The Social Network: Better than The Godfather, Citizen Kane, and Chinatown

[Great Rumbler]

A mesmerizing, bewildering and infuriating protagonist makes this movie about Facebook's creation a must-see.

It’s the finest film in many years to open the New York Film Festival.

Continues Fincher's fascinating transition from genre filmmaker extraordinaire to indelible chronicler of our times.

On a first viewing, it seems almost indecently smart, funny and sexy. The second time around... half the time I sat there marveling at the similarities of the story, themes and structure to Citizen Kane.

The Social Network is the movie of the year. If Coppola were into computers, this would be The Godfather.

As socially significant to this generation as films like Network, All The President's Men and The Graduate were in their own time.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-social-network/

9 reviews, all positive.

Average rating: 9.8/10

[Diunx]

Its not better than Chinatown? pass.

[Great Rumbler]

There. Happy?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I want to see it but I can't stand Michael Cera

[TakingBackSunday]

Nothing is better than Chinatown.  Not even Chinatown!

[Stoney Mason]

I generally love Fincher but can we stop putting Justin Timberlake in movies please.

[Mupepe]

I generally love Fincher but can we stop putting Justin Timberlake in movies please.

wtf?  why?

He needs to do serious roles again.  The dude is actually GREAT in Alpha Dog and Black Snake Moan.  GREAT.

Edit: it's just too bad he usually gets put in shit movies.

[Stoney Mason]

Opinions will vary. I thought he was dogshit bad in Black Snake Moan and outside of dick in a box I always detest when he is on something like SNL and being "funny". Never saw alpha dog.

Good pop singer though. I think he should stick to that.

[Fresh Prince]

Justin is a good 'actor' essentially because you always get the feeling he is being himself in some way.

[TakingBackSunday]

fucker hasn't released a new album in ages; he really needs to get on that.  One of the few pop releases I've loved in the last couple years or so

[Eric P]

anyone under 25 seen this yet?

[Mupepe]

I hate him in funny roles.  He's absolutely terrible in those.

But I thought he was pretty good in Black Snake Moan.  Not enough screen time or character development to really see though.  And his character was hokey as it is.  But in Alpha Dog I thought he did a great job.  More serious, assholish roles please.  He is a pretty great pop singer too.  

[TakingBackSunday]

duh

[Himu]

Can't wait to see this though I'm worried it'll be pretentious and overwrought (cue writing html formulas on fucking windows good will hunting style.)

[Dickie Dee]

The name FB is actually used in this right?

[Himu]

I am trying to get on facebook right now and i'm fucking panicking because i can't get on fucking facebook!!!!!!

[Dickie Dee]

Facebook has taken their ball and gone home  :'(

[Mr. Gundam]

Facebook has gone to the park

[Diunx]

I am trying to get on facebook right now and i'm fucking panicking because i can't get on fucking facebook!!!!!!

.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

So is Michael Cera's character actually the villian? or what?

[Reb]

Keep on trying Methodis, you'll get there.

[TakingBackSunday]

Keep on trying Methodis, you'll get there.

 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Michael Eisner is a good actor.

[Costanza]

Scott Pilgrim was already better than all those movies, gonna be hard to top

[ManaByte]

Fucking hipster.

[Eel O'Brian]

I want to see it but I can't stand Michael Cera

[BlueTsunami]

Reviews read like a bunch of Gen Y reviewers slurpin' each others ding dongs over what Gen Y has accomplished

[ManaByte]

Reviews read like a bunch of Gen Y reviewers slurpin' each others ding dongs over what Gen Y has accomplished

So it's another hipster movie.

[Himu]

Reviews read like a bunch of Gen Y reviewers slurpin' each others ding dongs over what Gen Y has accomplished

 :'(

[Mupepe]

I'm Gen X I tells ya, GEN X!!!(Still can't deal with not being a part of gen x after being told how cool they were)

you're really far off from gen x.  not even close.  most people on this board aren't Gen X.  And they're just as dumb and selfish and Gen Y IMO.

[Mupepe]

and what i'm saying is that you can't do that.  you can't even try to pretend.  you're too far off!  you might as well wish to be a baby boomer.  you're a young fish, in and old, old pond.  generation x sucks anyways.  they're responsible for most of the shitty shit from the 90's

[EvilBoris]

 blah why did you edit dude? didn't you mean to privilege inaccuracy in yr post and write 'hits' and giggles ?

[Himu]

and what i'm saying is that you can't do that.  you can't even try to pretend.  you're too far off!  you might as well wish to be a baby boomer.  you're a young fish, in and old, old pond.  generation x sucks anyways.  they're responsible for most of the shitty shit from the 90's

Baby boomers are the worst gen. The "hey look at us, we didn't do anything in the 60's but we're going to take all the credit anyways" generation. No wonder Gen X and Gen Y are so stuck up.

