Read in an LA Times article, or was it blog?, that this is the BP front runner as of right now.
I'm not a huge FB fan but this looks great.
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Movie of the year? Topping Inception?
Let's be realistic. Inception was mind bending fun but is hardly the movie of the year. The plot was a little iffy, the storytelling - while gripping - was kind of disjointed and I would hardly consider Ellen Page's performance to be legendary.
I haven't seen the Social Network and I am not even saying I think I'll like it better than Inception, which I enjoyed immensely, but in terms of what film critics and afficianados consider a "better film" - tight script, great acting, in depth story telling, clear formulated plot etc - I would guess based on reviews that The Social Network might come out ahead.
Also interesting that almost all the articles mention the score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Someone started a thread on it a while ago.
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I don't particularly agree with making a movie about this (defining a generation? Or a prolonged fad?) And social media strategy is a career choice for me.
Either way, since David Fincher directed it, it's probably quite good.
Read in an LA Times article, or was it blog?, that this is the BP front runner as of right now.
I'm not a huge FB fan but this looks great.
Let's be realistic. Inception was mind bending fun but is hardly the movie of the year. The plot was a little iffy, the storytelling - while gripping - was kind of disjointed and I would hardly consider Ellen Page's performance to be legendary.
I haven't seen the Social Network and I am not even saying I think I'll like it better than Inception, which I enjoyed immensely, but in terms of what film critics and afficianados consider a "better film" - tight script, great acting, in depth story telling, clear formulated plot etc - I would guess based on reviews that The Social Network might come out ahead.
Also interesting that almost all the articles mention the score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Someone started a thread on it a while ago.
Any decent film critic will have Inception as pretty tough to beat as big studio blockbusters go. It's flawed, yes, but it's ambitious and does stimulate a level of thought very rare in mainstream movies. You'll see better every year, but not likely from the talents of Sorkin and Fincher or from a big budget film.
Nolan and Fincher actually are very similar directors, but Nolan has been much more successful at creating truly thoughtful and intelligent work. Fight Club, Zodiac, and Seven never really cut it for me. But I'm interested in what he does with this movie. Sorkin isn't capable of a script with an interesting or new perspective, but it'll be snappy and entertaining. I'm extremely skeptical of the Godfather comparison, as is everyone, I'm sure.
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Too bad, I was such a big fan of wallstreet and Gordon Gekko I almost knew that two things were going to happen.
That Shia Labeef is not a guy that can carry a movie like this.
That they would find a way to water down Gekko with a family or love side story.
Its a shame.
I still remember in the almost criminally under rated Boiler Room where all of the corrupt brokers are huddled around a big screen T.V. watching Wall Street and they knew every single line in every single scene.
At one time in the 80's we all wanted to be Gordon Gekko.
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At one time in the 80's we all wanted to be Gordon Gekko.
Not me. I wanted him in jail. He represents everything that is wrong.
On October 8, 2008, the character was referenced in a speech by the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in his speech "The Children of Gordon Gekko" concerning the Financial crisis of 2007-2010. Rudd stated “It is perhaps time now to admit that we did not learn the full lessons of the greed-is-good ideology. And today we are still cleaning up the mess of the 21st-century children of Gordon Gekko.”[8]
On July 28, 2009, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone cited Gekko's greed is good slogan in a speech to the Italian senate, saying that the free market had been replaced by a greed market, and also blamed such a mentality for the 2007-2008 financial crisis.[9]
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Not me. I wanted him in jail. He represents everything that is wrong.
I recall reading an interview with Michael Douglas where he says he's constantly approached by investment bankers who tell him they were inspired to go into that business because of Gordon Gekko. I'm sure Douglas and Oliver Stone are mortified by that thought -- Gekko was never intended to be a sympathetic character that people would want to emulate.
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Zuckerberg is donating $100mil to schools in Newark. I'm sure the fact this is happening on the eve of the premiere of a movie that paints him in a pretty negative light is just a coincidence.
As of today, it's the best American picture of the year. Everything you have heard about “Social Network,” the most eagerly awaited film of the year, is true—and more. World-premiering at the prestigious New York Film Fest (as opening night), the film will be released by Sony October 1. The film benefits from such a strong buzz that it should easily cross the 100 million mark domestically.
Sure to win some critics kudos and to sweep the Oscar nominations, “Social Network” should get at least ten nods from the Academy, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, several acting (both lead and supporting) and several technical awards (cinematography, editing). Handsomely mounted, the film is visually inventive, with an amazing score and sound effects.
This is the first film I've seen so far in 2010 that deserves my highest rating, 4 stars. It's better than the movie of the year. The Social Network also defines the decade. How so? Director David Fincher, working brilliantly from a dazzlingly complex script by Aaron Sorkin, uses the rise and rise of Facebook to examine a generation that can't communicate despite its obsession with social networking. The performances are award caliber, led by Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who conceived the idea as a Harvard student. The squabbling between Zuckerberg and his friends who want a piece of the site, including Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield is outstanding) and Napster co-founder Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake, an acting revelation), makes for a fierce and funny powerhouse, a modern Rashomon that will pin you to your seat.
