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Originally Posted by Parallex
Except Saverin, he get's portrayed as the innocent, good, supportive friend who get's screwed over. Not a surprise since he was a consultant on the book the film was based off of. He's not the "hero" of the film, like you say the film has no heroes but he's the only person/character that doesn't come off as a bad person on balance.
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See, I don't think Z looked like a 'bad guy' at all. Yes, he tried to screw his friend, but part of me thinks there is more to that story (creative differences or something). Clearly Eduardo wanted to take the company a certain way and had really no understanding of how to monetize the facebook brand. That's kind of a big deal. Parker, who came off as y, did put Z in touch with people who were willing to give him tonnes of money to push the busines forward.
As for the Twins. Those guys are bafoons. They're "idea" was just that, an idea. Execution is everything and those two idiots didn't know how to get it done. Z said it perfectly, "Match.com for harvard". Guess what? I had the idea for a portable mp3 player in 1998, but considering I had no idea how to make it, market it or program it I couldn't get it done.
It's kind of hard to argue with anything Z did when you consider how successful the business is. WHo knows, had he listened to his CFO's "advice" Facebook might not be the goliath it is today.