The Social Network

I was lucky enough to see this last night, and was blown away.

I was fascinated to learn how Facebook began, and how it spiralled into a multi-billion dollar business.
But let's start with the acting. Jesse Eisenberg did a great job of portraying Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, and the world's youngest billionaire. I have seen interviews with Zuckerberg himself, the mannerisms and responses to questions were a spot on match. This is partly due to the acting prowess of Eisenberg, but is also down to the quality of the writing from David Finch.
Justin Timberlake played Napster founder Sean Parker, who arguably contributes to the rift between Facebook co-founders Zuckerberg, and Eduardo Saverin. I was pleasantly surprised by Timberlake's performance; I see a lot of popstars try their hand at acting and a lot of them just don't cut it, this was not the case for Timberlake. He gave a solid performance and I would be very surprised if he did not continue his career on this route.
Andrew Garfield played the role of Eduardo Saverin, who was actually a consultant through the production of the film. I must add that no one else from the Facebook team was involved in the making of the Social Network, and Zuckerberg has said in an interview that he has no intention of seeing it!

Here is the trailer


I was very impressed with director David Finch on this one. The story was told as Zuckerberg was in court being sued by his former best friend,and co-founder of Facebook, Eduardo Saverin. He was also in another hearing being sued by acquaintances at Harvard University who had claimed to have had the idea for Facebook first.
I was glad that I had seen this movie without having known how everything was going to turn out. I saw the film as more of a documentary, and was enthralled in the story learning how everything happened. I find true stories a lot more gripping, and educational at the same time.



I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone interested in social media, or even any Facebook user. I know a lot of people addicted to Facebook, and feel that they would find it fascinating to see the background and foundations it was built on.
Relationship status, adding photos, and wall comments are all second nature to us now, but when Facebook was created it was revolutionary. Mark Zuckerberg has changed the way the world communicates today, and The Social Network shows how he did it.

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