Score- 9/10 (very high 9)

(I have stopped doing the ‘objective and ‘subjective’ plot synopsis for personal reasons………….laziness)

BC- The Social Network is the perfect example of what happens when a movie is orchestrated by the right people. Throw out the writer, get someone else to adapt the book and you lose the wit. Throw out the director and you have a movie solely about Facebook. Throw out the actors and you have a well directed and well written movie, but not a great movie as a whole. Get me?

Remember that feeling the trailer left you when it incorporated a haunting rendition of an already haunting song, leaving you feeling…something new? That was The Social Network for me. Something new. Sure, it had all that social commentary mumbo-jumbo everybody praises, but that’s not what made it special. Don’t get me wrong, we all love when a film can hit that intellectual point that is so lacking in contemporary art, but that’s not what we are all about as a people nowadays. We read pretension faster than we can understand what there was to be pretentious about. That is exactly what this movie talked about. It said to me…to us: we are so lucky to be living at this moment in time. We are so observant. Wise. We have so much at our fingertips. We can beat our parents at virtually any discussion by just using our technological skills to find the answer on the internet, that is if we hadn’t researched the topic before hand to knowingly beat them to the punch. We have every shortcut possible to reach success. What route will we choose to get there? Who’s toes will we step on? Do we mind ‘selling out’ when we get there? Is money more important than a good night’s sleep? The answer is there is no definite answer. It is all dependent on the individual. Success is not for everyone.

I don’t want to go into all the technicalities that made this film work so well because you shouldn’t have to look for it. It is complex simplicity. A painting that took decades to complete but you connect with at first glance. All the shots were stupendous. Not too much and not too little. The cinematography was something that was beautiful enough for me to create a mental picture out of but subtle enough to not be able to explain it in writing. The screenplay was one of those definite Oscar nominations; never, ever a dull moment. Nothing but fluidity, great character development, believable character motives and a storytelling technique that felt so fresh despite its trite usage in past films. Now, the acting was something special. Jesse Eisenberg is worthy of a Best Actor in a Leading Role nomination at next year’s Academy Awards. The rest of the cast just held all the pieces together and most importantly, made us relate to them by incorporating mannerisms that although at times can be very elitist, due to their Harvard-attending personalties, they maintain a sense of that ‘kid next door’ throughout the film. 

Not a flawless masterpiece, but a definite hit. 

Highlights- Screenplay. Jesse Eisenberg. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ eerily minimalist score. David motherfucking Fincher.

Best movies of 2010 so far:

1. Toy Story 3

2. The Social Network

3. Inception

4. Shutter Island

5. Kick- Ass