvereinigungen.Lohnt sich die Blu-ray-Collector‘s Edition? Auf jeden Fall! Zum einen ist im Vergleich zur einfachen DVD-Version die Bildqualität der Blu-ray deutlich besser. Zum anderen ist das hier enthaltene Bonusmaterial allein den Kauf wert. Wer sich für Hintergrundberichte interessiert, David Fincher und Aaron Sorkin über die Schulter blicken möchte oder mehr über die Location und Technik wissen will, kann bedenkenlos zugreifen. (Vorbildlich ist dabei übrigens die Ausstattung mit Untertiteln!)Enthalten sind auf Disk 1 neben dem Hauptfilm zwei Audiokommentare, unter anderem von Regisseur Fincher und Drehbuchautor Aaron Sorkin. Darin erfährt man viel Interessantes zu den Dreharbeiten, aber auch zu Entscheidungen, die bezüglich Darstellern und Musik stattfanden. Gedreht wurde übrigens nicht in Harvard, sondern an der Johns Hopkins Universität, weil es für Harvard keine Drehgenehmigung gab. Darum wurden viele Matte-Zeichnungen erstellt, um die bekannten Wahrzeichen wie das Kirkland House mit einzubauen.Auf Disk 2 gibt es - ebenfalls in HD-Qualität - ein Making Of (92 Minuten). "Wie ist aus Facebook bloß ein Film entstanden?"Teil 1: "Die Anfänge"Teil 2: "Boston"Teil 3: "Los Angeles"Teil 4: "Das Studiogelände"Zusätzlich sind verschiedene Featurettes zu allen relevanten Filmelementen enthalten (filmische Umsetzung, Schnitt und Ton, Filmmusik):"David Fincher und Jeff Cronenweth zu den Bildelementen""Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter und Ken Klyce zur Nachbearbeitung""Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross und David Fincher zur Filmmusik""Swarmatron Sound Machine")"Ruby Skye VIP-Raum: Szenenanalyse aus unterschiedlicher Perspektive""In the Hall of Mountain King: Musikalische Erkundungen"Wenn man sieht, wie intensiv Aaron Sorkin und David Fincher mit den Darstellern arbeiten, wie die einzelnen Szenen vorher erarbeitet und emotional durchdrungen werden, bevor es ans Drehen geht, bekommt man einen kleinen Eindruck von der Arbeit, die tatsächlich in diesem Film steckt.

Para los que no quieran dejarse la pasta que cuesta esta edición en su versión española, la italiana es una buena alternativa. Incluye como idioma el español (de España), así que merece totalmente la pena. Contiene dos discos y la caja de plástico del bluray viene dentro de una caja de cartón que le da una apariencia mucho más chula. Recomiendo tanto esta edición (por precio y calidad) como la película en sí.

After being dumped by his girlfriend Erica (Rooney Mara) Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) pours his bitterness into simultaneously blogging a nasty tirade of abuse about her while hacking into the Harvard database to create Facemash with the assistance from his best friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield). A website urging fellow students to compare the girls on campus to each other and pick their favourite. As well as making himself tremendously unpopular with the majority of the females on campus also brings himself to the attention of Winklevoss twins Cameron & Tyler (both played by Armie Hammer) and their friend Divya Narendra (Max Minghella), three rich students who have an idea for an exclusive Harvard website that allows members to be able to communicate. Recognising Zuckerberg's obvious talent they ask him to design the website, he agrees then takes the idea combined with his facemash and starts to design his own called The Facebook.Fincher tells the story by switching back and forth between the two law suits that are bought by first the Winklevoss twins and Narenda who claim Zuckerberg stole their idea to create his and the law suit with Saverin who Mark has frozen out of the business who had initially funded the website before it started to make a profit. Sean Parker the creator of Napster in the shape of Justin Timberlake inserts himself into the website by impressing Mark and suggesting they drop the The from the name of the site. Aaron Sorkin's screenplay concentrates on the legal issues of the story as well as telling the birth of Facebook and Zuckerberg's actions that bring about being sued by the twins and his best friend Eduardo. Timberlake's Parker being the obvious catylist behind Zuckerberg's actions having been seduced by the risky entrepenaur.Eisenberg most famous for playing the likeable Columbus in Zombieland and lovable geek Brennan in Adventureland takes a change of pace to play an althogether unlikeble version of Mark Zuckerberg, I say version as the real Zuckerberg says that the film has him all wrong, although Sorkin has already admitted that the script isn't enteirley acurate and his version is more like an entertaining verion of events. Eisenberg is utterly captivating in the lead role, registering very little emotion but driven and devoted as Zuckerberg, the film gives you very little characters to root for and Eisenberg's performance is not looking to win any friends, the fiercely intelligent, shy, selfish and arrogant traits of his personality on screen in all their glory, witness him cut the Winklevoss' Lawyer down when he is asked if they deserve his attention. Garfield who is soon to be seen as new Peter Parker/Spiderman is excellent as Zuckerberg's wronged best friend Saverin, more of a social climber which gets him into the right places and having the money to initially finance The Facebook, somewhat naive and unexpereinced, see the emotion etched on his face. Timberlake's Sean Parker for all his unpleasant arrogance does appear at least here to have been very important in Facebook's advancement and Saverin doesn't seem anywhere as active in it's success as Parker. Cries of stunt casting at Fincher for enlisting Timberlake can be dispelled immediately, he perfectly essays the man who bought free file sharing to the masses, immediately capturing Zuckerberg's attention much to Saverin's dislike. His Sean Parker is tremendously confident, charismatic and ego fueled. Armie Hammer impresses in the duel role as both Winklevoss twins.Sorkin's script makes the 2 hour duration zip along in no time giving his actors so many great lines, intelligent and funny. David Fincher a director so well known for his own style a real visionary who took a mistep in his last film, (the technically impressive but emotionally cold Curious Case of Benjamin Button) may seem on the surface here to have made unusual choice, there is nothing here to flex his visual muscles with the exception of a thrilling rowing sequence at the Henley Regatta soundtracked by an electronic reading of Grieg's Hall of The Mountain King by score composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. This is all about showcasing Sorkin's prose and Fincher's restraint is to the strength of the telling of the story, impressive visual flourishes are not necessary and Fincher who came of age with his masterpiece Zodiac continues to show a maturing as he enters into his 50's.Industrial rocker Reznor and musical partner Ross provide a darkly subtle score, that sets the mood and never intrudes only picking up pace in a few sequences, they invest the film with sinister undertone that perfectly accompanies the subject matter. This their first assignment scoring with Reznor having only compiled soundtracks before for Natural Born Killers and Lost Highway, is temendously impressive and important factor in moving the story along.Don't be put off by the subject matter, you don't need to be a Facebook user to enjoy or understand the story. It is interesting though to see the genesis of functions on the site that now millions of people take for granted, for instance the sequence where Zuckerberg comes up with the idea for relationship status or hearing Parker talking about tagging. Fincher well and truly making up for the mistep of his previous film and with the assistance of Sorkin's electrifying script and a hugely impressive cast presents a fiercely intelligent a hugely enjoyable example of cinema and adds another entry to his already impressive filmography.