The Social Network: How It Matches Up
The backstory: The Social Network has been picking up awards all over the place, including Best Picture at both the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes. The basics: Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires , the film tells the story of Facebook and its creation. My thoughts: It can be difficult to tell a story when everyone knows the ending. The Social Network only partially succeeds in its attempt. The film opens with a fantastic, quick-paced banter between Jesse Eisenberg and Rooney Mara that is quintessential Aaron Sorkin. It's smart, funny and, unfortunately, the best scene in the entire film. From there, the film is good, but it never captured my attention the way a great film does. I enjoyed the first parts of the film most because it's absolutely fascinating to see how something so big (and integral to my life) began. I haven't read The Accidental Billionaires , but I loosely followed the lawsuits in the news. The movie is told in partial flashbacks...