Since Academy Award season is looming right around the corner, lets examine one of the critical favorites slated to win the title of Best Picture: The Social Network.
One of the wittiest scripts written since Chicago, this movie is one of the greater character studies done in our generation. In a time where mindless movies seem to dominate the big screens, it was certainly refreshing to see a (partially) true story told in an engaging and provoking fashion, keeping most of us glued to the screen all the way to the unresolved ending.
Let me delineate, however. This is not, in my opinion, the best movie of the year. I do feel, though, that many people watch this movie simply for its surface, oogle at Justin Timberlake, and completely forget that this movie literally makes you think like Mark Zuckerburg. Even though the story almost completely incriminates Zuckerburg as far as the Facebook saga goes, you can't help but cheer once the cases are presented and he wins by losing. And that's the beauty of it. If you guys don't know about Aaron Sorkin, get familiar. He only wrote the original screenplay for this one movie called A Few Good Men and later was a writer for this kinda under-the-radar, not-sure-if-you've-heard-about-it show named The West Wing (that was complete sarcasm by the way..if you haven't heard of either of those entertainment powerhouses you've either been living in an atomic safehouse or you're Hellen Keller). Basically Mr. Sorkin knows his stuff. And he was able to take a somewhat mundane story and turn it into a two hour tour de force worth watching at least twice.
Remember, this movie is about one of the smartest people in our generation. The dialogue shows it. Jesse Eisenberg not only speaks very quickly but also uses a wit and tone that can be hard to understand. But if you love clever jokes, scathing sarcasm, and great character pieces, this may well be the best movie you'll watch this year (or at this rate, the next 4 or 5 years). But if you'd rather not think too hard while enjoying a flick while munchin' on some popcorn, however, you may wanna stick with Toy Story 3 (this isn't an insult..Toy Story is awesome).
One of the wittiest scripts written since Chicago, this movie is one of the greater character studies done in our generation. In a time where mindless movies seem to dominate the big screens, it was certainly refreshing to see a (partially) true story told in an engaging and provoking fashion, keeping most of us glued to the screen all the way to the unresolved ending.
Let me delineate, however. This is not, in my opinion, the best movie of the year. I do feel, though, that many people watch this movie simply for its surface, oogle at Justin Timberlake, and completely forget that this movie literally makes you think like Mark Zuckerburg. Even though the story almost completely incriminates Zuckerburg as far as the Facebook saga goes, you can't help but cheer once the cases are presented and he wins by losing. And that's the beauty of it. If you guys don't know about Aaron Sorkin, get familiar. He only wrote the original screenplay for this one movie called A Few Good Men and later was a writer for this kinda under-the-radar, not-sure-if-you've-heard-about-it show named The West Wing (that was complete sarcasm by the way..if you haven't heard of either of those entertainment powerhouses you've either been living in an atomic safehouse or you're Hellen Keller). Basically Mr. Sorkin knows his stuff. And he was able to take a somewhat mundane story and turn it into a two hour tour de force worth watching at least twice.
Remember, this movie is about one of the smartest people in our generation. The dialogue shows it. Jesse Eisenberg not only speaks very quickly but also uses a wit and tone that can be hard to understand. But if you love clever jokes, scathing sarcasm, and great character pieces, this may well be the best movie you'll watch this year (or at this rate, the next 4 or 5 years). But if you'd rather not think too hard while enjoying a flick while munchin' on some popcorn, however, you may wanna stick with Toy Story 3 (this isn't an insult..Toy Story is awesome).
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