[Mupepe]

Dude in all seriousness I know I'm fucking Gen Y, can't I even post anything remotely inaccurate for shits and giggles?

i was just being a dick, dude.  y u mad tho? 

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the proper response in these situations is to just be a dick back

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[Mupepe]

and what i'm saying is that you can't do that.  you can't even try to pretend.  you're too far off!  you might as well wish to be a baby boomer.  you're a young fish, in and old, old pond.  generation x sucks anyways.  they're responsible for most of the shitty shit from the 90's

Baby boomers are the worst gen. The "hey look at us, we didn't do anything in the 60's but we're going to take all the credit anyways" generation. No wonder Gen X and Gen Y are so stuck up.

i think it's just been an increasingly downhill roller coaster ride after WW2 and everyone riding the coattails of America's real glory days while our society as a whole just gets worse and worse while thinking they're better and better.

[Himu]

What glory days? The 50's?

[Mupepe]

What glory days? The 50's?

I'm just speaking specifically about our glorified WW2 days.  Kicking ass and taking names and the way it's symbolized in history. 

FUCKING SHIT THREAD DERAIL LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER

[Great Rumbler]

What glory days? The 50's?

I'm just speaking specifically about our glorified WW2 days.  Kicking ass and taking names and the way it's symbolized in history. 

FUCKING SHIT THREAD DERAIL LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER

Audie Murphy is more of a man than you'll ever be.

Probably you can blame the later generation for being so bad on him, he was just too awesome. People were like "Dang, man, we're never gonna be that awesome, might as well not even try." And then they smoked weed.

[Mupepe]

Audie Murphy is the shit!  Never said he wasn't.  But outside of WW2, our military empirical conquests have been rather lacking and downhill since then.  Now our inventions, military weapons and culture have been pretty bad ass!  But that's a different field.

[ManaByte]

Why would you want to be part of a different generation? I wouldn't want to be a Boomer like my parents.

[Mupepe]

to jack off to different porn

[cool breeze]

how many generations until we can say "lol remember white people?" ?

[ManaByte]

One?

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

How accurate is this movie to what actually happened?

[Barry Egan]

there was some outrage over the movie featuring crazy parties with coke and martinis and hot women which obviously never happened.  I would wager Sorkin remained loyal to the major details.

[Mandark]

I'm not going to see it.

Until the good reviews reach critical mass and I feel like I need to see it, if only for the water cooler effect.

And it'll be pretty good but I won't really dig it cause it's a biopic and Aaron Sorkin makes all the characters talk in the same, overwritten way.  Which was why I wasn't going to see it to begin with.

[Phoenix Dark]

I only see Nolan films in theaters, I'll wait for the DVD

[Boogie]

Why would you want to be part of a different generation? I wouldn't want to be a Boomer like my parents.

I'd be cool with being a boomer.  They've done allright.

there was some outrage over the movie featuring crazy parties with coke and martinis and hot women which obviously never happened. 

Riiiight.

And it'll be pretty good but I won't really dig it cause it's a biopic and Aaron Sorkin makes all the characters talk in the same, overwritten way. 

 

[Fresh Prince]

A tool for narcissists was created by a narcissist

smh, boogie baby boomers fucked up everything

[Boogie]

smh, boogie baby boomers fucked up everything

Yes, but to their own advantage.

[bud]

but is it better than speed racer

[Fresh Prince]

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/zuckerberg-turns-on-the-charm-for-oprah-20100927-15t7o.html?autostart=1

The appeal to the housewives of America starts. Somebody should tell him Ellen is where it's at

[Great Rumbler]

"I'm really a nice guy! Honest! Look at this giant check that I'm donating to send orphaned kittens to college!"

[Fresh Prince]

I think if anything he comes of as boring and mundane. Which is probably worse. But then maybe his PR want that.

[Powerslave]

I don't even wanna know what this thread is about.

[Great Rumbler]

I don't even wanna know what this thread is about.

Yo mama.

[Great Rumbler]

27 reviews, all positive.

Average rating = 9.8/10

[Tieno]

"I'm really a nice guy! Honest! Look at this giant check that I'm donating to send orphaned kittens to college!"

that's really nice of you.

[Beezy]

"I'm really a nice guy! Honest! Look at this giant check that I'm donating to send orphaned kittens to college!"

u mad?

[Great Rumbler]

"I'm really a nice guy! Honest! Look at this giant check that I'm donating to send orphaned kittens to college!"

u mad?

Not particularly.