The Social Network

 The Social Network was one of those films that grabbed me by the throat and did not let go until the film was over. This movie was a huge inspiration to me after watching it a few weeks ago. I was intrigued by this story of one of the largest social networks in the world. It was very eye opening to see how Facebook became such a huge phenomenon in such a short time. Mark Zuckerberg’s invention has changed the way people connect and communicate with each other.

The director of the film David Fincher begins the film in a linear style, and then jumps surprisingly into a court case about 20 minutes in. After this it comes to light that we have been watching is the answer to a question from a lawyer asking Zuckerberg. The point of view of the film switches, depending on who's answering. I found myself devoted into the film afraid that if I missed anything I would miss an important factor. The film is beautifully shot, wonderfully arranged and doesn't let up for a second, taking what could have been a tedious subject matter and keeping you engaged from beginning to end. It is very intriguing to see The Social Network running along two parallel narrative tracks. One of those was tracing Zuckerberg’s development of Facebook and the other was detailing the lawsuits later filed against him by the Winklevosses and by former Facebook CFO Eduardo Saverin.

            The personalities of each character was very unique and made each of them either likeable, or the villain. There are many different elements to The Social Network. And the writing was superb; the whole film flowed very eloquently and chronological.